resort

Meaning

Noun

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. A subdivision of Suriname; a division of the country's districts.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To have recourse (to), now especially from necessity or frustration.
2. (intransitive) To fall back; to revert.
3. (intransitive) To make one's way, go (to).

Verb

Alternative spelling of re-sort (which is the preferred spelling, to avoid needless homography)

Synonyms

recourse

haunt

refuge

have recourse

repair

hangout

fall back

retreat

recur

betake

place

spa

frequent

approach

appeal

move

spot

health resort

stamping ground

trick

seaside resort

resort hotel

go

occupy

holiday resort

bathhouse

fall

embodiment

attain

appeal to

dodge

device

assets

depend on

mount

crowd

assemblage

accuse

course of action

locality

course

ascend

lee

make

means

method

immigrate

comfort

move over

house

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Translations

recours

καταφεύγω

recurso

recorrer

ricorrere

toevlucht

προσφεύγω

προσφυγή

Kurort

Ausweg

ricorso

recourir

καταφύγιο

θέρετρο

umsortieren

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɪˈzɔːt/

Etymology

From Middle English resorten, from Old French resortir (“to fall back, return, resort, have recourse, appeal”), back-formation from sortir (“to go out”).