source — Kamus bahasa Inggris

Nomina

1. The person, place, or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.

   Sinonim

   fundstorehouse

   Contoh

   The accused refused to reveal the source of the illegal drugs she was selling.

   To this day I do not know the source of the terrible screams that night in the labyrinth. Perhaps an owl. Perhaps something else...

   Lebih banyak contoh (2)

   More than a mere source of Promethean sustenance to thwart the cold and cook one's meat, wood was quite simply mankind's first industrial and manufacturing fuel.

   Investors face a quandary. Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries; government-bond yields may have risen in recent weeks but they are still unattractive. Equities have suffered two big bear markets since 2000 and are wobbling again. It is hardly surprising that pension funds, insurers and endowments are searching for new sources of return.

2. Spring; fountainhead; wellhead; any collection of water on or under the surface of the ground in which a stream originates.

   Contoh

   The main sources of the Euphrates River are the Karasu and Murat Rivers.

   Lebih banyak contoh (2)

   The O-erh-ch'i-ssu River begins in the southern section of the lofty A-erh-t'ai Mountains of Sinkiang. This river is over 2,900 kilometers long and has a large delta area rich in minerals such as gold, iron, copper, lead, zinc, mercury, mica, crystal and "ping-chou-shih" [3056 3166 4258 possibly cryolite]. At the source of the O-erh-ch'i-ssu River, the A-erh-t'ai Mountains reach more than 3,000 meters above sea level. The peaks of the mountains are covered with snow year-round, and rainfall is heavy in the summer.

   Most of the Himalayan rivers have been relatively untouched by dams near their sources. Now the two great Asian powers, India and China, are rushing to harness them as they cut through some of the world's deepest valleys.

3. A reporter's informant.

4. Source code.

5. The name of one terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).

6. A node in a directed graph whose edges all go out from it; one with no entering edges.

7. The domain of a function; the object which a morphism points from.

   Contoh

   Coordinate term: target

Verba

1. To obtain or procure: used especially of a business resource.

   Contoh

   Lebih banyak contoh (1)

   But the point when it would have to look at alternative new-build vehicles was always looming large, and there would inevitably be a finite number of Class 66s it could source from elsewhere, and a limit to other locomotives it could re-power.

2. To find information about (a quotation)'s source (from which it comes): to find a citation for.

   Penggunaan

   • transitif

Nomina

1. the place where something begins, where it springs into being

   Sinonim

   beginningoriginrootrootage

   Istilah yang lebih umum

   point

   Contoh

   the Italian beginning of the Renaissance

   Jupiter was the origin of the radiation

   Lebih banyak contoh (2)

   Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River

   communism's Russian root

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

   Istilah yang lebih umum

   documentwritten documentpapers

   Contoh

   the reporter had two sources for the story

3. anything that provides inspiration for later work

   Sinonim

   seedgerm

   Istilah yang lebih umum

   inspiration

4. a facility where something is available

   Istilah yang lebih umum

   facilityinstallation

5. a person who supplies information

   Sinonim

   informant

   Istilah yang lebih umum

   communicator

6. someone who originates or causes or initiates something

   Sinonim

   generatorauthor

   Istilah yang lebih umum

   makershaper

   Contoh

   he was the generator of several complaints

7. (technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a system

   Antonim

   sink

   Istilah yang lebih umum

   natural processnatural actionactionactivity

   Contoh

   a heat source

   a source of carbon dioxide

8. anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies

   Sinonim

   reservoir

   Istilah yang lebih umum

   thing

   Contoh

   an infectious agent depends on a reservoir for its survival

9. a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to

   Sinonim

   reference

   Istilah yang lebih umum

   publication

   Contoh

   he carried an armful of references back to his desk

   he spent hours looking for the source of that quotation

Verba

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

   Istilah yang lebih umum

   obtain

   Contoh

   She sourced a supply of carpet

   They are sourcing from smaller companies

2. specify the origin of

   Istilah yang lebih umum

   document

   Contoh

   The writer carefully sourced her report