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source

/sɔːs/

/sɔrs/

sourcenoun

sources

/sɔːs/

/sɔrs/

Translations

источник

The river is the main source of water for the village.

Река является основным источником воды для деревни.

первопричина

The source of the problem was a lack of communication.

Первопричиной проблемы была нехватка общения.

исток

The source of the river is located in the mountains.

Исток реки находится в горах.

Additional translations

родник

начало

ресурс

Definitions

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.

Synonyms

sourceverb

sourced

Past Simple

sourced

Past Participle

sourcing

Gerund

/sɔːs/

/sɔrs/

Translations

добывать

The company sources raw materials from local suppliers.

Компания добывает сырье у местных поставщиков.

Additional translations

заимствовать

Definitions

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.

Synonyms

sourceadjective

more source

Comp.

most source

Super.

/sɔːs/

/sɔrs/

Used attributively to mean ‘original’ or ‘primary’, as in ‘source code’, ‘source material’.

Definitions

Original or primary; serving as the point of origin from which something is derived.

The researcher examined the source documents before writing the report.

Synonyms