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Resort

/ɹɪˈzɔːt/ · noun

Meaning

A place where people go for recreation, especially one with facilities such as lodgings, entertainment, and a relaxing environment..

Definitions by Sense

  1. A place where people go for recreation, especially one with facilities such as lodgings, entertainment, and a relaxing environment.
  2. Recourse, refuge (something or someone turned to for safety).
  3. (obsolete) A place where one goes habitually; a haunt.
  4. (government) A subdivision of Suriname; a division of the country's districts.
  5. (intransitive) To have recourse (to), now especially from necessity or frustration.
  6. (intransitive) To fall back; to revert.
  7. (intransitive) To make one's way, go (to).
  8. (transitive, intransitive) Alternative spelling of re-sort (which is the preferred spelling, to avoid needless homography)

Example Sentences

Was it deliberate that the first week of October 1961 was chosen to conduct a national survey of passenger usage? Why October of all months, when the holiday season was over and families back at work and at school? Was this a fiddling of the figures to make an unfair case against rail-dependent resorts such as those in the West Country, Norfolk, Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire, where previously overloaded summer services would now only have a handful of locals on board?
to have resort to violence
Ioyne with me to forbid him her reſort,
Far from all reſort of mirth,
The king thought it time to resort to other counsels.
He resorted to his pint of wine for consolation, drank it all in a few minutes, and fell asleep on his arms, with his hair straggling over the table […]
Just beyond that station the first step is encountered and the rack resorted to, taking the line on a gradient of 1 in 9 over a steeply inclined bridge and through a spiral tunnel.
The North British Railway was always anxious to connect its line to Helensburgh Pier but the local residents would not permit their foreshore or promenade to be disfigured, so the company had to resort further east and on May 18, 1882, opened the railway pier and station at Craigendoran.

Synonyms for resort

refugerepairrecurrecourseplaygroundfall backhangoutstamping groundholiday resorthauntvacation spot

Antonyms for resort

Related Words

refugeplaygroundstamping groundhangoutrecourserepairrecurhauntfall backholiday resortvacation spotinnhotelasylumcottagesheltersanctuarytourismtouristpavilion

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does resort mean?

Resort means A place where people go for recreation, especially one with facilities such as lodgings, entertainment, and a relaxing environment..

What is a synonym for resort?

Common synonyms include refuge, repair, recur, recourse.

What is the opposite of resort?

The opposite depends on the specific sense.

How do you use resort in a sentence?

Was it deliberate that the first week of October 1961 was chosen to conduct a national survey of passenger usage? Why October of all months, when the holiday season was over and families back at work and at school? Was this a fiddling of the figures to make an unfair case against rail-dependent resorts such as those in the West Country, Norfolk, Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire, where previously overloaded summer services would now only have a handful of locals on board?

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