to source
27
3.9
- verb
- /sɔrs/
- Specialized
:
obtener
- Rescuers are now attempting to source diving equipment and wet suits for the smallest of the boys.
- source materials
- source locally
- source raw materials
It's high quality, ethically raised, sustainably sourced and it is delicious.
- It's high quality, ethically raised, sustainably sourced and it is delicious.
- I have been using Article to source furniture for years.
- So we do source the absolute best ingredients.
- If there are, if there's a bad sourcing, bad writing, we want to correct it.
- Organically sourced copper from liver is good for you.
- You mentioned meat and meat sourcing, egg and chicken sourcing earlier.
- We we did crowd sourced, we did our own personal funds.
Examples
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Most of the profiles thus far are similarly sourced from politically oriented blogs or Fox News.
Academic text (2016) -
Today, many of the ingredients for the savory program are farm-sourced but processed at the bakery.
Blog text (1) -
So what can we do to source the best possible water?
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So it's like, how do you source people?
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Anything you need, Becky can source it within the hour.
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All the materials had to be sourced locally.
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Have you sourced any existing voice recordings?
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But other life support consumables, such as air, water, and food, are sourced from local resources.
Academic text (2006) -
The company trains farmers and other suppliers and makes sure that all production inputs are sourced locally.
Academic text (2016) -
To save costs, the company decided to source raw materials from local suppliers.
Synonyms
760
1.8
To buy something by paying money
619
2.6
To get something by asking or working for it
87
4.4
Get something from a person or thing
45
6.8
To get something you need, often by trying hard or getting special help
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
1
6.8
A single spot where pollution or radiation comes from, for example a factory
- Specialized
1
5.6
A set of instructions written in a language people can read and later changed into code a computer can run
- Archaic
A bright object far away in space that looks like a star and sends strong radio waves
- Jargon
A person who gives information from their normal activities without being asked
- Specialized
Information that appears without anyone asking, like public posts or sensors
- Specialized
A device that gives off ultraviolet light used for lighting or experiments
How Direct
∞
2.0
- Specialized
27
3.9
∞
1.0
45
6.8
- Formal
64
3.5
Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb source grows from the same idea of going back to the origin: it comes from Latin surgere, 'to rise', and keeps the idea of getting something from where it begins. So to source materials is to obtain them from their original place or from a supplier.