resource

[ ree-sawrs, -sohrs, -zawrs, -zohrs, ri-sawrs, -sohrs, -zawrs, -zohrs ]

/ ˈri sɔrs, -soʊrs, -zɔrs, -zoʊrs, rɪˈsɔrs, -ˈsoʊrs, -ˈzɔrs, -ˈzoʊrs /

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noun

a source of supply, support, or aid, especially one that can be readily drawn upon when needed.

resources, the collective wealth of a country or its means of producing wealth.

Usually resources. money, or any property that can be converted into money; assets.

Often resources. an available means afforded by the mind or one's personal capabilities: to have resource against loneliness.

an action or measure to which one may have recourse in an emergency; expedient.

capability in dealing with a situation or in meeting difficulties: a woman of resource.

Nearby words

resorptive, resort, resorter, resound, resounding, resource, resourceful, resources, resp., respawn, respect

Origin of resource

1640–50; < French ressource, Old French ressourse, noun derivative of resourdre to rise up < Latin resurgere, equivalent to re- re- + surgere to rise up, lift; see resurge, source

SYNONYMS FOR resource

1, 5 resort.

5 means, contrivance, shift.

6 inventiveness, adapability, ingenuity, cleverness.

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Related formsre·source·less, adjectivere·source·less·ness, noun

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Examples from the Web for resources

At such a moment, the pilot has no resources other than his own instincts and experience.
Flight 8501 Poses Question: Are Modern Jets Too Automated to Fly?|Clive Irving|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The resources were what you might expect: Dining room, a media center, a library, a TV room, a meeting room, a computer room.
His First Day Out Of Jail After 40 Years: Adjusting To Life Outside|Justin Rohrlich|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
First, we need to change the debate—to focus at least as much on the quality of resources as the quantity.
Can the U.S. Government Go Moneyball?|Peter Orszag, Jim Nussle|December 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
With its vast web of resources and services, including its support groups, the Center has often helped save these people lives.
The LGBT Center That Changed Our Lives|Justin Jones|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The talks and other resources we create will be edited, professionally produced, and shared online around the world.
Quorum: Global LGBT Voices||December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
More than any other it represents difficulties mastered, resources combined, labour, courage and patience.
Italian Hours|Henry James
At Tali-fang one would have to depend upon his own resources to get a guide to take him into Tibet, he said.
Caravans By Night|Harry Hervey
Thus he will day by day be weakening his strength, diminishing his resources.
The Young Man and the World|Albert J. Beveridge
The land was something of an earthly paradise, and men were tempted to doze in it rather than to develop its resources.
South America|W. H. Koebel
Once upon a time, two friends, at the end of their resources, sold the skin of a Bear before they had killed the brute.
The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles|Jean Henri Fabre

British Dictionary definitions for resources

resource

/ (rɪˈzɔːs, -ˈsɔːs) /

noun

capability, ingenuity, and initiative; quick-wittednessa man of resource

(often plural) a source of economic wealth, esp of a country (mineral, land, labour, etc) or business enterprise (capital, equipment, personnel, etc)

a supply or source of aid or support; something resorted to in time of need

a means of doing something; expedient

Derived Formsresourceless, adjectiveresourcelessness, noun

Word Origin for resource

C17: from Old French ressourse relief, from resourdre to rise again, from Latin resurgere, from re- + surgere to rise

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Word Origin and History for resources (1 of 2)

resource

1610s, "means of supplying a want or deficiency," from French resourse "a source, spring," noun use of fem. past participle of Old French resourdre "to rally, raise again," from Latin resurgere "rise again" (see resurgent). Resources "a country's wealth" first recorded 1779.

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