sources
UK/ˈsɔːsɪz//ˈsɔɹsɪz/
sources is the plural of source.
sources is the third-person singular simple present indicative of source.
Meaning of source
Noun
source (plural sources)
- The person, place, or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.
- The accused refused to reveal the source of the illegal drugs she was selling.
- Synonyms:
- fund, storehouse
- Spring; fountainhead; wellhead; any collection of water on or under the surface of the ground in which a stream originates.
- The main sources of the Euphrates River are the Karasu and Murat Rivers.
- A reporter's informant.
- Source code.
- The name of one terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).
- A node in a directed graph whose edges all go out from it; one with no entering edges.
Phrases with sources
- data sources
- open sources
- light sources
- point sources
- power sources
- radio sources
- energy sources
- orphan sources
- sealed sources
- second sources
- primary sources
- tertiary sources
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Words that rhyme with sources
Questions about sources
- What is sources the plural of?
- Sources is the plural of source.
- How do you pronounce sources?
- Sources is pronounced /ˈsɔːsɪz/ (UK).
Words near sources in the dictionary
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