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verb/sɔːs/
/sɔːrs/
(business)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they source | /sɔːs/ /sɔːrs/ |
| he / she / it sources | /ˈsɔːsɪz/ /ˈsɔːrsɪz/ |
| past simple sourced | /sɔːst/ /sɔːrst/ |
| past participle sourced | /sɔːst/ /sɔːrst/ |
| -ing form sourcing | /ˈsɔːsɪŋ/ /ˈsɔːrsɪŋ/ |
- source something (from…) to get something from a particular place
- We source all the meat sold in our stores from British farms.
- All our vegetables are locally sourced.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French sours(e), past participle of sourdre ‘to rise’, from Latin surgere.Want to learn more?
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