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   re·source

   /ˈrēˌsôrs/

   noun

   • 1. a stock or supply of money, materials, staff, and other assets that can be drawn on by a person or organization in order to function effectively: "local authorities complained that they lacked resources" Similar assetsfundswealthmoneyrichescapitaldeep pocketsstaffpeoplesuppliesmaterialsstore(s)stock(s)reserve(s)holding(s)supplyreservoirpoolfundstockpileaccumulationhoard
   • ▪ a country's collective means of supporting itself or becoming wealthier, as represented by its reserves of minerals, land, and other assets: "Japan's exploitation of commercially important marine resources"
   • ▪ available assets. North American
   • 2. an action or strategy which may be adopted in adverse circumstances: "sometimes anger is the only resource left in a situation like this" Similar expedientresortmeansmeasuremethodcoursewayschemeplanplotstratagemmaneuvermachinationagencytrickruseartificedevicetool
   • ▪ one's personal attributes and capabilities regarded as able to help or sustain one in adverse circumstances: "we had been left very much to our own resources"
   • ▪ the ability to find quick and clever ways to overcome difficulties: dated "a man of resource" Similar initiativeresourcefulnessenterpriseimaginationimaginativenessingenuityinventivenessquick-wittednessclevernessnative wittalentabilitycapabilityspiritspiritednessenthusiasmdrivezestdashambitionenergyvigorvitalityinformal:gumptionget-up-and-gogopushoomphpizzazzpepzipvim
   • ▪ the possibility of aid or assistance: archaic "the flower of the French army was lost without resource"
   • 3. a leisure occupation. dated

   verb

   • 1. provide (a person or organization) with materials, money, staff, and other assets necessary for effective operation: "ensuring that primary healthcare workers are adequately resourced"

   Word Origin early 17th century: from obsolete French ressourse, feminine past participle (used as a noun) of Old French dialect resourdre ‘rise again, recover’ (based on Latin surgere ‘to rise’).

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2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › resourceResource Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   The meaning of RESOURCE is a source of supply or support : an available means —usually used in plural. How to use resource in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Resource.

3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishRESOURCE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   RESOURCE definition: 1. a useful or valuable possession or quality of a country, organization, or person: 2. formal for…. Learn more.

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   Resource definition: a source of supply, support, or aid, especially one that can be readily drawn upon when needed.. See examples of RESOURCE used in a sentence.

5. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryRESOURCE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   RESOURCE meaning: 1. a useful or valuable possession or quality of a country, organization, or person: 2. formal for…. Learn more.

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   A resource is any personal talent or outside supply that can be tapped for help or support. Resource comes from an old French word meaning "relief" or "recovery," which certainly ties in with the idea of a resource being something that offers necessary aid.

7. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishRESOURCE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   The resources of an organization or person are the materials, money, and other things that they have and can use in order to function properly. Some families don't have the resources to feed themselves properly.

8. www.thefreedictionary.com › resourceResource - definition of resource by The Free Dictionary

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   n. 1. capability, ingenuity, and initiative; quick-wittedness: a man of resource. 2. ( often plural) a source of economic wealth, esp of a country (mineral, land, labour, etc) or business enterprise (capital, equipment, personnel, etc) 3. a supply or source of aid or support; something resorted to in time of need.