Synonyms: source
Definition: a facility where something is available
Similar words: facility, installation
Definition: a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry
Usage: the assembly plant is an enormous facility
Definition: anything that provides inspiration for later work
Similar words: inspiration
Definition: arousal of the mind to special unusual activity or creativity
Synonyms: source
Definition: a document (or organization) from which information is obtained
Usage: the reporter had two sources for the story
Similar words: papers, written document, document
Definition: writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)
Definition: a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to
Usage: he carried an armful of references back to his desk; he spent hours looking for the source of that quotation
Similar words: publication
Definition: a copy of a printed work offered for distribution
Synonyms: root, rootage, source, beginning, origin
Definition: the place where something begins, where it springs into being
Usage: the Italian beginning of the Renaissance; Jupiter was the origin of the radiation; Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River; communism's Russian root
Similar words: point
Definition: the precise location of something; a spatially limited location
Usage: she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street
Definition: anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies
Usage: an infectious agent depends on a reservoir for its survival
Similar words: thing
Definition: a separate and self-contained entity
Synonyms: generator, source, author
Definition: someone who originates or causes or initiates something
Usage: he was the generator of several complaints
Definition: a person who supplies information
Similar words: communicator
Definition: a person who communicates with others
Synonyms: source
Definition: (technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a system
Usage: a heat source; a source of carbon dioxide
Similar words: natural action, natural process, action, activity
Definition: a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)
Usage: the action of natural forces; volcanic activity
Synonyms: source
Definition: specify the origin of
Usage: The writer carefully sourced her report
Similar words: document
Definition: support or supply with references
Usage: Can you document your claims?
Synonyms: source
Definition: get (a product) from another country or business
Usage: She sourced a supply of carpet; They are sourcing from smaller companies