resource

English Online Dictionary. What means resource‎? What does resource mean?

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)

1. Something that one uses to achieve an objective, e.g. raw materials or personnel.
2. A person's capacity to deal with difficulty.
3. Something that can be used to help achieve an aim, especially a book, equipment, etc. that provides information for teachers and students.
4. (networking) Hardware or software 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 E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “resource”, in The Century Dictionary […], 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)

1. To supply with resources.

Translations

Etymology 2

From re- +‎ source.

Verb

resource (third-person singular simple present resources, present participle resourcing, simple past and past participle resourced)

1. 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)

1. act of raising

Descendants

• → English: resource
• French: ressource