resource
/ɹɪˈzɔːs//ˈɹisɔɹs/
resource noun: something that one uses to achieve an objective, e.g. raw materials or personnel.
Noun
resource (plural resources)
- Something that one uses to achieve an objective, e.g. raw materials or personnel.
- Nevertheless, it is clear that the global energy demand for air-conditioning will grow substantially as nations become more affluent,[…]. This trend will put additional strain not only on global energy resources but also on the environmental prospects of a warming planet.2013 September-October, Michael Sivak, “Will AC Put a Chill on the Global Energy Supply?”, in American Scientist, archived from the original on 06 Feb 2014
- By French-Style Revolution I don't mean a violent overthrow of the ruling elite as much as a tumultuous reset of how resources and power are distributed. Systems become vulnerable to such resets when they become highly asymmetrical in how they distribute resources and power, and rigid in their...2023 December 10, Charles Hugh Smith, Could America Have a French-Style Revolution?
- A person's capacity to deal with difficulty.
- a man or woman of resource
- This time was most dreadful for Lilian. Thrown on her own resources and almost penniless, she maintained herself and paid the rent of a wretched room near the hospital by working as a charwoman, sempstress, anything. In a moment she had dropped to the level of a casual labourer.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XVII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
- Something that can be used to help achieve an aim, especially a book, equipment, etc. that provides information for teachers and students.
- Hardware or software that is accessible by a computer, network, or another object connected to a computer.
Verb (1)
resource (third-person singular simple present resources, present participle resourcing, simple past and past participle resourced)
- 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.1999, Keith Ballard, Inclusive Education, →ISBN, page 160
Verb (2)
resource (third-person singular simple present resources, present participle resourcing, simple past and past participle resourced)
- To source anew or differently; to find or provide a new source for.
- European retailers resourcing supplies from domestic to foreign firms generate adjustment pressures in the European Union in the same way that cross-border production unbundling does. Also, more channels with a potential impact on[…]2011 December 16, Thiess Buettner, Wolfgang Ochel, The Continuing Evolution of Europe, MIT Press, →ISBN, page 41
- [The] army found themselves having problems resourcing supplies for their army. The capture of the fortified city of Maastricht would help alleviate this strategical problem of unreliable sources of supplies and would allow Catholic France to[…]2018 May 30, Laura Brennan, The Duke of Monmouth: Life and Rebellion, Pen and Sword, →ISBN
resource meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
resource in Hindi
- something that one uses to achieve an objective
- संसाधन sansādhan
- personal capacity
- साधन sādhan, संसाधन sansādhan
resource in Tamil
- வளம், வழிவகை, வக்கு, ஓட்டம், வருவாய்
resource in Urdu
- something that one uses to achieve an objective
- وَسائِل vasāil
resource in Bengali
- সংস্থান, উপায়, সাহায্যের উপায, সাহায্যের সম্ভাবনা, সহায়
More languagesFewer languages
- resource in Telugu
- వనరు
- resource in Malayalam
- ആശ്രയം, ഉപായം, പണം, സമ്പത്ത്
- resource in Kannada
- ವ್ಯವಹಾರ ಕೌಶಲ, ಜಾಣ್ಮೆ, ಸೊಮ್ಮು, ಒಡಮೆ
- resource in Sanskrit
- प्रतिपत्ति pratipatti
- resource in Tagalog
- yaman, kayamanan
- resource in Arabic
- مَوْرِد mawrid
- resource in Malay
- sumber
- resource in Indonesian
- sumber daya
- resource in Thai
- ทรัพยากร sáp-pá-yaa-gɔɔn
- resource in Vietnamese
- tài nguyên
- resource in Myanmar
- အရင်းအမြစ် a.rang:a.mrac
Examples of resource in a sentence
- Given that we will get the resources, what do we want to achieve?
- These enemies give lots of loot when killed, so many players fight them to grind for resources.
- The importance of lithium-ion batteries makes lithium a potentially strategic natural resource.
Forms of resource
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | resources |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | resources |
| present participle | resourcing |
| past participle | resourced |
| past | resourced |
Origin of resource
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.
From re- + source.
Words formed from resource
- overresourced
- underresource
- bioresource
- crew resource management
- electronic resource
- e-resource
- human resource management
- human resources
- integrating resource
- lexical resource
- natural resource
- resource curse
- resource energy
- resource fair
- resourceful
- resource hog
- resourceism
- resourceless
- resourcement
- resource officer
- resourceome
- resource pig
- school resource officer
- subresource
- uniform resource identifier
Phrases with resource
Words that rhyme with resource
Questions about resource
- What does resource mean?
- Resource means something that one uses to achieve an objective, e.g. raw materials or personnel.
- What is resource in Hindi?
- Resource in Hindi is संसाधन (sansādhan), साधन (sādhan). See Resource meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is resource?
- Resource can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce resource?
- Resource is pronounced /ɹɪˈzɔːs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of resource?
- The plural of resource is resources.
Words near resource in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: resource (page history and authors); resource (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); resource (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); resource (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); resource (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); resource (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); प्रतिपत्ति (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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