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resort
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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun resort has 4 senses
- resort(n = noun.location) holiday resort, resort hotel - a hotel located in a resort area; Array is a kind of hotel
- resort(n = noun.location) hangout, haunt, repair, stamping ground - a frequently visited place; Array is a kind of area, country
- resort(n = noun.attribute) recourse, refuge - something or someone turned to for assistance or security; "his only recourse was the police"; "took refuge in lying" is a kind of resource
- resort(n = noun.act) recourse, refuge - act of turning to for assistance; "have recourse to the courts"; "an appeal to his uncle was his last resort" is a kind of aid, assist, assistance, help
has particulars: dude ranch, honeymoon resort, ski resort
is a part of playground, resort area, vacation spot
Derived form verb resort2
has particulars: gathering place
has particulars: shadow
Derived form verb resort1
Derived form verb resort1
Verb resort has 2 senses
- resort(v = verb.social) fall back, recur - have recourse to; "The government resorted to rationing meat" is one way to apply, employ, use, utilise, utilize
- resort(v = verb.motion) repair - move, travel, or proceed toward some place; "He repaired to his cabin in the woods" is one way to go, locomote, move, travel
Derived forms noun resort4, noun resort3
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
Derived form noun resort1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
resort, n. [F. ressort.].
Active power or movement; spring. [1913 Webster]
"Some . . . know the resorts and falls of business that can not sink into the main of it."
[1913 Webster]
resort, v. i. [OF. resortir to withdraw, take refuge, F. ressortir to be in the jurisdiction, LL. resortire; pref. re- re- + L. sortiri to draw lots, obtain by lot, from sors lot. See Sort. The meaning is first to reobtain (by lot), then to gain by appeal to a higher court (as a law term), to appeal, go for protection or refuge.].
- To go; to repair; to betake one's self. [1913 Webster]"What men name resort to him?" [1913 Webster]
- To fall back; to revert. [1913 Webster]"The inheritance of the son never resorted to the mother, or to any of her ancestors." [1913 Webster]
- To have recourse; to apply; to one's self for help, relief, or advantage. [1913 Webster]"The king thought it time to resort to other counsels." [1913 Webster]
- The act of going to, or making application; a betaking one's self; the act of visiting or seeking; recourse; as, a place of popular resort; -- often figuratively; as, to have resort to force. [1913 Webster]"Join with me to forbid him her resort." [1913 Webster]
- A place to which one betakes himself habitually; a place of frequent assembly; a haunt. [1913 Webster]"Far from all resort of mirth." [1913 Webster]
- That to which one resorts or looks for help; resource; refuge. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
resort, 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.
--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.
Idiom
in the (or as a) last resort when all else has failed.
Derivative
resorter n.
Etymology
ME f. OF resortir (as RE-, sortir come or go out)
THESAURUS
resort
ability, action, ad hoc measure, affect, agency, alternative, amusement park, answer, artifice, attend, backup, ballroom, baths, cabaret, cafe chantant, cafe dansant, capacity, capital, casino, club, clubhouse, contrivance, countermove, coup, course of action, dance floor, dance hall, dancing pavilion, demarche, dernier ressort, device, devices, disposable resources, dodge, effort, entertainment industry, expediency, expedient, fall back on, frequent, fun-fair, funds, gambling house, gathering place, gimmick, going between, hang, hang around, hangout, haunt, have recourse to, health resort, hope, improvisation, instrumentality, intermediation, juke joint, jury-rig, jury-rigged expedient, last expedient, last resort, last shift, look to, machinery, makeshift, maneuver, means, measure, mechanism, mediation, meeting place, method, move, night spot, nightclub, nitery, patronize, pis aller, power, purlieu, rallying point, recourse, recourses, refuge, remedy, rendezvous, repair to, reserve, resort to, resorts, resource, resources, retreat, roadhouse, service, shake-up, shift, show biz, show business, solution, spa, springs, stamping, stamping ground, step, stock, stopgap, stratagem, stroke, stroke of policy, substitute, supply, tactic, take to, tavern, temporary expedient, theater, trick, trump, turn to, visit, watering place, ways, ways and means, wherewith, wherewithal, working hypothesis, working propositionROGET THESAURUS
