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Definition of Source:

1. Get from a specific source.

2. The place where things come from. For example, a billing error could be caused by a computer problem.

3. The place, person or thing from which something comes or can be received.

4. Some publications or other types of media from which certain information is obtained. They are usually found in footnotes, endnotes and bibliographies and can be individual. For example, a news editor may have proprietary information about a person or source who works for the company.

Synonyms of Source

Font, Quarry, Outset, Origin, Notifier, Mouthpiece, Derivation, Parent, Witness, Staple, Gold mine, Originator, Determinant, Publisher, Matter, Intention, Lode, Starting, Origination, Lodestar, Newsmonger, Interviewee, Grass roots, Calling, Goal, Bonanza, Inception, Vocation, Press, Mine, Television, Source of supply, Motive, Headwaters, Communicator, Rising, Guiding light, Conception, Begetter, Roots, Ambition, Fount, Reporter, Onset, Stem, Taproot, Head, Sake, Principle, Score, Genesis, Rise, Origin, Radix, Author, Vein, Informer, Teller, Announcer, Gossipmonger, Birthplace, Dawning, Cause, Guiding star, Dawn, Provenience, Enlightener, Mother, Cornucopia, Basis, Informant, Inspiration, Antecedent, Paternity, Adviser, Public relations officer, Headwater, Whence, Radio, Commencement, Ulterior motive, Annunciator, Creator, Aspiration, Resource, Ideal, Opening, Grapevine, Tout, Stock, Headstream, Rootstock, Communicant, Information medium, Wellhead, Information center, Tipster, Fountainhead, Spokesman, Expert witness, Spring, Place of origin, Channel, Well, Consideration, Fountain, Authorship, Wellspring, Radical, Root, Beginning, Start, Provenance, Mainspring, Documentation, Original, Riverhead, Authority, Reason, Ground, Monitor

How to use Source in a sentence?

1. When a journalist reports a story, it is important that he has a reliable source that his information is accurate.
2. Mackerel is a good source of fish oil.
3. The source of the rumors ended up being linked to Amanda, who started the rumor that Ben had a toothache to accuse her of breaking up with him.
4. According to anonymous sources, a conspiracy is being hatched to prosecute innocent people for treason.
5. All kinds of coffee come from one country.

Source

In Google Analytics, the source is the source of a user's visit to a website for any type of traffic, usually the name of the platform, e.g. Google, Facebook, Twitter, Bing, MailChimp, etc.

A Google Analytics term that helps webmasters classify where traffic is coming from (i.e. source of web traffic). The source can be a search engine (such as Google) or a domain.

In Google Analytics, the source is the origin of the user before visiting the website for any type of traffic, be it organic, paid, social, referring or direct. Examples include Google, a visit from a search engine, a visit to a specific web page or redirecting the user by entering the URL of the visited website directly into the browser.