resource

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

To supply with resources.

Verb

To source anew or differently; to find or provide a new source for.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɪˈsɔːs/

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.

Synonyms

means

way

method

expedient

resourcefulness

remedy

agency

asset

inventiveness

avenue

device

expedience

recourse

supply

provision

property

quick wit

contrivance

livelihood

facility

medium

imagination

stock

reserve

course

mean

measure

medicament

middle

midst

natural resource

pantry

pharmaceutical

pore

providence

qualification

raw material

readiness

reservation

reserves

resort

room

shift

source

specification

storage room

store

storehouse

storeroom

strategy

Translations

ressource

recurso

risorsa

Ressource

recurso

πόρος

kaynak

Mittel

medio

zasób

expediente

middel

bron

meio

moyen

Sentences

This is so that resource conflicts cannot result in the first place .