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Results for: "source"

Translating from English to Russian

Translations:

source — origin, where something comes from
→ исто́чник (istóčnik) m
→ исто́к (istók) m
→ ключ (ključ) m
source — spring etc
→ исто́чник (istóčnik) m
→ ключ (ključ) m
→ родни́к (rodník) m
source — informant, person providing information
→ исто́чник (istóčnik) m

More translations:

source
→ источник
source
→ исток

English definitions WordNet

NOUN 9

  1. 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. a document (or organization) from which information is obtained

    • “the reporter had two sources for the story”
  3. anything that provides inspiration for later work

    Synonymsseedgerm
Show 6 more meanings
  1. a facility where something is available

  2. a person who supplies information

    Synonymsinformant
  3. someone who originates or causes or initiates something

    • “he was the generator of several complaints”
  4. (technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a system

    • “a heat source”
    • “a source of carbon dioxide”
  5. 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”
    Synonymsreservoir
  6. 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”
    Synonymsreference

VERB 2

  1. get (a product) from another country or business

    • “She sourced a supply of carpet”
    • “They are sourcing from smaller companies”
  2. specify the origin of

    • “The writer carefully sourced her report”