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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
resort/rɪˈzɔːt/
▶verb (resort to)
- 1 turn to and adopt (a course of action) so as to resolve a difficult situation.
- 2 formal go often or in large numbers to.
- 1 a place frequented for holidays or leisure activities.
- 2 the action of resorting to something.
■ a course of action resorted to.
– phrases
as a first (or last or final) resort before anything else is attempted (or when all else has failed).
as a first (or last or final) resort before anything else is attempted (or when all else has failed).
– derivatives
resorter noun.
resorter noun.
– origin ME: from OFr. resortir, from re- ‘again’ + sortir ‘come or go out’.
'resort' also found in these Oxford entries:
Forum discussions with the word(s) "resort" in the title:
a last resort
a resort to
all the services not to leave the resort/for not leaving the resort
And it is us as teachers, as a last resort, who must make...
first resort
Holiday resort or complex
housed on the grounds of the resort
Integrated Resort - dictionary additions forum
resort to / revert to / fall back on
resort to a dictionary
Return transportation from the airport to resort
Spa resort
stock-standard resort-style vacation destination
the facility of last resort for the state JSA
to not understand a traditional ski resort.
Very little remained of the beach resort
What the resort lacked in luxury it?
a resort to
all the services not to leave the resort/for not leaving the resort
And it is us as teachers, as a last resort, who must make...
first resort
Holiday resort or complex
housed on the grounds of the resort
Integrated Resort - dictionary additions forum
resort to / revert to / fall back on
resort to a dictionary
Return transportation from the airport to resort
Spa resort
stock-standard resort-style vacation destination
the facility of last resort for the state JSA
to not understand a traditional ski resort.
Very little remained of the beach resort
What the resort lacked in luxury it?
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