Resort Definition
rĭ-zôrt
resorted, resorting, resorts
verb
resorted, resorting, resorts
To go; esp., to go often, customarily, or generally.
Webster's New World
To have recourse; go or turn (to) for use, help, support, etc.
To resort to harsh measures.
Webster's New World
To make one's way, go (to).
Wiktionary
To have recourse (to), now especially from necessity or frustration.
Wiktionary
To fall back; to revert.
Wiktionary
noun
resorts
A place to which people go often or generally, esp. one for rest or recreation, as on a vacation.
Webster's New World
A frequent, customary, or general going, gathering together, or visiting.
A place of general resort.
Webster's New World
A person or thing that one goes or turns to for help, support, etc.
Webster's New World
A going or turning for help, support, etc.; recourse.
To have resort to relatives.
Webster's New World
One turned to or made use of for aid or relief.
I would ask him only as a last resort.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
- resource
- refuge
- recourse
- stamping ground
- repair
- hangout
- haunt
- holiday resort
- resort hotel
- retreat
- vacation spot
- hotel
- rendezvous
- option
- opportunity
idiom
as a last resort
- as the last available means
Webster's New World
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Resort
- as a last resort
Origin of Resort
From Middle English resorten, from Old French resortir (“to fall back, return, resort, have recourse, appeal"), back-formation from sortir (“to go out").
From Wiktionary
Middle English resorten to return from Old French resortir to go out again re- re- sortir to go out
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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French ressort.
From Wiktionary
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re- +"Ž sort
From Wiktionary
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