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/ |
- 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’).Definitions on the go
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