Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
Display options for sense: (gloss) "an example sentence"
Noun
S: (n) beginning, origin, root, rootage, source (the place where something begins, where it springs into being) "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"; "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"; "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"; "communism's Russian root"
S: (n) derivation (the source or origin from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues)) "he prefers shoes of Italian derivation"; "music of Turkish derivation"
S: (n) jumping-off place, point of departure (a place from which an enterprise or expedition is launched) "one day when I was at a suitable jumping-off place I decided to see if I could find him"; "my point of departure was San Francisco"
S: (n) generator, source, author (someone who originates or causes or initiates something) "he was the generator of several complaints"
S: (n) source ((technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a system) "a heat source"; "a source of carbon dioxide"
S: (n) reservoir, source (anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies) "an infectious agent depends on a reservoir for its survival"
S: (n) reference, source (a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to) "he carried an armful of references back to his desk"; "he spent hours looking for the source of that quotation"
Verb
S: (v) source (get (a product) from another country or business) "She sourced a supply of carpet"; "They are sourcing from smaller companies"
S: (v) source (specify the origin of) "The writer carefully sourced her report"