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Meanings of fountainhead in English

Portuguese
nascente
Catalan
deu

The source of water from which a stream arises.

nascente

An abundant source.

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Examples for "head"
Examples for "head"
1
Forget the politicians going head-to-head on Morning Ireland or The Last Word.
The Irish Times
2
He choked; the blood beat in his head; he was at bursting-point.
Jean-Christophe, Volume I
3
The problem is that animation is far more expensive than talking-head interviews.
The Guardian
4
However, one issue raised its head just days into his presidency: Marikana.
The South African
5
In red ink across the head of the paper were the words:
The Ear in the Wall
1
I've pushed my way right up to the headspring.
A Passionate Pilgrim
Usage of fountainhead in English
1
The fountainhead of those enjoyments is the love of ruling from self-love.
Angelic Wisdom about Divine Providence
2
It is a fountainhead of false predictions, delusional thinking and empty promises.
The Guardian
3
Wasting no more words, I marched off to the fountainhead for information.
It Happened in Egypt
4
It is the fountainhead that must be reached-theroot of the system!
The Clever Woman of the Family
5
In death Taseer has been deified as the fountainhead of liberal Pakistan.
The Guardian
6
Trumpeter Louis Armstrong was the fountainhead from which all other jazz artists flowed.
Ebony
7
To quaff at the fountainhead unlimited draughts from the rich cup of pleasure!
The Works of Frederick Schiller
8
Who can say where the fountain and the fountainhead separate?
A Wiccan Bible
9
If the fountainhead be always full, the stream cannot be long empty.-Yourssincerely, S.T.
The Journal of Sir Walter Scott / From the Original Manuscript a...
10
Such knowledge he acquired at the fountainhead-thatis, from himself.
Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 1 (1853-1866)
11
This goes back to the fountainhead of the higher education of women in this country.
Stories from Everybody's Magazine
12
Thus do we trace Literature 9 (the Shakespeare Course) to its modest fountainhead.
The Story of Wellesley
13
He acted; however, on the inspiration of Burghley, who drew his own from the fountainhead.
History of the United Netherlands, 1587d
14
Only that kind of thinking is how this fountainhead of inequality is always made palatable.
The Guardian
15
Nobody had worried about the costs when the polymer looked like a fountainhead of profit.
The capitol game
16
The fountains are many, but the fountainhead is one.
The Promulgation of Universal Peace
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Translations for fountainhead
Portuguese
nascente
Catalan
deu
Fountainhead through the time