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re·source 
[ree-sawrs, -sohrs, -zawrs, -zohrs, ri-sawrs, -sohrs, -zawrs, -zohrs] Pronunciation Key
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[ree-sawrs, -sohrs, -zawrs, -zohrs, ri-sawrs, -sohrs, -zawrs, -zohrs] Pronunciation Key –noun
| 1. | a source of supply, support, or aid, esp. one that can be readily drawn upon when needed. |
| 2. | resources, the collective wealth of a country or its means of producing wealth. |
| 3. | Usually, resources. money, or any property that can be converted into money; assets. |
| 4. | Often, resources. an available means afforded by the mind or one's personal capabilities: to have resource against loneliness. |
| 5. | an action or measure to which one may have recourse in an emergency; expedient. |
| 6. | capability in dealing with a situation or in meeting difficulties: a woman of resource. |
[Origin: 1640–50; < F ressource, OF ressourse, n. deriv. of resourdre to rise up < L resurgere, equiv. to re- re- + surgere to rise up, lift; see resurge, source]
] —Related forms
re·source·less, adjective
re·source·less·ness, noun
—Synonyms 1, 5. resort. 5. means, contrivance, shift. 6. inventiveness, adapability, ingenuity, cleverness.
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| re·source
(rē'sôrs', -sōrs', -zôrs', -zōrs', rĭ-sôrs', -sōrs', -zôrs', -zōrs') Pronunciation Key
n.
[Obsolete French, from Old French, from feminine past participle of resourdre, to rise again, from Latin resurgere : re-, re- + surgere, to rise; see surge.] |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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resource
1611, "means of supplying a want or deficiency," from Fr. resourse, from fem. pp. of O.Fr. resourdre "to rally, raise again," from L. resurgere "rise again" (see resurgent). Resources "a country's wealth" first recorded 1779.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
| resource | |
noun | |
| 1. | available source of wealth; a new or reserve supply that can be drawn upon when needed |
| 2. | a source of aid or support that may be drawn upon when needed; "the local library is a valuable resource" |
| 3. | the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems; "a man of resource" |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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Re*source"\ (r?*s?rs"), n. [F. ressource, fr. OF. ressourdre, resourdre, to spring forth or up again; pref. re- re- + sourdre to spring forth. See Source.]1. That to which one resorts orr on which one depends for supply or support; means of overcoming a difficulty; resort; expedient. Threat'nings mixed with prayers, his last resource. --Dryden. 2. pl. Pecuniary means; funds; money, or any property that can be converted into supplies; available means or capabilities of any kind. Scotland by no means escaped the fate ordained for every country which is connected, but not incorporated, with another country of greater resources. --Macaulay. Syn: Expedient; resort; means; contrivance.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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