A2verb · transitive · frequent

source

source · sources · sourced · sourcing

beziehen, belegen

To obtain or procure: used especially of a business resourceTo obtain or procure: used especially of a business resource.

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UK/sɔːs/US/sɔɹs/

» Do you think your sources are reliable?

Ви думаєте, ваші джерела надійні?

Ти думаєш, твої джерела надійні?

Meaning

2 senses

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

More definitions

specify the origin of
get (a product) from another country or business

Examples

617 sentences

Do you think your sources are reliable?
Ви думаєте, ваші джерела надійні? — Ahha
CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · CK · B1Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
Solar energy is a new source of energy.
Сонячна енергія — це нове джерело енергії. — deniko
ruСолнечная энергия — это новый источник энергии. — afyodor
deSolarenergie ist eine neue Energiequelle. — MUIRIEL
CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · CK · B2Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
Do you think that your sources are reliable?
Ви важаєте, що ваші джерела надійні? — Ahha
CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · CK · B1Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
What's your favorite open source game?
CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · CK · A2Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
What's your favorite open source software?
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Translations

3 languages

Deutsch

By meaning 1

to obtain or procure; used especially of a business resource:

Origin

From Middle English sours, from Old French sorse (“rise, beginning, spring, source”), from

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.

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Forms

sources, sourcing, sourced, sourced

Base form	source · to source
3rd person singular	sources
Present participle	sourcing
Past simple	sourced
Past participle	sourced

regular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	source
he, she, it	sources

Past simpleLesson

all persons

sourced

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have sourced
he, she, it	has sourced

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will source

Word family

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

B2Media and the news — Because the lesson uses it
C1Summarising and paraphrasing — Because the lesson uses it
A1Present simple — Because it is a verb