resource

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun available source of wealth; a new or reserve supply that can be drawn upon when needed
  2. noun a source of aid or support that may be drawn upon when needed
  3. noun the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French ressource, from Old French resourse, resource (“a source, spring”), from resourdre, from Latin resurgō (“to rise again, spring up anew”). Equivalent to re- + source. See resourd, resurgent, source.

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