noun · academic

resource

UK/rɪˈzɔːs/US/rɪˈzɔːrs/re·SOURCE

Band 7+task2speaking

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

resources noun (plural)resourceful adjective

Common mistakes

much resourcesmany resources

resource for to studyresource for studying / resource to study

Say it for a higher band

5supply6material7+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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