resource

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: re=source
• COUNT in NET: 1 in 1 verses (in OT : 1 in 1 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

resource, n. [F. ressource, fr. OF. ressourdre, resourdre, to spring forth or up again; pref. re- re- + sourdre to spring forth. See Source.].

•  That to which one resorts orr on which one depends for supply or support; means of overcoming a difficulty; resort; expedient.  [1913 Webster]

  "Threat'nings mixed with prayers, his last resource."  [1913 Webster]
•  Pecuniary means; funds; money, or any property that can be converted into supplies; available means or capabilities of any kind.  [1913 Webster]

  "Scotland by no means escaped the fate ordained for every country which is connected, but not incorporated, with another country of greater resources."  [1913 Webster]

Syn. -- Expedient; resort; means; contrivance.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

resource, n.
1 an expedient or device (escape was their only resource).
2 (usu. in pl.) a the means available to achieve an end, fulfil a function, etc. b a stock or supply that can be drawn on. c US available assets.
3 (in pl.) a country's collective wealth or means of defence.
4 a leisure occupation (reading is a great resource).
5 a skill in devising expedients (a person of great resource). b practical ingenuity; quick wit (full of resource).
6 archaic the possibility of aid (lost without resource).

Idiom

one's own resources one's own abilities, ingenuity, etc.

Derivative

resourceful adj. resourcefully adv. resourcefulness n. resourceless adj. resourcelessness n.

Etymology

F ressource, ressourse, fem. past part. of OF dial. resourdre (as RE-, L surgere rise)

THESAURUS

resource

ability, action, ad hoc measure, address, adeptness, adroitness, airmanship, answer, aptitude, artfulness, artifice, artisanship, artistry, assets, available means, backlog, balance, bonanza, bravura, brilliance, cache, capability, capacity, capital, capital goods, capitalization, cash, cleverness, command, competence, contraption, contrivance, control, coordination, cornucopia, countermove, coup, course of action, craft, craftsmanship, creation, cunning, deftness, demarche, dernier ressort, device, dexterity, dexterousness, dextrousness, diplomacy, dodge, efficiency, effort, expediency, expedient, expertise, facility, fashion, finesse, font, forte, fortune, fount, fountain, fund, funds, gimmick, gold mine, grace, grip, grist, gumption, guts, handiness, holdings, hope, horsemanship, imagination, imaginativeness, improvisation, ingeniousness, ingenuity, initiative, invention, inventiveness, jury-rig, jury-rigged expedient, know-how, last expedient, last resort, last shift, liquid assets, lode, makeshift, maneuver, manner, marksmanship, mastership, mastery, mean, means, measure, method, mine, mode, money, move, nest egg, opportunity, pis aller, possessions, possibility, practical ability, proficiency, property, prowess, quality, quarry, quick-wittedness, quickness, readiness, recourse, refuge, relief, reserve, reserve fund, reserve supply, reserves, reservoir, resort, resourcefulness, resources, riches, savings, savoir-faire, savvy, seamanship, shake-up, shift, sinking fund, skill, skillfulness, solution, something in reserve, source, source of supply, spring, staple, step, stockpile, stopgap, stratagem, strength, string, stroke, stroke of policy, style, substance, substitute, subterfuge, supply, surrogate, system, tact, tactfulness, tactic, talent, technical brilliance, technical mastery, technical skill, technique, temporary expedient, timing, trick, trump, unexpended balance, vein, virtuosity, way, wealth, well, wellspring, wit, wizardry, working hypothesis, working proposition, workmanship, worth