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Use
N use, employ, employment, exercise, exercitation, application, appliance, adhibition, disposal, consumption, agency, usufruct, usefulness, benefit, recourse, resort, avail, utilization, service, wear, usage, in use, used, well-worn, well-trodden, useful, subservient.Assemblage
VB assemble, collect, muster, meet, unite, join, rejoin, cluster, flock, swarm, surge, stream, herd, crowd, throng, associate, congregate, conglomerate, concentrate, precipitate, center round, rendezvous, resort, come together, flock get together, pig together, forgather, huddle, reassemble, assemble, muster, bring together, get together, put together, draw together, scrape together, lump together, collect, collocate, colligate, get, whip in, gather, hold a meeting, convene, convoke, convocate, rake up, dredge, heap, mass, pile, pack, put up, truss, cram, acervate, agglomerate, aggregate, compile, group, aggroup, concentrate, unite, collect into a focus, bring into a focus, amass, accumulate, collect in a dragnet, heap Ossa upon Pelion.Abode
N abode, dwelling, lodging, domicile, residence, apartment, place, digs, pad, address, habitation, where one's lot is cast, local habitation, berth, diggings, seat, lap, sojourn, housing, quarters, headquarters, resiance, tabernacle, throne, ark, home, fatherland, country, homestead, homestall, fireside, hearth, hearth stone, chimney corner, inglenook, ingle side, harem, seraglio, zenana, household gods, lares et penates, roof, household, housing, dulce domum, paternal domicile, native soil, native land, habitat, range, stamping ground, haunt, hangout, biosphere, environment, ecological niche, nest, nidus, snuggery, arbor, bower, lair, den, cave, hole, hiding place, cell, sanctum sanctorum, aerie, eyrie, eyry, rookery, hive, covert, resort, retreat, perch, roost, nidification, kala jagah, bivouac, camp, encampment, cantonment, castrametation, barrack, casemate, casern, tent, building, chamber, xenodochium, tenement, messuage, farm, farmhouse, grange, hacienda, toft, cot, cabin, hut, chalet, croft, shed, booth, stall, hovel, bothy, shanty, dugout, wigwam, pen, barn, bawn, kennel, sty, doghold, cote, coop, hutch, byre, cow house, cow shed, stable, dovecote, columbary, columbarium, shippen, igloo, iglu, jacal, lacustrine dwelling, lacuslake dwelling, lacuspile dwelling, log cabin, log house, shack, shebang, tepee, topek, house, mansion, place, villa, cottage, box, lodge, hermitage, rus in urbe, folly, rotunda, tower, chateau, castle, pavilion, hotel, court, manor-house, capital messuage, hall, palace, kiosk, bungalow, casa, country seat, apartment house, flat house, frame house, shingle house, tenement house, temple, hamlet, village, thorp, dorp, ham, kraal, borough, burgh, town, city, capital, metropolis, suburb, province, country, county town, county seat, courthouse, ghetto, street, place, terrace, parade, esplanade, alameda, board walk, embankment, road, row, lane, alley, court, quadrangle, quad, wynd, close, yard, passage, rents, buildings, mews, square, polygon, circus, crescent, mall, piazza, arcade, colonnade, peristyle, cloister, gardens, grove, residences, block of buildings, market place, place, plaza, anchorage, roadstead, roads, dock, basin, wharf, quay, port, harbor, quarter, parish, assembly room, meetinghouse, pump room, spa, watering place, inn, hostel, hostelry, hotel, tavern, caravansary, dak bungalow, khan, hospice, public house, pub, pot house, mug house, gin mill, gin palace, bar, bar room, barrel house, cabaret, chophouse, club, clubhouse, cookshop, dive, exchange, grill room, saloon, shebeen, coffee house, eating house, canteen, restaurant, buffet, cafe, estaminet, posada, almshouse, poorhouse, townhouse, garden, park, pleasure ground, plaisance, demesne, cage, terrarium, doghouse, pen, aviary, barn, stall, zoo, urban, metropolitan, suburban, provincial, rural, rustic, domestic, cosmopolitan, palatial, eigner Hert ist goldes Werth, even cities have their graves, ubi libertas ibi patria, home sweet home.Convergence
N convergence, confluence, concourse, conflux, congress, concurrence, concentration, convergency, appulse, meeting, corradiation, assemblage, resort, asymptote, converging, convergent, confluent, concurrent, centripetal, asymptotical, asymptotic, confluxible.
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