source - Meaning in Sanskrit

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source - Meaning in Sanskrit

source Word Forms & Inflections

Definitions and Meaning of source in English

source noun

1. a facility where something is available
2. anything that provides inspiration for later work

   Synonyms

   germ, seed, seed

   धान्यानि, ...Subscribe

3. a document (or organization) from which information is obtained

   Example

   • "the reporter had two sources for the story"
4. a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to

   Synonyms

   reference

   Examples

   • "he carried an armful of references back to his desk"
   • "he spent hours looking for the source of that quotation"
5. the place where something begins, where it springs into being

   Synonyms

   beginning, origin, root, root, rootage

   Examples

   • "communism's Russian root"
   • "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"
   • "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"
   • "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"
6. anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies

   Synonyms

   reservoir

   Example

   • "an infectious agent depends on a reservoir for its survival"
7. someone who originates or causes or initiates something

   Synonyms

   author, generator

   Example

   • "he was the generator of several complaints"
8. a person who supplies information

   Synonyms

   informant

9. (technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a system

   Examples

   • "a heat source"
   • "a source of carbon dioxide"

source verb

1. specify the origin of

   Example

   • "The writer carefully sourced her report"
2. get (a product) from another country or business

   Examples

   • "She sourced a supply of carpet"
   • "They are sourcing from smaller companies"

Synonyms of source

• germ, seed
• reference
• beginning, origin, root, rootage
• reservoir
• author, generator
• informant

Antonyms of source

sink

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