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resource

noun
/ɹɪˈzɔːs/UK/ˈɹisɔɹs/CA/ˈɹi(ː)so(ː)ɹs/

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.

  1. derived from resurgō
  2. derived from resourse
  3. borrowed from ressource

Definitions

  1. Something that one uses to achieve an objective, e.g. raw materials or personnel.

  2. A person's capacity to deal with difficulty.

    • a man or woman of resource

  3. Something that can be used to help achieve an aim, especially a book, equipment, etc.…

    Something that can be used to help achieve an aim, especially a book, equipment, etc. that provides information for teachers and students.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. Hardware or software that is accessible by a computer, network, or another object…

      Hardware or software that is accessible by a computer, network, or another object connected to a computer.

    2. 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.

    3. To source anew or differently

      To source anew or differently; to find or provide a new source for.

      • 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[…]

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Derived

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

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at resource. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01resource02difficulty03achievement04valor05standard06power07control08financial09finances10resources

A definitional loop anchored at resource. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at resource

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA