How do you use the word "source" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "source" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "source": What is your greatest source of inspiration? Your idea cannot be brand new. I heard about it from another source last year.

Source Meaning

/sɔːs/

Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

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

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

Sentence Examples

What is your greatest source of inspiration?

Your idea cannot be brand new. I heard about it from another source last year.

Fruit is a convenient source of vitamins and energy.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

root seed beginning

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

The reporter kept the ____ of her news story a secret from everyone.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The journalist refused to reveal the secret ____ of the information to protect the whistleblower's identity.

Word Origin & History

From Middle English sours, from Old French sorse (“rise, beginning, spring, source”), from sors, past participle of sordre, sourdre, from Latin surgō (“to rise”), which is composed of sub- (“up from below”) + regō (“lead, rule”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃réǵeti (“to straighten; right”), from the root *h₃reǵ-. Doublet of surge.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"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." — 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion:

"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." — 2013 July 6, “The rise of smart beta”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8843, page 68:

"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." — 1969 July 3 [1969 May 28], “A View of the O-erh-ch'i-ssu River Delta”, in Translations on People's Republic of China, number 59, United States Joint Publications Research Service, sourced from Hong Kong, Ta Kung Pao, p 8, translation of 額爾齊斯河流域風貌 by 念澄 (in Chinese), →OCLC, Economic, page 11:

"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." — 2013 August 16, John Vidal, “Dams endanger ecology of Himalayas”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 10, page 8:

"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." — 2023 July 12, Pip Dunn, “Class 99s: "ultimate Electro-Diesel"”, in RAIL, number 987, page 52:

Explore More B1 Vocabulary Words