resource
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Derived from Old French resource (“‘a source, spring’”) < Old French resourdre < Latin resurgere (“‘to rise again, spring up anew’”). See resourd, resurgent, source.
[edit] Pronunciation
- (Canada) IPA: /ɹɪˈzɔɚs/, SAMPA: /rI"zO@`s/
- (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/
[edit] Noun
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resource (plural resources)
- Something that one uses to achieve an objective, e.g. raw materials or personnel.
- A person's capacity to deal with difficulties.
- a man/woman of resource
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[edit] Translations
something that one uses to achieve an objective
personal capacity
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[edit] References
- resource in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- resource in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
[edit] Verb
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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:

