Synonyms for resources


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ree-sawrs, -sohrs, -zawrs, -zohrs, ri-sawrs, -sohrs, -zawrs, -zohrs
Phonetic Transcription : ˈri sɔrs, -soʊrs, -zɔrs, -zoʊrs, rɪˈsɔrs, -ˈsoʊrs, -ˈzɔrs, -ˈzoʊrs

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Définition of resources

Origin :
  • 1610s, "means of supplying a want or deficiency," from French resourse "a source, spring," noun use of fem. past participle of Old French resourdre "to rally, raise again," from Latin resurgere "rise again" (see resurgent). Resources "a country's wealth" first recorded 1779.
  • noun money, possessions, natural resources
Example sentences :
  • The resources of this country are almost beyond computation.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • To that end we will devote our strength, our resources, and our firmness of resolve.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • We prove that we are nearer the truth by our greater command of the Father's resources.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • Most of the officers were gone and this threw me pretty much on my own resources.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • The tale of the resources of California—vegetable and mineral—is a fairy-tale.
  • Extract from : « American Notes » by Rudyard Kipling
  • This loss was a serious one, as it left him almost entirely to his own resources.
  • Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin
  • And this confidence in the resources of Freeland proved to be well grounded.
  • Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka
  • Not once in a lifetime are we thrown entirely on our own resources.
  • Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White
  • It might have gone ill with Reuben had he been left to his own resources.
  • Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • He did not appreciate her ambition, or comprehend her resources.
  • Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 2 August 1848 » by Various

Antonyms for resources

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