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source n. [
beginning, origin, root, rootage] the place where something begins, where it springs into being; "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"; "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"; "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"; "communism's Russian root"
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source n. a document (or organization) from which information is obtained; "the reporter had two sources for the story"
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source n. [
seed, germ] anything that provides inspiration for later work
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source n. a facility where something is available
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source n. [
informant] a person who supplies information
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