Resource Meaning
/ɹɪˈzɔːs/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounSomething that one uses to achieve an objective, e.g. raw materials or personnel.
nounA person's capacity to deal with difficulty.
Sentence Examples
The one resource more precious than any other was land.
Water is a natural resource of vital importance.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The miners discovered a valuable ____ of gold deep inside the mountain.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Time is the most valuable ____ available to any manager, and it must be allocated with great care.
Word Origin & History
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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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 defense of the extreme inequality of the distribution."
— 2023 December 10, Charles Hugh Smith, Could America Have a French-Style Revolution?:
"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:
"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:
"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:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The miners discovered a valuable ____ of gold deep inside the mountain.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Time is the most valuable ____ available to any manager, and it must be allocated with great care.