Word: Resort
How to pronounce: rɪˈzɔːt
Noun
Definitions:
1. A place that is a popular destination for vacations or recreation, or which is frequented for a particular purpose.
Example sentences: "A seaside resort"
2. The action of turning to and adopting a strategy or course of action, especially a disagreeable or undesirable one, so as to resolve a difficult situation.
Example sentences: "Territorial questions must not be settled by resort to violence"
Intransitive verb
Definitions:
1. Turn to and adopt (a strategy or course of action, especially a disagreeable or undesirable one) so as to resolve a difficult situation.
Example sentences: "The duke was prepared to resort to force if negotiation failed"
2. Go often or in large numbers to.
Example sentences: "Local housing authorities must consider the needs of all people residing in or resorting to their district"
Synonyms:
holiday resort
holiday
resort hotel
kurort
spa
health resort
sanatorium
holiday spot
resorts
refuge
recourse
fall back
resource
have recourse
recur
expedient
Derivations:
resorted
resorting
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Resort in Other Languages...
Spanish: Resort
German: Resort
French: Resort
Italian: Resort
Turkish: Tesis
