different between means vs resource

English

Etymology

See mean (“method or course of action used to achieve some result”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi?nz/
• Rhymes: -i?nz

Noun

means

1. plural of mean

means (plural means)

1. An instrument or condition for attaining a purpose.

   A car is a means of transport.

means pl (plural only) (uncountable)

1. Resources; riches.

   He was living beyond his means.

Usage notes

Frequently contrasted with end (“goal”), as in “a means to an end”. Similar contrast is process vs. product.

Synonyms

• wherewithal

Translations

Verb

means

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mean

Anagrams

• Mensa, Seman, amens, manes, manse, mensa, mesna, names, namés, neams, ñames

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of me? (“go along, traverse”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?me.ans/, [?meä??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?me.ans/, [?m???ns]

Participle

me?ns (genitive meantis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. going along, passing, traversing

Declension

Third-declension participle.

¹When used purely as an adjective.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French ressource, from Old French resourse, resource (“a source, spring”), from resourdre, from Latin resurg? (“to rise again, spring up anew”). See resourd, resurgent, source.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???s??s/, /???z??s/, /??i?s??s/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /??is??s/, /???z??s/, /???s??s/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /??i(?)so(?)?s/, /???zo(?)?s/, /???so(?)?s/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /???so?s/, /???zo?s/, /??i?so?s/
• Rhymes: -??(?)s

Noun

resource (plural resources)

1. Something that one uses to achieve an objective, e.g. raw materials or personnel.
2. A person's capacity to deal with difficulty.

Derived terms

Related terms

• source

Translations

See also

• means

References

• resource in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• resource in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Verb

resource (third-person singular simple present resources, present participle resourcing, simple past and past participle resourced)

1. To supply with resources.

Translations

Anagrams

• recourse

Old French

Etymology

From the past participle of the verb resourdre, itself from Latin resurg?.

Noun

resource f (oblique plural resources, nominative singular resource, nominative plural resources)

1. act of raising

Descendants

• ? English: resource
• French: ressource