resource

Something useful that is available to help you do what you need to do.

• Water is a precious resource.
• We lack the resources to finish the work.
• This website is a useful resource for students.

Similar words: asset, supply

Common phrases: a useful resource, natural resource, a valuable resource, resource management

The ability to find ways of dealing with difficult situations.

• She is a woman of resource.
• His courage and resource helped us escape.
• The captain showed great resource when the engine failed.

How to use it: a person of resource (We needed a person of resource to handle the crisis.)

Similar words: resourcefulness, ingenuity, initiative

Common phrases: person of resource, woman of resource, man of resource

To provide the money, staff, equipment, or materials needed for something.

• We must resource the project properly.
• The new service was poorly resourced.
• Can the department resource another research team?

How to use it: resource something with something (The council resourced the center with trained staff.)

Similar words: equip, supply, fund

Common phrases: resource a project, resource a team, resource something properly