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

Verb

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

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”).