resource

re·source  (rsôrs, -srs, -zôrs, -zrs, r-sôrs, -srs, -zôrs, -zrs)

n.

1. Something that can be used for support or help: The local library is a valuable resource.

2. An available supply that can be drawn on when needed. Often used in the plural.

3. The ability to deal with a difficult or troublesome situation effectively; initiative: a person of resource.

4. Means that can be used to cope with a difficult situation. Often used in the plural: needed all my intellectual resources for the exam.

5.

a. resources The total means available for economic and political development, such as mineral wealth, labor force, and armaments.

b. resources The total means available to a company for increasing production or profit, including plant, labor, and raw material; assets.

c. Such means considered individually.

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[Obsolete French, from Old French, from feminine past participle of resourdre, to rise again, from Latin resurgere : re-, re- + surgere, to rise; see surge.]

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resource

Noun

1. resources sources of economic wealth, esp. of a country or business enterprise: mineral resources

2. resources money available for use

3. something resorted to for aid or support: he saw the university as a resource for the community

4. the ability to deal with problems: a man of resource

5. a means of doing something: resistance was their only resource [Old French resourdre to spring up again]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	resource - available source of wealth; a new or reserve supply that can be drawn upon when needed assets - anything of material value or usefulness that is owned by a person or company natural resource, natural resources - resources (actual and potential) supplied by nature labor resources - resources of available manpower bread and butter, keep, livelihood, sustenance, living, support - the financial means whereby one lives; "each child was expected to pay for their keep"; "he applied to the state for support"; "he could no longer earn his own livelihood" financial backing, financial support, funding, backing, support - financial resources provided to make some project possible; "the foundation provided support for the experiment" ways and means - resources available to meet expenses (especially legislation for raising revenue for a government)
	2.	resource - a source of aid or support that may be drawn upon when needed; "the local library is a valuable resource" asset, plus - a useful or valuable quality aid, assistance, help - a resource; "visual aids in teaching" recourse, refuge, resort - something or someone turned to for assistance or security; "his only recourse was the police"; "took refuge in lying" resourcefulness - the quality of being able to cope with a difficult situation; "a man of great resourcefulness" inner resource - a resource provided by the mind or one's personal capabilities; "to have an inner resource against loneliness"
	3.	resource - the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems; "a man of resource" resourcefulness, imagination cleverness, ingeniousness, ingenuity, inventiveness - the power of creative imagination armory, armoury, inventory - a collection of resources; "he dipped into his intellectual armory to find an answer"

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resource

noun 1. supply, source, reserve, stockpile, hoard

noun 2. facility,

noun 3. means, course, resort, device, expedient

plural noun 4. funds, means, holdings, money, capital, wherewithal, riches, materials, assets, wealth, property

plural noun 5. reserves, supplies, stocks

Translations

resource [rɪˈsɔːs] n → recurso;

resources npl → recursos mpl;

natural resources → recursos mpl naturales;

to leave sb to his/her own resources (fig) → abandonar a algn/a sus propios recursos

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resource [rɪˈsɔːs] n → ressource f;

resources npl → ressources;

natural resources → ressources naturelles;

to leave sb to his (or her) own resources (fig) → livrer qn à lui-même (or elle-même)

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resource [rɪˈsɔːs] n (raw material) → Bodenschatz m;

resources npl (coal, oil etc) → Energiequellen pl;

(money) → Mittel pl, Ressourcen pl;

natural resources → Naturschätze pl

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resource [rɪˈsɔːs] n → risorsa;

resources npl → risorse fpl;

natural resources → risorse naturali;

to leave sb to his (or her) own resources (fig) → lasciare che qn si arrangi (per conto suo)