Resource

Pronunciation

• Canada IPA: /ɹɪˈzɔɚs/
• UK IPA: /ɹɪˈzɔː(ɹ)s/, /ˈɹi.sɔː(ɹ)s/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)s
• US IPA: /ˈɹisɔɚs/, /ɹɪˈzɔɚs/

Origin

From Old French resource ("a source, spring"), from Old French resourdre, from Latin resurgere ("to rise again, spring up anew"). See resourd, resurgent, source.

Full definition of resource

Noun

1. Something that one uses to achieve an objective, e.g. raw materials or personnel.
• 2013, Michael Sivak, Will AC Put a Chill on the Global Energy Supply?, Nevertheless, it is clear that the global energy demand for air-conditioning will grow substantially as nations become more affluent,.... This trend will put additional strain not only on global energy resources but also on the environmental prospects of a warming planet.
2. A person's capacity to deal with difficulty.
   a man/woman of resource
• 1918, W. B. Maxwell, The Mirror and the Lamp Chapter 17, This time was most dreadful for Lilian. Thrown on her own resources and almost penniless, she maintained herself and paid the rent of a wretched room near the hospital by working as a charwoman, sempstress, anything. In a moment she had dropped to the level of a casual labourer.

Derived terms

• resourceful
• human resources
• natural resource
• renewable resource
• subresource

Related terms

• source

Verb

1. To supply with resources.
• All children receive it and, for the most part, do so in institutions that are approved by the state and, to a greater or lesser extent, resourced by the state.

Anagrams

• recourse