resource
//ɹɪˈzɔːs//
formalForms
- Plural
- resources
- present (v1)
- resource
- past (v2)
- resourced
- past participle (v3)
- resourced
- present participle
- resourcing
- 3rd person singular
- resources
Definitions
1.Something that one uses to achieve an objective, e.g. raw materials or personnel.
2.A person's capacity to deal with difficulty.
3.Something that can be used to help achieve an aim, especially a book, equipment, etc. that provides information for teachers and students.
4.Hardware or software that is accessible by a computer, network, or another object connected to a computer.
1.To source anew or differently; to find or provide a new source for.
2.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.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #833
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Common
- Literature
- Rare
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Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French ressource, from Old French resourse, resource (“a source, spring”), from resourdre, from Latin resurgō (“to rise again, spring up anew”).
Equivalent to re- + source.
See resourd, resurgent, source.