resource

«resource» in Mova's school dictionary: Something useful that you can use to help you do a job… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a resource, resources)

meaning for a pupil

1) Something useful that you can use to help you do a job, such as books, tools, money or time. tree →

2) Natural resources are useful things from nature, such as water, wood, oil, coal and soil. tree →

3) A person's skills and ideas that help them cope. tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography and science, natural resources are things people take from nature; some are renewable, like sunlight and wind, and some are non-renewable, like coal and oil, which can run out. In school, resources are learning materials: books, websites, worksheets. In everyday life, saving resources means not wasting water, paper or energy. Phrases: natural resources, renewable resource, resource centre, waste resources, school resources.

examples

• Water is a precious resource. tree →
• The library is a great resource for projects. tree →
• Coal and oil are non-renewable resources. tree →
• Wind and sunlight are renewable resources. tree →
• Our teacher shared online resources for the topic. tree →
• We must not waste resources like paper and electricity. tree →
• The island had few resources, so people traded. tree →
• He was full of resource and courage, and finally outwitted and subdued all his foes. tree →

note

Countable, usually plural: resources. Stress is on the second part in British English (re-SORCE) and often on the first in American English (REE-source). "Renewable" means it can be replaced naturally; "non-renewable" means it will run out. Do not confuse with "source" (where something comes from).

In the corpora

• Ask before using a cardboard box for a model, and recycle it afterwards to save resources.
• Places that hold rare resources become important, and sometimes the targets of greed.
• Natural resources are useful things from nature, such as water, soil, wood, fish, metals, oil and gas.
• Natural resources are materials and energy that people take from nature.
• Renewable resources, such as sunlight, wind and flowing water, are not used up.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «resource» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.