resource

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A supply of money, materials, people, or other things that can be used when needed.

   The country must protect its natural resources for the future.

2. 2
   noun

   Something such as a book or piece of equipment that gives useful information or help.

   The local library is a valuable resource for students.

3. 3
   verb

   To provide something with the money, staff, or materials it needs.

   The new program is well resourced by the state.

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.

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