RESORT


Meaning of RESORT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ rɪˈzɔ:t ]

n. & v. --n. 1 a place frequented esp. for holidays or for a specified purpose or quality (seaside resort; health resort). 2 a a thing to which one has recourse; an expedient or measure (a taxi was our best resort). b (foll. by to) recourse to; use of (without resort to violence). 3 a tendency to frequent or be frequented (places of great resort). --v.intr. 1 (foll. by to) turn to as an expedient (resorted to threats). 2 (foll. by to) go often or in large numbers to. øin the (or as a) last resort when all else has failed. øøresorter n. [ME f. OF resortir (as RE-, sortir come or go out)]

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