resort
pronunciation
How to pronounce resort in British English:
UK [rɪˈzɔːt]
How to pronounce resort in American English:
US [rɪˈzɔːrt]
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- Noun:
- a hotel located in a resort area
- a frequently visited place
- something or someone turned to for assistance or security
- act of turning to for assistance
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- Verb:
- have recourse to
- move, travel, or proceed toward some place
Word Origin
- resort (n.)
- late 14c., "that to which one has recourse for aid or assistance," from Old French resort "resource, a help, an aid, a remedy," back-formation from resortir "to resort," literally "to go out again," from re- "again" (see re-) + sortir "go out" (see sortie). Meaning "place people go for recreation" is first recorded 1754. Phrase in the last resort (1670s) translates French en dernier ressort, originally of legal appeals.
- resort (v.)
- c. 1400, "issue; come out again;" mid-15c., "to go to (someone) for aid," from Old French resortir, from resort (see resort (n.)). Related: Resorted; resorting.
Example
- 1. This is the most un-american of american resort communities .
- 2. The actor plans to turn it into an ecofriendly resort .
- 3. Many people in crisis do resort to familiar ways of coping .
- 4. I regard class distinctions as unjustified and , in the last resort , based on force .
- 5. My friends and I spent new year 's eve at a resort in the mountains .