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  Grep  of  noun  source 
  light  source 
  material  resource 
  monetary  resource 
  natural  resource 
  pecuniary  resource 
  point  source 
  quasi-stellar  radio  source 
  radio  source 
  renewable  resource 
  resource 
  source 
  source  book 
  source  code 
  source  language 
  source  materials 
  source  of  illumination 
  source  program 
  ultraviolet  source 
 
  Overview  of  noun  source 
 
  The  noun  source  has  7  senses  (first  7  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (355)  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") 
  2.  (191)  informant,  source  --  (a  person  who  supplies  information) 
  3.  (147)  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") 
  4.  (108)  source  --  (a  document  (or  organization)  from  which  information  is  obtained;  "the  reporter  had  two  sources  for  the  story") 
  5.  (31)  source  --  (a  facility  where  something  is  available) 
  6.  (27)  source,  seed,  germ  --  (anything  that  provides  inspiration  for  later  work) 
  7.  (4)  generator,  source,  author  --  (someone  who  originates  or  causes  or  initiates  something  "he  was  the  generator  of  several  complaints") 
 
  Grep  of  adj  source 
  open-source 
 
  Overview  of  noun  source 
 
  The  noun  source  has  7  senses  (first  7  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (355)  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") 
  2.  (191)  informant,  source  --  (a  person  who  supplies  information) 
  3.  (147)  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") 
  4.  (108)  source  --  (a  document  (or  organization)  from  which  information  is  obtained;  "the  reporter  had  two  sources  for  the  story") 
  5.  (31)  source  --  (a  facility  where  something  is  available) 
  6.  (27)  source,  seed,  germ  --  (anything  that  provides  inspiration  for  later  work) 
  7.  (4)  generator,  source,  author  --  (someone  who  originates  or  causes  or  initiates  something  "he  was  the  generator  of  several  complaints") 



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