Fount
noun
A source of a desirable quality or commodity.
She was a fount of wisdom, sharing her knowledge freely with all who asked.
Often appears as...
- fount of wisdom
- fount of knowledge
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Formal
noun
A spring or fountain.
The travelers found a clear fount in the middle of the desert.
Often appears as...
- fount of water
- clear fount
Usage tips
Literal
noun
A source of a desirable quality or commodity.
She was a fount of wisdom, sharing her knowledge freely with all who asked.
Often appears as...
- fount of wisdom
- fount of knowledge
Usage tips
Formal
noun
A spring or fountain.
The travelers found a clear fount in the middle of the desert.
Often appears as...
- fount of water
- clear fount
Usage tips
Literal
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Figurative Usage
Often used metaphorically to suggest an abundant supply of something abstract.
He's a fount of energy, never tiring even after hours of work.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Connotation
'Fount' implies the source is positive, plentiful and continuously providing.
Marta is considered a fount of creativity in our art class.
Pro Tip 3/3Literary Flair
Using 'fount' can give a statement a literary or elevated tone.
This library is a true fount of ancient knowledge.
Pro Tip 1/3Figurative Usage
Often used metaphorically to suggest an abundant supply of something abstract.
He's a fount of energy, never tiring even after hours of work.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Connotation
'Fount' implies the source is positive, plentiful and continuously providing.
Marta is considered a fount of creativity in our art class.
Pro Tip 3/3Literary Flair
Using 'fount' can give a statement a literary or elevated tone.
This library is a true fount of ancient knowledge.
Pro Tip 1/3Figurative Usage
Often used metaphorically to suggest an abundant supply of something abstract.
He's a fount of energy, never tiring even after hours of work.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Connotation
'Fount' implies the source is positive, plentiful and continuously providing.
Marta is considered a fount of creativity in our art class.
Pro Tip 3/3Literary Flair
Using 'fount' can give a statement a literary or elevated tone.
This library is a true fount of ancient knowledge.
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Video examples
Adam Nicolson: The King...
bishops here down through the church to the people and to the laity to the to the great Lords the lesser Lords and the people down here so he is the fount of all goodness and all of these people down here they have little red cartoons coming out of their faces and every
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Adam Nicolson: The King...
bishops here down through the church to the people and to the laity to the to the great Lords the lesser Lords and the people down here so he is the fount of all goodness and all of these people down here they have little red cartoons coming out of their faces and every
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Quote examples
Martin Jacques
British Journalist
Our ascendancy of the past two centuries - first Europe and then the U.S. - has bred a western-centric mentality: the West is the fount of all wisdom. We think of ourselves as open-minded, but our sense of superiority has closed our minds. We never entertained the idea that China could surpass the U.S.
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J. K. Rowling
English Author
Imagination is not only the uniquely human capacity to envision that which is not, and therefore the fount of all invention and innovation. In its arguably most transformative and revelatory capacity, it is the power to that enables us to empathize with humans whose experiences we have never shared.
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Stacey Abrams
American Politician
Our ability to participate in government, to elect our leaders and to improve our lives is contingent upon our ability to access the ballot. We know in our heart of hearts that voting is a sacred right - the fount from which all other rights flow.
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James Surowiecki
American Journalist
The Internet has become a remarkable fount of economic and social innovation largely because it's been an archetypal level playing field, on which even sites with little or no money behind them - blogs, say, or Wikipedia - can become influential.
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Pope Paul VI
Italian Clergyman
The Eucharistic mystery stands at the heart and center of the liturgy since it is the fount of life by which we are cleansed and strengthened to live not for ourselves but for God and to be united in love among ourselves.
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Todd Young
American Politician
Indiana's ninth congressional district isn't historically known as a fount of congressional contributions. That said, if you look at my fundraising history, we've succeeded.
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Igor Stravinsky
Russian Composer
I have learned throughout my life as a composer chiefly through my mistakes and pursuits of false assumptions, not by my exposure to founts of wisdom and knowledge.
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Sam Walter Foss
American Poet
Seek not for fresher founts afar, just drop you bucket where you are.
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Mel Brooks
American Comedian
But I have bad taste with a deep fount of intellectuality.
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Christopher Marlowe
English Dramatist
Virtue is the fount whence honour springs.
Quote examples
Martin Jacques
British Journalist
Our ascendancy of the past two centuries - first Europe and then the U.S. - has bred a western-centric mentality: the West is the fount of all wisdom. We think of ourselves as open-minded, but our sense of superiority has closed our minds. We never entertained the idea that China could surpass the U.S.
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J. K. Rowling
English Author
Imagination is not only the uniquely human capacity to envision that which is not, and therefore the fount of all invention and innovation. In its arguably most transformative and revelatory capacity, it is the power to that enables us to empathize with humans whose experiences we have never shared.
Quote examples
Stacey Abrams
American Politician
Our ability to participate in government, to elect our leaders and to improve our lives is contingent upon our ability to access the ballot. We know in our heart of hearts that voting is a sacred right - the fount from which all other rights flow.
Quote examples
James Surowiecki
American Journalist
The Internet has become a remarkable fount of economic and social innovation largely because it's been an archetypal level playing field, on which even sites with little or no money behind them - blogs, say, or Wikipedia - can become influential.
Quote examples
Pope Paul VI
Italian Clergyman
The Eucharistic mystery stands at the heart and center of the liturgy since it is the fount of life by which we are cleansed and strengthened to live not for ourselves but for God and to be united in love among ourselves.
Quote examples
Todd Young
American Politician
Indiana's ninth congressional district isn't historically known as a fount of congressional contributions. That said, if you look at my fundraising history, we've succeeded.
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Igor Stravinsky
Russian Composer
I have learned throughout my life as a composer chiefly through my mistakes and pursuits of false assumptions, not by my exposure to founts of wisdom and knowledge.
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Sam Walter Foss
American Poet
Seek not for fresher founts afar, just drop you bucket where you are.
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Mel Brooks
American Comedian
But I have bad taste with a deep fount of intellectuality.
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Christopher Marlowe
English Dramatist
Virtue is the fount whence honour springs.
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