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source material

source material noun: the material used to create a derivative work.

Noun

source material (countable and uncountable, plural source materials)

  1. The material used to create a derivative work.
    • I can appreciate that Macca’s band plays faithful to the source material, never putting too obvious a personal spin on the music. It’s sometimes frustrating, especially when the solo part in “Get Back” is screaming for some impromptu finesse, but it’s mostly fair.2026 March 29, Matt Mitchell, “In LA, Paul McCartney is king”, in AV Club, archived from the original on 30 Mar 2026

source material meaning in Tamil

source material in Tamil

மூலப்பொருள்

Forms of source material

pluralsource materials

Questions about source material

What does source material mean?
Source material means the material used to create a derivative work.
What is source material in Tamil?
Source material in Tamil is மூலப்பொருள். See Source material meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is source material?
Source material is a noun.
What is the plural of source material?
The plural of source material is source materials.

Words near source material in the dictionary

  1. source domains
  2. source file
  3. source files
  4. source language
  5. source languages
  6. source material
  7. source routing
  8. source text
  9. source texts
  10. source-available
  11. sourceable

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Adapted from Wiktionary: source material (page history and authors); source material (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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