English Explanatory Dictionary

resource

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Something that one uses to achieve an objective, e.g. raw materials or personnel.
  2. A person's capacity to deal with difficulty.
  3. Something that can be used to help achieve an aim, especially a book, equipment, etc. that provides information for teachers and students.
  4. Hardware or software that is accessible by a computer, network, or another object connected to a computer.
verb
  1. To supply with resources.
verb
  1. To source anew or differently; to find or provide a new source for.

Pronunciation

/ɹɪˈzɔːs/ /ɹɪˈsɔːs/ En-uk-resource2.ogg /ˈɹisɔɹs/ /ɹɪˈzɔɹs/ /ɹɪˈsɔɹs/ En-us-resource.ogg En-ca-resource.ogg /ˈɹi(ː)so(ː)ɹs/ /ɹɪˈzo(ː)ɹs/ /ɹɪˈso(ː)ɹs/ /ɹɪˈsoəs/ /ɹɪˈzoəs/ /ˈɹiːsoəs/

Word forms

resource resources resourcing resourced

Etymology

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.

Related words

source means

Derived words

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 overresourced underresource
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