Resort Definition

rĭ-zôrt
resorted, resorting, resorts
verb
resorted, resorting, resorts
To go; esp., to go often, customarily, or generally.
Webster's New World
To have recourse; go or turn (to) for use, help, support, etc.
To resort to harsh measures.
Webster's New World

To make one's way, go (to).

Wiktionary

To have recourse (to), now especially from necessity or frustration.

Wiktionary
To fall back; to revert.
Wiktionary
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noun
resorts
A place to which people go often or generally, esp. one for rest or recreation, as on a vacation.
Webster's New World
A frequent, customary, or general going, gathering together, or visiting.
A place of general resort.
Webster's New World
A person or thing that one goes or turns to for help, support, etc.
Webster's New World
A going or turning for help, support, etc.; recourse.
To have resort to relatives.
Webster's New World
One turned to or made use of for aid or relief.
I would ask him only as a last resort.
American Heritage
idiom
as a last resort
  • as the last available means
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Resort

Noun

Singular:
resort
Plural:
resorts

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Resort

  • as a last resort

Origin of Resort

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

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English resorten to return from Old French resortir to go out again re- re- sortir to go out

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • French ressort.

    From Wiktionary

  • re- +"Ž sort

    From Wiktionary

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