e·source [ree-sawrs,-sohrs,-zawrs,-zohrs,ri-sawrs,-sohrs,-zawrs,-zohrs] Show IPA
–noun
1.
a source of supply,support,or aid,esp.one that can be readily drawn upon when needed.
2.
resources,the collective wealth of a country or its means of producing wealth.
3.
Usually,resources.money,or any property that can be converted into money; assets.
4.
Often,resources.an available means afforded by the mind or one's personal capabilities:to have resource against loneliness.
5.
an action or measure to which one may have recourse in an emergency; expedient.
6.
capability in dealing with a situation or in meeting difficulties:a woman of resource.
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Origin:
1640–50; < F ressource,OF ressourse,n.deriv.of resourdre to rise up < L resurgere,equiv.to re- re- + surgere to rise up,lift; see resurge,source
—Related forms
re·source·less,adjective
re·source·less·ness,noun
—Synonyms
1,5.resort.5.means,contrivance,shift.6.inventiveness,adapability,ingenuity,cleverness.