sourced
USSORST/sɔɹst/UKSAWST/sɔːst/
- 1Simple past and past participle of source.
The company sourced its cotton from certified suppliers last season.
Most of the ingredients were sourced within the region.
Note
A regular past form: one -ed spelling serves both the simple past (the firm sourced its parts abroad) and the participle after had or in the passive (the parts were sourced abroad). It carries both meanings of the verb. One is procuring something, especially a business resource, often followed by from. The other is tracing a quotation back to where it comes from, so a line can be sourced to its author.
sourced is a form of source
source, verb: To obtain or procure something, especially a resource that a business needs. Full entry
- Spelling
- source → sourced: add -d
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /t/.
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