Resource

Quick meaning: Resource is a noun meaning Something that one uses to achieve an objective, e.g. raw materials or personnel.

Meaning

Something that one uses to achieve an objective, e.g. raw materials or personnel.

More Meanings

1. A person's capacity to deal with difficulty.
2. Something that can be used to help achieve an aim, especially a book, equipment, etc. that provides information for teachers and students.
3. (networking) Hardware or software that is accessible by a computer, network, or another object connected to a computer.
4. To supply with resources.
5. To source anew or differently; to find or provide a new source for.

Example Sentences

a man or woman of resource

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.

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[…]

[The] army found themselves having problems resourcing supplies for their army. The capture of the fortified city of Maastricht would help alleviate this strategical problem of unreliable sources of supplies and would allow Catholic France to[…]

Word Forms

• resources
• resourcing
• resourced

Synonyms for resource

Depending on context, synonyms include imagination, resourcefulness.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include resourcefulness, imagination, supplier, resourcing, provision, supply.

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