Definitions for resources
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1. Resources

   In business-speak people are described as resources. As in "we need more resources on that" or "that project is under-resourced, cant we get more resources on that?". Rarely do business types mention the individuals who are doing the actual lifting of heavy objects.

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1. resources

   The forces, materiel, and other assets or capabilities apportioned or allocated to the commander of a unified or specified command.

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1. resources

   Plural noun of resource.

   The company utilized a proportionate amount of resources to start up its new operations in the Middle East.

   Submitted by MaryC on March 11, 2016  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'resources' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #949

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'resources' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1226

Anagrams for resources »

1. recourses

How to pronounce resources?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

How to say resources in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of resources in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of resources in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of resources in a Sentence

1. Yuri Zaitsev:

   It is all about natural resources, it is not the high-technology sector, unfortunately, it is not the financial sector ... because these sectors require extra funding, extra investments.

2. Howard County:

   There are a lot of people whose lives are going to be devastated again, and they've been working so hard to come back and we just need to be there for them and to tell them... all of our resources are there to help them, i can't imagine what they're going through. I couldn't imagine what they went through two years ago, and now it's even worse.

3. Joe Kasper:

   They don’t have the assets. They don’t have the resources.

4. Rip Van Winkle:

   We didn't want to change the fundamental DNA of it, but we wanted to grow it and to expand it, because we had more time, more money, more resources, we could give ourselves more extravagant opportunities, like helicopter shots and drone shooting.... [ We could ] just allow ourselves to be a little less reserved, a little bolder in some ways... The goal was to make it feel like the same, but elevated and richer in the design.

5. Mark Morgan:

   Resources are clearly an issue.

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