resort

B2 Topic:Places & Geography

US /ɹɪˈzɔːt/ See IPA manual

Freq #5567

Meanings

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

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

The government resorted to rationing meat during the war.
3

noun
Someone or something turned to for help or safety.

Violence should always be the last resort.

Verb forms

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Thesaurus

Synonyms

2 verb · to turn to something, often... fall back

3 noun · someone or something turned... recourse refuge

Word family

Forms resortedresortingresorts

Derived forms ecoresortmegaresortresorterresortlike

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Phrases (1)

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holiday resort
a hotel or accommodation complex in a place visited for vacations

Noun + noun

Idioms (1)

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last resort
the final option, used only when all others have failed

Simplified etymology

Resort came into English in the late Middle Ages from Old French resortir, formed from re-, “again,” and sortir, “come or go out.” It initially meant something turned to for assistance. The sense “place frequently visited,” as in holiday resort, dates from the mid-16th century.

Etymology

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

resorten Middle English resortir Old French

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Topics

Places & Geography

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# resort

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /ɹɪˈzɔːt/
**Frequency rank:** 5567

## Meanings
1. A place where people go on holiday for rest and recreation.
2. To turn to something, often unwanted, because no other choice remains.
3. Someone or something turned to for help or safety.

## Examples
- They spent a week at a beach resort in the West Country.
- The government resorted to rationing meat during the war.
- Violence should always be the last resort.

## Derived Forms
- ecoresort
- megaresort
- resorter
- resortlike

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: resorten
- Root: resortir

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

## AI Etymology
Resort comes from Middle English resorten, from Old French resortir (“to fall back, return, resort, have recourse, appeal”), back-formation from sortir (“to go out”). Modern senses include a place where people go on holiday for rest and recreation. and to turn to something, often unwanted, because no other choice remains.. The wider word family includes derivatives such as ecoresort, megaresort, resorter, and resortlike.

## Topics
- Places & Geography

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