noun · academic
resource
UK/rɪˈzɔːs/US/rɪˈzɔːrs/re·SOURCE
a supply or source of support, such as money, materials, staff, or information
Examples
“Educational resources were distributed to rural schools.”
“Natural resources such as water and forests are under pressure from development.”
“The library is a valuable resource for students researching history.”
Band 8 sentence
“Investing in human resources through training programmes can significantly boost a nation's productivity.”
Collocations
- natural resources
- financial/human resources
- limited resources
Word family
Common mistakes
much resources→many resources
resource for to study→resource for studying / resource to study
Say it for a higher band
5supply→6material→7+resource
Synonyms
supply
Easily confused
source
“The book was a useful resource, but the original source of the data was a government report.”
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