# resource

Pronunciation: US say "REE-sors" /ˈɹisɔɹs/; UK say "ri-ZORS" /ɹɪˈzɔːs/

## Noun

1. Anything drawn on to reach a goal, such as raw materials, staff, or time.
   - Simple: Something you can use to get a job done, like money, materials, or workers.
   - _The mining company extracts natural resources from three sites in the region._
   - _Time proved to be the scarcest resource during the product launch._
2. An aid to achieving a goal, especially an information source for teachers and students, such as a book or piece of equipment.
   - Simple: Something that helps people reach a goal, especially books or tools that help teachers and students.
   - _The museum's website offers a downloadable resource for history teachers._
   - _New teachers often trade classroom resources at the summer workshop._
3. Hardware or software that is accessible to a computer, a network, or another connected device or program.
   - Simple: A part of a computer or network that programs can use, like memory, files, or a printer.
   - _The server logs show which resources each application requested._
   - _Each web page is treated as a resource with its own address on the network._
5. A person's inner ability to cope with trouble and find a way through difficult situations.
   - Simple: A person's ability to handle problems and find clever ways out of trouble.
   - _A diplomat of considerable resource, she defused the standoff within hours._
   - _Stranded in a strange city with no money, she proved to be a woman of real resource and talked her way onto the last train home._

## Verb

4. To supply with resources, such as funding, staff, or equipment.
   - Simple: To give a person, group, or project the money, people, or equipment they need.
   - _The agency was never resourced adequately to handle so many cases._
   - _Lawmakers must resource the inspection office before expanding its duties._

## Other meanings

- (verb) To get something from a new or different source, or to find a new supplier for it.

## Origin

Borrowed from Middle French ressource, from Old French resourse ("a source, spring"), which came from the Latin resurgō ("to rise again, spring up anew"). It can be seen as re- plus source.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/resource (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).