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source

6 entries found.


Main Entry:
1source 
          Listen to the pronunciation of 1source
Pronunciation:
\ˈsȯrs\
Function:
noun
Etymology:
Middle English sours, from Anglo-French surse spring, source, from past participle of surdre to rise, spring forth, from Latin surgere — more at surge
Date:
14th century
1 a: a generative force : cause b (1): a point of origin or procurement : beginning (2): one that initiates : author ; also : prototype , model (3): one that supplies information2 a: the point of origin of a stream of water : fountainhead barchaic : spring , fount3: a firsthand document or primary reference work4: an electrode in a field-effect transistor that supplies the charge carriers for current flow — compare drain , gate
synonyms see origin
source·less 
          Listen to the pronunciation of sourceless \-ləs\ adjective


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