resourcenoun
uk/rɪˈzɔːs//ˈriː.sɔːs/us/ˈriː.sɔːrs//ˈriː.zɔːrs/B2 [ C usually plural ] a useful or valuable possession or quality of a country, organization, or person:
The country's greatest resource is the dedication of its workers.
Britain's mineral resources include coal and gas deposits.
[ U ] formal for resourcefulness
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- This book is an indispensable resource for researchers.
- The company is reconsidering the way in which it deploys its resources.
- The long war had drained the resources of both countries.
- Far more resources are needed to improve adult literacy.
- To conserve resources, please reuse this carrier bag.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Belongings and possessions
- accoutrements
- asset
- belongings
- capital assets
- chattel
- clobber
- for
- landholding
- lost property
- lost property office
- lost-and-found
- materially
- name
- of
- possession
- property
- swag
- thing
- toxic asset
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Idiom(s)
have inner resources
resourceverb [ T ]
uk/rɪˈzɔːs//ˈriː.sɔːs/us/ˈriː.sɔːrs//ˈriː.zɔːrs/to provide an organization or department with money or equipment:
The school must be properly resourced with musical instruments and audio equipment.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Giving, providing and supplying
- accommodate
- accord
- administer
- administration
- assignment
- award
- deliver
- go round (somewhere)
- hand sth around
- hand sth back
- hand sth in
- hand sth out
- invest
- lay
- spare
- step
- step forward
- supplier
- supply
- supply chain
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resourced
adjective uk/rɪˈzɔːst//ˈriː.sɔːst/us/ˈriː.sɔːrst//ˈriː.zɔːrst/
It is widely acknowledged that the welfare system is under-resourced.