Borrowed fromMiddle Frenchressource, fromOld Frenchresourse,resource(“a source, spring”), fromresourdre, fromLatinresurgō(“to rise again, spring up anew”). Equivalent tore- +‎source. Seeresourd,resurgent,source.

• (Received Pronunciation)IPA^(key):/ɹɪˈzɔːs/,/ɹɪˈsɔːs/

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• (Canada,US)IPA^(key):/ˈɹisɔɹs/,/ɹɪˈzɔɹs/,/ɹɪˈsɔɹs/

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• (rhotic,without thehorse–hoarse merger)IPA^(key):/ˈɹi(ː)so(ː)ɹs/,/ɹɪˈzo(ː)ɹs/,/ɹɪˈso(ː)ɹs/
• (non-rhotic,without thehorse–hoarse merger)IPA^(key):/ɹɪˈsoəs/,/ɹɪˈzoəs/,/ˈɹiːsoəs/
• Rhymes:-ɔː(ɹ)s

resource (pluralresources)

1. Something that oneuses to achieve an objective, e.g.raw materials orpersonnel.
   • 2013 September-October,Michael Sivak, “Will AC Put a Chill on the Global Energy Supply?”, inAmerican Scientist‎^[1], archived fromthe original on6 February 2014:

     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 energyresources but also on the environmental prospects of a warming planet.

   • 2023 December 10, Charles Hugh Smith,Could America Have a French-Style Revolution?‎^[2]:

     By French-Style Revolution I don't mean a violent overthrow of the ruling elite as much as a tumultuous reset of howresources and power are distributed. Systems become vulnerable to such resets when they become highly asymmetrical in how they distributeresources and power, and rigid in their defense of the extreme inequality of the distribution.

2. A person's capacity to deal with difficulty.

   a man or woman ofresource

   • 1918,W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XVII, inThe Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.:The Bobbs-Merrill Company,→OCLC:

     This time was most dreadful for Lilian. Thrown on her ownresources 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.

3. Something that can be used to help achieve anaim, especially a book, equipment, etc. that provides information for teachers and students.
4. (networking)Hardware orsoftware accessible by a computer, network, or another object connected to a computer.

• source

• means

• “resource”, inWebster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.:G. & C. Merriam,1913,→OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney,Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “resource”, inThe Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.:The Century Co.,→OCLC.

resource (third-person singular simple presentresources,present participleresourcing,simple past and past participleresourced)

1. To supply withresources.
   • 1999, Keith Ballard,Inclusive Education‎^[3],→ISBN, page160:

     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.

Fromre- +‎source.

resource (third-person singular simple presentresources,present participleresourcing,simple past and past participleresourced)

1. Tosource anew or differently; to find or provide a new source for.
   • 2011 December 16, Thiess Buettner, Wolfgang Ochel,The Continuing Evolution of Europe, MIT Press,→ISBN, page41:

     European retailersresourcing 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 […]

   • 2018 May 30, Laura Brennan,The Duke of Monmouth: Life and Rebellion, Pen and Sword,→ISBN:

     [The] army found themselves having problemsresourcing 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 […]

• recourse

From the past participle of the verbresourdre, itself fromLatinresurgō.

resourceoblique singular, f (oblique pluralresources,nominative singularresource,nominative pluralresources)

1. act ofraising

• → English:resource
• French:ressource