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

(chiefly US) To obtain or procure: used especially of a business resource. / (transitive) To find information about (a quotation)'s source (from which it comes): to find a citation for.

plural of source

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of source

present participle of source

The process by which something is sourced, or obtained from another place. / (chiefly US) The supply of resources needed by a business process.

(chiefly US) simple past tense and past participle of source

plural of sourcing

(rare) The quality or condition of having a source.

(in a packet switching network) A technique whereby the sender of a packet can specify the route that a packet should take through the network.