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

  • (..) with the surrounding environment. But you humans do not. You move to an area and you multiply ... ... and multiply until every natural resource is consumed. The only way you can survive ... ... is to spread to another area. There is another organism on this planet ... (..)
    1999 The Matrix