Resource
[rɪ'sɔːs;rɪ'zɔːs] or ['risɔrs]
Definition
(noun.) a source of aid or support that may be drawn upon when needed; 'the local library is a valuable resource'.
(noun.) the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems; 'a man of resource'.
(noun.) available source of wealth; a new or reserve supply that can be drawn upon when needed.
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Definition
(n.) That to which one resorts orr on which one depends for supply or support; means of overcoming a difficulty; resort; expedient.
(n.) Pecuniary means; funds; money, or any property that can be converted into supplies; available means or capabilities of any kind.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Means, expedient, device, contrivance, resort, appliance, instrumentality.
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Definition
n. a source of help: an expedient: (pl.) means of raising money: means of any kind: funds.—adj. Resource′ful shifty.—n. Resource′fulness.—adj. Resource′less.
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Examples
- He had no resource but to remain where he was until daylight appeared. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- There must have been several in it, and they must have been men of resource and determination. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The one immediate resource left to me appeared to be this. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Imagine the poor fellow without even his present resource, said my guardian to me. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Certainly as a last resource they can close up the pass, said Crispin thoughtfully; but that would leave them at the mercy of the volcano. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- And could he, in that case, be reckoned on as likely to accept the last resource? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- This was his final resource. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- It is a poor form of social service that would exhaust the resources of science and philanthropy to care for the former without making any special provision fo r the latter. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- If they, too, proved unable to assist me, my resources for the present were at an end, and I might return to town. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- His advice, energy, activity, money, credit, all his resources whatsoever, were all made useless. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- It resulted, at any rate, in throwing Lily strangely on her own resources. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- They had seen the Roosevelt influence adding to the resources of life--irrigation, and waterways, conservation, the Panama Canal, the country life movement. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- After that reply had reached her, she was at the end of her resources, and perfectly ignorant where else to inquire or what else to do. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The empire of Kin had the resources of half China behind it, and in the struggle the Mongols learnt very much of the military science of the Chinese. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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