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								the place where something begins, where it springs into being Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River
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								a person who supplies information
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								a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to
 he spent hours looking for the source of that quotation
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								a document (or organization) from which information is obtained
 the reporter had two sources for the story
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								a facility where something is available
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								anything that provides inspiration for later work
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								someone who originates or causes or initiates something
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								(technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a system
 a heat source
 a source of carbon dioxide
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								anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies
 
 'source' - used as a verb
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								get (a product) from another country or business
 She sourced a supply of carpet
 They are sourcing from smaller companies
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								specify the origin of
 The writer carefully sourced her report
 
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			| 1. Source / Plural sources
 2. Source / Past
 sourced
 3. Source / Third Person
 sources
 4. Source / Present Participle
 sourcing
 
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