source

1. source (noun) — sense 1

Definition: The person, place, or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.

Example: The accused refused to reveal the source of the illegal drugs she was selling.

Concept: Источник

Polarities of the concept

2. source (noun) — sense 2

Definition: Spring; fountainhead; wellhead; any collection of water on or under the surface of the ground in which a stream originates.

Example: The main sources of the Euphrates River are the Karasu and Murat Rivers.

3. source (noun) — sense 3

Definition: A reporter's informant.

4. source (verb) — sense 4

Definition: To obtain or procure: used especially of a business resource.

Example: But the point when it would have to look at alternative new-build vehicles was always looming large, and there would inevitably be a finite number of Class 66s it could source from elsewhere, and a limit to other locomotives it could re-power.

5. source (verb) — sense 5

Definition: To find information about (a quotation)'s source (from which it comes): to find a citation for.