resource

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.3.4 References 1.4 Verb 1.5 Anagrams

[edit] English

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[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/

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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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[edit] Noun

resource (plural resources)

1. Something that one uses to achieve an objective, e.g. raw materials or personnel.
2. A person's capacity to deal with difficulties.

   a man/woman of resource

[edit] Derived terms

• resourceful
• human resources
• natural resource
• renewable resource

[edit] Related terms

• source

[edit] Translations

[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

to resource (third-person singular simple present resources, present participle resourcing, simple past and past participle resourced)

1. 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.

[edit] Anagrams

• recourse