source of life
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4.4
- noun
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fuente de vida
- But now, it is my source of life and the place I find greatest intimacy with my Creator.
It reminds you that the breath is literally the source of life for you.
- It reminds you that the breath is literally the source of life for you.
- You have to build for yourself because nobody else is going to do it for you, an ongoing source of life sustenance separate from your creative career.
Examples
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Breath is the source of life.
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People and animals are all part of the same ongoing life forces, with the earth as the "mother" or source of life.
Academic text (1990) -
The Word was the source of life... and this life brought light to people.
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Thank you, source of life and love, we are here and we are grateful.
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But you can fulfill that purpose so much greater when you connect with the source of life itself.
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It is the source of life, the source of all healing.
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It reminds you that the breath is literally the source of life for you.
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When you isolate yourself, you're literally cutting yourself off from the source of life.
Academic text (2000) -
Without a predictable source of life-giving water, human communities cannot long endure.
Blog text (18) -
Water is often considered the source of life for all living organisms on Earth.
Synonyms
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2.6
A place or thing where something comes from
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2.7
The place where something begins, for example a country
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4.9
The main thing that keeps something working or alive
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5.3
The blood that keeps a living body alive
Antonyms
How Life-Giving
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'source' (origin/supplier) + 'of' (linking) + 'life' yields 'the origin or sustainer of life', so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words can readily infer the phrase. This noun phrase pattern is common cross-linguistically and follows standard English noun + of + noun composition, making it transparently interpretable.
Etymology
Source of life may come from old stories where a spring, a river or the sun was seen as the place that gives water and warmth to plants and animals. So, calling something a source of life means it is the place or thing that 'gives' or 'keeps' life.