re|source ◆◆◇ /r I zɔː r s, [AM ] riː sɔːrs/ (resources )
1 N‑COUNT [usu pl] The resources of an organization or person are the materials, money, and other things that they have and can use in order to function properly. □ Some families don't have the resources to feed themselves properly.
2 N‑COUNT [usu pl] A country's resources are the things that it has and can use to increase its wealth, such as coal, oil, or land. □ …resources like coal, tungsten, oil and copper. COLLOCATIONS resource NOUN
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noun + resource : cash; police
adjective + resource : educational, financial, online; limited, precious, valuable
verb + resource : allocate, devote, divert, provide; lack, stretch
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noun + resource : energy, gas, mineral, oil
adjective + resource : natural, renewable; dwindling, finite, scarce
verb + resource : use, waste; conserve SYNONYMS resource NOUN 1
supply: The brain requires a constant supply of oxygen.
materials: We have plenty of raw materials.
fund: He is possessed of an extraordinary fund of energy.
re|sourced /r I zɔː r st, [AM ] riː sɔːrst/ ADJ [usu adv ADJ ] If an organization is resourced , it has all the things, such as money and materials, that it needs to function properly. [BRIT ] □ The school is very well resourced–we have a language laboratory and use computers.
re|source|ful /r I zɔː r sfʊl/ ADJ Someone who is resourceful is good at finding ways of dealing with problems. □ He was amazingly inventive and resourceful, and played a major role in my career. ● re|source|ful|ness N‑UNCOUNT □ Because of his adventures, he is a person of far greater experience and resourcefulness.
re|spect ◆◆◇ /r I spe kt/ (respects , respecting , respected )
1 VERB If you respect someone, you have a good opinion of their character or ideas. □ [V n] I want him to respect me as a career woman.
2 N‑UNCOUNT If you have respect for someone, you have a good opinion of them. □ [+ for ] I have tremendous respect for Dean.
3 → see also self-respect
4 VERB If you respect someone's wishes, rights, or customs, you avoid doing things that they would dislike or regard as wrong. □ [V n] Finally, trying to respect her wishes, I said I'd leave.
5 N‑UNCOUNT If you show respect for someone's wishes, rights, or customs, you avoid doing anything they would dislike or regard as wrong. □ [+ for ] They will campaign for the return of traditional lands and respect for aboriginal rights and customs.
6 VERB If you respect a law or moral principle, you agree not to break it. □ [V n] It is about time tour operators respected the law and their own code of conduct. ● N‑UNCOUNT Respect is also a noun. □ [+ for ] …respect for the law and the rejection of the use of violence.
7 PHRASE You can say with respect when you are politely disagreeing with someone or criticizing them. [POLITENESS ] □ With respect, I hardly think that's the point.
8 PHRASE If you pay your respects to someone, you go to see them or speak to them. You usually do this to be polite, and not necessarily because you want to do it. [FORMAL ] □ Carl had asked him to visit the hospital and to pay his respects to Francis.
9 PHRASE If you pay your last respects to someone who has just died, you show your respect or affection for them by coming to see their body or their grave. □ The son had nothing to do with arranging the funeral, but came along to pay his last respects.
10 PHRASE You use expressions like in this respect and in many respects to indicate that what you are saying applies to the feature you have just mentioned or to many features of something. □ The children are not unintelligent–in fact, they seem quite normal in this respect.
11 PHRASE You use with respect to to say what something relates to. In British English, you can also say in respect of . [FORMAL ] □ Parents often have little choice with respect to the way their child is medically treated.
12 → see also respected COLLOCATIONS respect NOUN
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adjective + respect : mutual; grudging, healthy, utmost
verb + respect : command, deserve, earn, gain; lose
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verb + respect : promote, show, teach VERB
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respect + adverb : greatly, highly
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respect + noun : privacy, right, view, wish
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respect + noun : law SYNONYMS respect VERB 1
honour: Those right-wing people who most honour their monarch see no reason for any apology.
admire: He admired the way she had coped with life.
esteem: I greatly esteem your message in the midst of our hard struggle.
look up to: You're a popular girl, Grace, and a lot of the younger ones look up to you. NOUN 2
regard: I have a very high regard for him and what he has achieved.
esteem: Their public esteem has never been lower.
admiration: I have always had the greatest admiration for him.