Kilo Lingo

/rɪˈzɔːs/

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Translation

Something useful that a person, a company, or a country has and can use, like money, water, or oil.

Word origin

From French ressource, from Old French resourdre, meaning to rise again, from Latin resurgere.

Origin
French
Root
resurgere
English cognates
surge

Grammar

Gender
Pluralresources

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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This word is part of lesson 57.