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Derived from Old French resource (“a source, spring”) < Old French resourdre < Latin resurgere (“to rise again, spring up anew”). See resourd, resurgent, source.
Pronunciation
- (CA) IPA: /ɹɪˈzɔɚs/, SAMPA: /rI"zO@`s/
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- (UK) IPA: /ɹɪˈzɔː(ɹ)s/, /ˈɹi.sɔː(ɹ)s/, SAMPA: /rI"zO:(r)s/, /"ri.sO:(r)s/
- Rhymes: -ɔː(r)s
- (US) IPA: /ˈɹisɔɚs/, SAMPA: /"risO`s/
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Noun
resource (plural resources)
- Something that one uses to achieve an objective, e.g. raw materials or personnel.
- A person's capacity to deal with difficulty.
- a man/woman of resource
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References
- resource in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- resource in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Verb
to resource (third-person singular simple present resources, present participle resourcing, simple past and past participle resourced)
- To supply with resources
- 1999 Keith Ballard, Inclusive Education[1], ISBN 0750709340, page 160:
- 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.
- 1999 Keith Ballard, Inclusive Education[1], ISBN 0750709340, page 160:
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To supply with resourcesAnagrams
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