Meaning
Something useful that a person, a company, or a country has and can use, like money, water, or oil.
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Word origin
From French ressource, from Old French resourdre, meaning to rise again, from Latin resurgere.
- Origin
- French
- Root
- resurgere
- English cognates
- surge
Grammar
Examples
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A resource is something useful that you have and can use.
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"Natural resources" are useful things that come from the land.
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Here "resources" means money, people, and materials together.
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Start your free week (no card)This word is taught in chapter 31, lesson 4: resource, throne, deadly and 7 more words.