resource

== English == === Etymology 1 === 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. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈzɔːs/, /ɹɪˈsɔːs/ (Canada, US) IPA(key): /ˈɹisɔɹs/, /ɹɪˈzɔɹs/, /ɹɪˈsɔɹs/ (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ˈɹi(ː)so(ː)ɹs/, /ɹɪˈzo(ː)ɹs/, /ɹɪˈso(ː)ɹs/ (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈsoəs/, /ɹɪˈzoəs/, /ˈɹiːsoəs/ Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)s ==== Noun ==== resource (plural resources) Something that one uses to achieve an objective, e.g. raw materials or personnel. A person's capacity to deal with difficulty. Something that can be used to help achieve an aim, especially a book, equipment, etc. that provides information for teachers and students. (networking) Hardware or software that is accessible by a computer, network, or another object connected to a computer. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== source ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== means ===== References ===== “resource”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “resource”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. ==== Verb ==== resource (third-person singular simple present resources, present participle resourcing, simple past and past participle resourced) To supply with resources. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From re- + source. ==== Verb ==== resource (third-person singular simple present resources, present participle resourcing, simple past and past participle resourced) To source anew or differently; to find or provide a new source for. === Anagrams === recourse == Old French == === Etymology === From the past participle of the verb resourdre, itself from Latin resurgō. === Noun === resource oblique singular, f (oblique plural resources, nominative singular resource, nominative plural resources) act of raising ==== Descendants ==== → English: resource French: ressource