source — meaning in English

English meaning

• origin noun The point where something begins or comes from.
• source noun The place, person, or thing that something originates from.
• spring noun The season between winter and summer, when plants begin to grow again.
• well adv In a good, skillful, or satisfactory way.

Senses

source is used for these senses in English:

• headwaters The source of a river, the set of streams that feed into the river's beginning.
• origin The source of a river, information, goods, etc.
• source code (programming) Human-readable instructions in a programming language, to be transformed into machine instructions by a compiler, assembler or other translator, or to be carried out directly by an interpreter.
• spring (astronomy) The period from the moment of vernal equinox (around March 21 in the Northern Hemisphere) to the moment of the summer solstice (around June 21); the equivalent periods reckoned in other cultures and calendars.
• well A place where a liquid such as water surfaces naturally; a spring.

origin — full definition

1. noun The point where something begins or comes from.
2. noun A person's ancestry or background.

source — full definition

1. noun The place, person, or thing that something originates from.
2. noun The point where a river or stream begins.
3. verb To obtain something, especially for a business.

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