Skip to content
ontologydriven
Sign out

Dictionary

Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

resource en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɹisɔɹs/ (Canada, US)
  • /ɹɪˈzoəs/ non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
  • /ˈɹiːsoəs/ non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
  • (Canada) audio
  • /ɹɪˈzo(ː)ɹs/ rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
  • /ɹɪˈsɔːs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ɹɪˈzɔɹs/ (Canada, US)
  • /ɹɪˈso(ː)ɹs/ rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
  • (US) audio
  • /ɹɪˈsoəs/ non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
  • (UK) audio
  • /ɹɪˈsɔɹs/ (Canada, US)
  • /ˈɹi(ː)so(ː)ɹs/ rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
  • /ɹɪˈzɔːs/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

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.

Meanings

  1. Something that one uses to achieve an objective, e.g. raw materials or personnel.
    • 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?:
  2. A person's capacity to deal with difficulty.
    • a man or woman of resource
    • 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:
  3. Something that can be used to help achieve an aim, especially a book, equipment, etc. that provides information for teachers and students.
  4. Hardware or software that is accessible by a computer, network, or another object connected to a computer.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
resources Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

bioresource · resourceful · electronic resource · resource curse · resource hog · subresource · human resource management · resourcement · resourceome · resource energy · crew resource management · resource pig · lexical resource · resource officer · resource fair · resourceism · uniform resource identifier · integrating resource · school resource officer · human resources · natural resource · resourceless · e-resource

Relateds

means · source

Translations (126)

tr kaynak (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · km ធនធាន (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · ro resursă (personal capacity) · sl vir (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · nl middel (personal capacity) · nl hulpmiddel (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · nn resurs (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · it risorsa (personal capacity) · ca recurs (personal capacity) · ru запа́с (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · ru ресу́рс (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · ja リソース (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · id sumber daya (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · yi רעסורס (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · pt recurso (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · ky ресурс (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · cmn 資源 /资源 (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · de Mittel (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · sl sredstvo (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · ar مَوْرِد (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · cs zdroj (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · he מַשְׁאָב (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · mk ресурс (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · es recurso (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · tg манбаъ (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · de Betriebsmittel (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · vi tài nguyên (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · fa-ira مَنْبَع (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · yi מיטל (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · sh рѐсурс (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · sh srèdstvo (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · hu erőforrás (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · fi voimavara (personal capacity) · sh rèsurs (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · ka რესურსი (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · hi साधन (personal capacity) · mi rawa (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · nb resurs (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · is aðföng (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · ur وَسائِل (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · es recurso (personal capacity) · de Fähigkeiten (personal capacity) · lo ຊັບພະຍາກອນ (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · ru сре́дство (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · de Einsatzmittel (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · ko 자원 (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · el πόροι (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · ca mitjà (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · scn spirtizza (personal capacity) · lt išteklius (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · nl hulpbron (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · uz resurs (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · da resurse (personal capacity) · sw raslimali (personal capacity) · ro mijloc (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · scn majistrìa (personal capacity) · ja 資源 (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · sk zdroj (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · sw raslimali (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · pt expediente (personal capacity) · fi resurssi (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · scn risursa (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · sh срѐдство (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · ru нахо́дчивость (personal capacity) · nl faciliteit (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · gd goireas (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · ca recurs (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · kk қор (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · scn capacità (personal capacity) · tg захира (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · lt resursas (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · it risorsa (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · mi rauemi (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · eo resurso (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · de Mittel (personal capacity) · ja 資質 (personal capacity) · ro resursă (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · ja 資産 (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · de Quelle (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · de Hilfsmittel (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · de Ressource (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · pdt Väarot (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · nl middelen (personal capacity) · bg ресу́рс (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · hy ռեսուրս (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · lv resurss (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · yue 資源 /资源 (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · fa-ira مَنابِع (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · de Rohstoff (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · my အရင်းအမြစ် (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · be сро́дак (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · pl środki (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · ms sumber (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · tl kayamanan (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · nl ressource (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · kk ресурс (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · fi voimavara (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · mi matatiki (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · ru изобрета́тельность (personal capacity) · nb ressurs (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · fr ressource (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · bg сре́дство (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · da resurse (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · be рэсу́рс (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · da ressource (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · az resurs (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · pl zasób (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · ro resurse (personal capacity) · nn ressurs (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · uk за́сіб (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · nl bron (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · nan-hbl 資源 /资源 (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · pt expediente (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · th ทรัพยากร (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · da ressource (personal capacity) · hi संसाधन (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · hi संसाधन (personal capacity) · uk ресу́рс (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · yi רעזורס (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · ja 供給源 (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · sv resurs (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · bg нахо́дчивост (personal capacity) · eo rimedo (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · sq burim (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · tl yaman (something that one uses to achieve an objective) · et ressurss (something that one uses to achieve an objective)

resource en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɹisɔɹs/ (Canada, US)
  • /ɹɪˈzoəs/ non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
  • /ˈɹiːsoəs/ non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
  • (Canada) audio
  • /ɹɪˈzo(ː)ɹs/ rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
  • /ɹɪˈsɔːs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ɹɪˈzɔɹs/ (Canada, US)
  • /ɹɪˈso(ː)ɹs/ rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
  • (US) audio
  • /ɹɪˈsoəs/ non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
  • (UK) audio
  • /ɹɪˈsɔɹs/ (Canada, US)
  • /ˈɹi(ː)so(ː)ɹs/ rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
  • /ɹɪˈzɔːs/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

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.

Meanings

  1. To supply with resources.
    • 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:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
resourced Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
resourced Tense=Past lexicographic
resources Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
resourcing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

overresourced · underresource

Translations (5)

es dotar (To supply with resources) · es surtir (To supply with resources) · it fornire (To supply with resources) · es abastecer (To supply with resources) · it dotare (To supply with resources)

resource en · VERB · etymology 2

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English source English resource From re- + source.

Meanings

  1. To source anew or differently; to find or provide a new source for.
    • [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[…] 2018 May 30, Laura Brennan, The Duke of Monmouth: Life and Rebellion, Pen and Sword, →ISBN:
    • 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:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
resourced Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
resourced Tense=Past lexicographic
resources Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
resourcing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic