SOURCE

Definition

1. verb get (a product) from another country or business.
2. verb specify the origin of.
3. noun the place where something begins, where it springs into being. — synonyms: beginning, origin, root, rootage
4. noun a document (or organization) from which information is obtained.
5. noun anything that provides inspiration for later work. — synonyms: seed, germ
6. noun a facility where something is available.
7. noun a person who supplies information. — synonyms: informant
8. noun someone who originates or causes or initiates something. — synonyms: generator, author
9. noun (technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a system.
10. noun anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies. — synonyms: reservoir
11. noun a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to. — synonyms: reference