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Definition of resource verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

resource

verb
 
/rɪˈsɔːs/,
 
/rɪˈzɔːs/
 
/ˈriːsɔːrs/,
 
/rɪˈsɔːrs/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they resource
 
/rɪˈsɔːs/,
 
/rɪˈzɔːs/
 
/ˈriːsɔːrs/,
 
/rɪˈsɔːrs/
he / she / it resources
 
/rɪˈsɔːsɪz/,
 
/rɪˈzɔːsɪz/
 
/ˈriːsɔːrsɪz/,
 
/rɪˈsɔːrsɪz/
past simple resourced
 
/rɪˈsɔːst/,
 
/rɪˈzɔːst/
 
/ˈriːsɔːrst/,
 
/rɪˈsɔːrst/
past participle resourced
 
/rɪˈsɔːst/,
 
/rɪˈzɔːst/
 
/ˈriːsɔːrst/,
 
/rɪˈsɔːrst/
-ing form resourcing
 
/rɪˈsɔːsɪŋ/,
 
/rɪˈzɔːsɪŋ/
 
/ˈriːsɔːrsɪŋ/,
 
/rɪˈsɔːrsɪŋ/
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  1. resource something to provide something with the money or equipment that is needed
    • Schools in the area are still inadequately resourced.
    Word Originearly 17th cent.: from obsolete French ressourse, feminine past participle (used as a noun) of Old French dialect resourdre ‘rise again, recover’ (based on Latin surgere ‘to rise’).
See resource in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
perspective
noun
 
 
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