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Definitions for Resort
[1] to have recourse for use, help, or accomplishing something, often as a final available option or resource: to resort to war.
[2] to go, especially frequently or customarily: a beach to which many people resort.
[3] 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.
[4] habitual or general going, as to a place or person.
[5] 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.
[6] a person or thing resorted to for aid, satisfaction, service, etc.
[7] to sort or arrange (cards, papers, etc.) again.
[8] (usually foll by to) to have recourse (to) for help, use, etc to resort to violence
[9] to go, esp often or habitually; repair to resort to the beach
[10] a place to which many people go for recreation, rest, etc a holiday resort
[11] the use of something as a means, help, or recourse
[12] the act of going to a place, esp for recreation, rest, etc
[13] last resort the last possible course of action open to one
[14] (tr) to sort again
Words related to Resort
camp, hideaway, harbor, spot, motel, hotel, park, inn, lodge, retreat, hangout, spring, nest, haunt, purlieu, rendezvous, spa, hideout, haven, refuge
Words nearby Resort
resorb, resorcinol, resorcinolphthalein, resorption, resorption lacuna, resort, resorter, resound, resounding, resource, resourceful
Origin of Resort
-sortFirst recorded in 1885–90; re- + sort
Words that may be confused with Resort
WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, re-sortre-sort, resort
Other words from Resort
pre·re·sort , verb (used without object)
Word origin for Resort
C14: from Old French resortir to come out again, from re- + sortir to emerge
Synonyms for Resort
camp, harbor, hideaway, hotel, inn, lodge, motel, park, retreat, spot, hangout, haunt, haven, hideout, nest, purlieu, refuge, rendezvous, spa, spring, fat farm, holiday spot, hot spring, mineral spring, stomping ground, tourist center, tourist trap