Definition of resort

noun (n)

• a hotel located in a resort area (noun.location)

  Synonym: holiday resort, resort hotel
  

  source: wordnet30
• a frequently visited place (noun.location)

  Synonym: hangout, haunt, repair, stamping ground
  

  source: wordnet30
• something or someone turned to for assistance or security (noun.attribute)

  Synonym: recourse, refuge
  

  source: wordnet30
• act of turning to for assistance (noun.act)

  Example:
  An appeal to his uncle was his last resort.
  

  source: wordnet30
• Active power or movement; spring. (noun)

  source: webster1913
• 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. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• have recourse to (verb.social)

  Synonym: fall back, recur
  

  Example:
  The government resorted to rationing meat.
  

  source: wordnet30
• move, travel, or proceed toward some place (verb.motion)

  Synonym: repair
  

  source: wordnet30
• To go; to repair; to betake one's self. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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