resort

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A place where people go on holiday for rest and recreation.

   They spent a week at a beach resort in the West Country.

2. 2
   verb

   To turn to something, often unwanted, because no other choice remains.

   The government resorted to rationing meat during the war.

3. 3
   noun

   Someone or something turned to for help or safety.

   Violence should always be the last resort.

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

Topics