Resource Definition

rēsôrs, -zôrs, rĭ-sôrs, -zôrs
resources
noun
resources
Something that lies ready for use or that can be drawn upon for aid or to take care of a need.
Webster's New World
Available money or property; wealth; assets.
Webster's New World
Something that a country, state, etc. has and can use to its advantage.
Natural resources, including coal and oil.
Webster's New World
A means of accomplishing something; measure or action that can be resorted to, as in an emergency; expedient.
Webster's New World
Ability to deal promptly and effectively with problems, difficulties, etc.; resourcefulness.
Webster's New World
Antonyms:
verb
To supply with resources.
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Other Word Forms of Resource

Noun

Singular:
resource
Plural:
resources

Origin of Resource

  • Obsolete French from Old French from feminine past participle of resourdre to rise again from Latin resurgere re- re- surgere to rise surge

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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

    From Wiktionary

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