resourceful

«resourceful» in Mova's school dictionary: Good at finding quick, clever ways to deal with problems… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (resourceful, more resourceful, most resourceful)

meaning for a pupil

Good at finding quick, clever ways to deal with problems, using whatever is around. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories, a resourceful character escapes or survives by being clever: Robinson Crusoe builds what he needs; in the Just So Stories the clever creatures find tricks. At school and in Scouts and Guides, being resourceful is praised. In safety, a resourceful person keeps calm and thinks.

examples

• The resourceful girl made a raft from barrels. tree →
• Be resourceful: use what you have in the box. tree →
• Robinson Crusoe was resourceful on his island. tree →
• The resourceful Mole found the door scraper in the snow. tree →
• Without a ruler, the resourceful boy measured with a book. tree →
• Our resourceful teacher made a game from bottle tops. tree →

note

Noun: resourcefulness. From «resource» (something useful you can draw on).

Trees and pragmatics

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