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resort
[ ri-zawrt ]
verb (used without object)
- to have recourse for use, help, or accomplishing something, often as a final available option or resource:
to resort to war.
- to go, especially frequently or customarily:
a beach to which many people resort.
noun
- a place to which people frequently or generally go for relaxation or pleasure, especially one providing rest and recreation facilities for vacationers:
a popular winter resort.
- habitual or general going, as to a place or person.
- use of or appeal to some person or thing for aid, satisfaction, service, etc.; resource:
to have resort to force;
a court of last resort.
- a person or thing resorted to for aid, satisfaction, service, etc.
resort
/ ɪˈɔː /
verb
- usually foll by to to have recourse (to) for help, use, etc
to resort to violence
- to go, esp often or habitually; repair
to resort to the beach
noun
- a place to which many people go for recreation, rest, etc
a holiday resort
- the use of something as a means, help, or recourse
- the act of going to a place, esp for recreation, rest, etc
- last resortthe last possible course of action open to one
Derived Forms
- ˈǰٱ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- r·ǰ verb (used without object)
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of resort1
Idioms and Phrases
see last resort .Example Sentences
Gaitok tries to stop the Russians from committing another robbery/crime at the resort but accidentally shoots a guest because he’s so incompetent.
The president is in Florida golfing at his resort for the weekend.
We want to know what you think is going to happen to the guests and employees at Mike White’s Thailand resort.
As a "last resort" once all other food is exhausted, it has emergency stocks of fortified nutritional biscuits for 415,000 people.
She said one of her constituents had told her how her daughter had "started to regress" since her last therapy programme had ended, while some providers had resorted to fundraising to continue to offer support.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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