source
/sɔːs/
US pronunciation
American sound/sɔːs/
source
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- 1 syllable
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- One strong syllable
- Vowel
- Aw vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
US voice -> source
Myanmar meaning
(n) ရင်းမြစ်
Full entry
source /sↄ:s/ n
၁။ အစ။ ဇာတိ။ ဇာစ်မြစ်။ ရင်းမြစ်။ ပင်ရင်း။ အရင်းအမြစ်။ news from a reliable source ❍ a limited source of income ❍ renewable energy sources ❍ Sex is a source of fascination for most of us.
၂။ (esp pl ) မူရင်း နေရာ၊ ဌာန၊ အထောက်အထား စသည်။ He cited many sources for his book. ❍ Government sources indicated yesterday that cuts may have to be made. ❍ source material.
၃။ မြစ်ဖျားခံရာ။ Where is the source of the Rhine?
❏ at source [IDM ] မြစ်ဖျားခံရာ။ အစ။ ပင်ရင်း။ money taxed at source (ie before it is given to an employee) ❍ Is the water polluted at source or further downstream?
More examples
- A light/power/energy source
- [source of] : The best sources of potassium are vegetables and fruit.
- A garden was the source of inspiration for the painting.
- The article quoted a senior source at the UN.
- [source of] : Her son was a constant source of worry to her.
- We have been unable to trace the source of the infection.
Synonyms
basis, foundation, starting place, cause, font, spring, antecedent, author, authority, authorship, begetter, birthplace, commencement, connection, cradle, dawn, dawning, derivation, determinant, expert, father, find, fount, fountain, fountainhead, fund, grass, home, horse's mouth, inception, informant, informer, locate, maternity, mine, mother, narc, natural spring, obtain, onset, opening, origin, origination, originator, parent, paternity, provenance, provenience, rat, resource, rise, rising, root, snitch, snout, specialist, spokesperson, squealer, start, starting point, stool pigeon, stoolie, supplier, supply, trace, track, track down, upwelling, well, wellspring
Antonyms
adjuvant, completion, conclusion, consequence, derivate, effect, end, ending, finish, outcome, outgrowth, result, second rate, second-fiddle, second-hand, second-string, secondary, shooter, small fry, small time, small-fry, stop, subalternate, subnormal, subordinate, substract, tributary, underaverage
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