Resource and Step

Resource

Resource noun - Something that one uses to accomplish an end especially when the usual means is not available.

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Step and resource are semantically related. in supply drawn upon topic. In some cases you can use "Step" instead a noun "Resource".

Nearby Words: resourceful, resourcefulness, resourced, resourcing

Step noun - An action planned or taken to achieve a desired result.

Usage example: took steps to ensure that there would be no more incidences of food poisoning

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Resource and step are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Resource" instead a noun "Step".

Nearby Words: stepped, stepping, stepper

good	good resource	good step
high	high resource	high step
rare	rare resource	rare step
best	best resource	best step
Other adjectives: particular, common, natural, critical, single, obvious, small, real, great, little, important, necessary, essential, vital, new, major, possible, basic, last, biggest.

Later, when Ignorance and Want step out from under the Ghost of Christmas Present's robe:Scrooge: Have they no refuge or resource?

Source: Literature / A Christmas Carol
Of course, once you've characterized sanity as a resource, it's a short step to spending it like one, giving the protagonist abilities with desirable results which carry a cost in decreased sanity...

Source: Cast From Sanity
Conversely, iron (or rather, things made of it) becomes quite a valuable resource because it can't be stepped, therefore you have to go through the rigmarole of mining, refining, smelting and forging it on every Earth you step to.

Source: Literature / The Long Earth

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