n.
Pronunciation: ' so ̇ rs
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English sours, from Anglo-French surse spring, source, from past participle of surdre to rise, spring forth, from Latin surgere ― more at SURGE
Date: 14th century
1 a : a generative force : CAUSE b (1) : a point of origin or procurement : BEGINNING (2) : one that initiates : AUTHOR also : PROTOTYPE , MODEL (3) : one that supplies information
2 a : the point of origin of a stream of water : FOUNTAINHEAD b archaic : SPRING , FOUNT
3 : a firsthand document or primary reference work
4 : an electrode in a field-effect transistor that supplies the charge carriers for current flow ― compare DRAIN , GATE
synonyms see ORIGIN
– source · less \ -l ə s \ adjective