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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 Word Forms
- r·ǰ verb (used without object)
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of resort1
Idioms and Phrases
see last resort .Example Sentences
It was only after Ellie was offered a "last resort" analysis called metagenomics, that she was diagnosed with a rare bacterial infection which was cured with antibiotics.
They’re also less likely to encounter language barriers, resort to costly emergency room visits or forgo care.
GPs are under more pressure than ever before, so their union is now resorting to stronger language and raising the prospect of a dispute to make their point.
Bass described the possible layoffs as “a decision of absolute last resort,” traveling to Sacramento on Wednesday to seek state money to save the jobs.
“Instead of competing through innovation, Uber has resorted to litigation. Uber is trying to deter merchants from working with us and use legal threats to win business it hasn’t earned.”
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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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