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.
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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
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idiom
as a last resort
  • as the last available means
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Resort

Noun

Singular:
resort
Plural:
resorts

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

  • French ressort.

    From Wiktionary

  • re- +"Ž sort

    From Wiktionary

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Resort Sentence Examples

  • It was the last resort, but it was something.

  • It's probably silly, but I was thinking that this land would be a good investment for a resort retreat.

  • At the southern end of the boulevard de la Republique is the square de la Republique, formerly the place Bresson, in which is the municipal theatre; at the other extremity of the boulevard is the place du Gouvernement, which is planted on three sides with a double row of plane trees and is the fashionable resort for evening promenade.

  • During the summer it is a place of considerable resort for the sake of its waters - saline, chalybeate and sulphur - and it possesses the usual accessories of pump-rooms, baths and a recreation ground.

  • Miss Franny would never resort to writing something like this.

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Words Starting With

RRERES

Words Ending With

TRTORT

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Words Starting With R and Ending With T

Starts With R & Ends With TStarts With RE & Ends With TStarts With R & Ends With RT

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With R6 Letter Words Ending With T
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