RECOURSES | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

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Word: Recourse

Speech Type: Noun

Etymology:

late Middle English (also in the sense ‘running or flowing back’): from Old French recours, from Latin recursus, from re- ‘back, again’ + cursus ‘course, running’

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: rɪˈkɔːs
Dialects: British English
Definition:

a source of help in a difficult situation

Short Definition:

source of help in difficult situation

Examples:
  • surgery may be the only recourse

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