Thesaurus: source

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1. n. The act of rising; a rise; an ascent.
2. n. The rising from the ground, or beginning, of a stream of water or the like; a spring; a fountain.
3. n. That from which anything comes forth, regarded as its cause or origin; the person from whom anything originates; first cause.
4. n. the place where something begins, where it springs into being
5. n. a document (or organization) from which information is obtained
6. n. anything that provides inspiration for later work
7. n. a facility where something is available
8. n. a person who supplies information
9. n. someone who originates or causes or initiates something
10. n. (technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a system
11. n. anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies
12. n. a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to