resort
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.
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.
Origin of resort
1Other words from resort
- pre·re·sort, verb (used without object)
Words that may be confused with resort
- re-sort, resort
Words Nearby resort
Other definitions for re-sort (2 of 2)
to sort or arrange (cards, papers, etc.) again.
Origin of re-sort
2Words that may be confused with re-sort
- re-sort , resort
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How to use resort in a sentence
You don’t have a huge demand of people who live in the Bahamas who also want to stay in a resort in the Bahamas.
Airbnb CEO: The pandemic will force us to see more of the world, not less | Verne Kopytoff | September 7, 2020 | FortuneBikers flood the area after ski resorts close and before temperatures spike.
The Recreation Economy Isn't As Resilient As We Thought | Heather Hansman | August 29, 2020 | Outside OnlineHe saw going to court as a final resort for patching up the law’s inadequacies, not a principal tool for establishing it in the first place.
Inside China’s unexpected quest to protect data privacy | Tate Ryan-Mosley | August 19, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewThere were 1,471 votes cast out of 1,731 registered voters in the resort town.
One thing I think the government should have done more of is to just become the payer of first resort.
How to Prevent Another Great Depression (Ep. 421) | Stephen J. Dubner | June 11, 2020 | Freakonomics
So filmmakers usually resort to a plot device to compensate for this absence.
The two scientific stories resort to the equivalent of Mathematics for Dummies andPhysics for Dummies.
Winter resort operators are harnessing an unlikely source to power their operations: the sun.
Berkshire East ski resort near the Vermont border, which has 44 trails, has taken this power-production drive a step further.
For aesthetic reasons, ski resort operators try to limit the noise and infrastructure associated with producing power.
Nevertheless, when once issued, they made unnecessary any resort to additional Bank of England notes.
Readings in Money and Banking | Chester Arthur PhillipsWe must keep to the text and not resort to any foreign matter to help the feeble memory.
Assimilative Memory | Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)This method, too, once used in addition to what has been done by the pupil, will make a further resort to it unnecessary.
Assimilative Memory | Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)Then again amateurs may resort to the old French makers, some old English and the Tyrolean, which may be had cheaper still.
Violins and Violin Makers | Joseph PearceIt is especially a winter resort, although the hotels keep open during the year.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car | Thomas D. Murphy
British Dictionary definitions for resort (1 of 2)
/ (rɪˈzɔːt) /
(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
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 resort the last possible course of action open to one
Origin of resort
1Derived forms of resort
- resorter, noun
British Dictionary definitions for re-sort (2 of 2)
/ (riːˈsɔːt) /
(tr) to sort again
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Other Idioms and Phrases with resort
see last resort.
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