different between commencement vs source

English

Etymology

From French commencement; analyzable as commence +? -ment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??m?nsm?nt/
• Hyphenation: com?mence?ment

Noun

commencement (countable and uncountable, plural commencements)

1. The first existence of anything; act or fact of commencing

   The time of Henry VII nearly coincides with the commencement of what is termed modern history.

   Synonyms: rise, origin, beginning, start, dawn
2. The day when degrees are conferred by colleges and universities upon students and others.
3. A graduation ceremony, from a school, college or university.

Coordinate terms

• (graduation ceremony): convocation

Related terms

• commence

Translations

References

• commencement in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

French

Etymology

Old French comencement, corresponding to commencer +? -ment

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?.m??s.m??/

Noun

commencement m (plural commencements)

1. beginning, start

Further reading

• “commencement” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle French

Etymology

Old French comencement, corresponding to commencer +? -ment

Noun

commencement m (plural commencemens)

1. beginning, start

English

Etymology

From Middle English sours, from Old French sorse (“rise, beginning, spring, source”), from sors, past participle of sordre, sourdre, from Latin surg? (“to rise”). See surge.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /s??s/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /s??s/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /so(?)?s/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /so?s/
• Rhymes: -??(?)s
• Homophone: sauce (non-rhotic accents with the horse–hoarse merger)

Noun

source (plural sources)

1. The person, place, or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.
2. Spring; fountainhead; wellhead; any collection of water on or under the surface of the ground in which a stream originates.
3. A reporter's informant.
4. (computing) Source code.
5. (electronics) The name of one terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).

Synonyms

• wellspring

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Related terms

• resource

Translations

See also

• target

Verb

source (third-person singular simple present sources, present participle sourcing, simple past and past participle sourced)

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

Derived terms

• (mainly US): sourcing
• (mainly US): insourcing
• (mainly US): outsourcing

Translations

Further reading

• source in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• source in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• 'course, Couser, Crouse, Crusoe, cerous, coures, course, crouse

French

Etymology

From Old French sorse (“rise, beginning, spring, source”), from sors, past participle of sordre, sourdre, from Latin surgere (“to rise”). See surge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su?s/

Noun

source f (plural sources)

1. source, spring (of water)

Derived terms

• code source
• couler de source
• eau de source
• langue source

Descendants

• ? Romanian: surs?

Verb

source

1. inflection of sourcer:
   1. first-person singular/third-person singular present indicative/present subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “source” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• coeurs, cœurs
• coures
• course, coursé
• écrous