source

UK
/sɔːs/
US
/sɔrs/

Übersetzungen

sourcesubstantiv
sources
Pl.
UK
/sɔːs/
US
/sɔrs/
The river is the main source of water for the village.
Река является основным источником воды для деревни.
The source of the problem was a lack of communication.
Первопричиной проблемы была нехватка общения.
The source of the river is located in the mountains.
Исток реки находится в горах.
Zusätzliche Übersetzungen
sourceverb
sourced
Präteritum
sourced
Partizip Perfekt
sourcing
Gerundium
UK
/sɔːs/
US
/sɔrs/
The company sources raw materials from local suppliers.
Компания добывает сырье у местных поставщиков.
Zusätzliche Übersetzungen
sourceadjektiv
more source
Komp.
most source
Super.
UK
/sɔːs/
US
/sɔrs/
Used attributively to mean ‘original’ or ‘primary’, as in ‘source code’, ‘source material’.

Definitionen

sourcesubstantiv
A place, person, or thing from which something originates or can be obtained.
The river is the main source of water for the village.
A person or document that provides information.
The journalist refused to reveal her source for the story.
A spring or fountainhead from which a stream or river flows.
We hiked to the source of the river to see where it began.
A point or body that emits radiation, waves, or energy.
The X-ray source must be carefully shielded.
Computing: the original human-readable code of a software program from which machine code is compiled or interpreted.
The developers released the game's source under an open-source license.
Computer programming: the human-readable code of a program, usually stored in textual files, from which object or executable code is produced.
Make sure you commit the source to the repository before building the binary.
sourceverb
To obtain from a particular source.
The company decided to source its raw materials from local suppliers.
To specify the origin of something.
The journalist made sure to source all the information in her article.
To find out where something can be obtained.
He was tasked to source a rare book for the library's collection.
sourceadjektiv
Original or primary; serving as the point of origin from which something is derived.
The researcher examined the source documents before writing the report.