resource

Definition

  • noun: something that a country has and can use to increase its wealth
  • noun: a source of supply or support
  • usually plural
  • synonyms: means, expedient, resort

Examples

  • During his illness she discovered vast 'inner resources' that gave her the strength she needed.

  • Their financial 'resources' are severely limited. [=they do not have much money]

  • If we 'pool our resources' [=if we combine our money] we can buy the car.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) And my mother in their shameful situation of lover their accomplice was made. The fragility of the glass is not a weakness but a resource. My parents understood that they should manage the glass carefully or it would break. It passed this way my brother, they didn't seem their secret actions. (..)
    2007 Into the Wild