The meaning of Resort

Resort – definition

noun
A place that is frequented for holidays or recreation or for a particular purpose.
Usage examples:
A seaside resort
Synonims:
Tourist centre Centre Spot Retreat Haunt Spa Watering place Holiday destination Holiday centre Tourist trap Honeypot
noun
The action of resorting to a course of action in a difficult situation.
Usage examples:
Territorial questions must not be settled by resort to violence
Synonims:
Recourse to Turning to The use of Utilizing Application to Appealing to Looking to

verb
Turn to and adopt (a course of action, especially an extreme or undesirable one) so as to resolve a difficult situation.
Usage examples:
The duke was prepared to resort to force if negotiation failed
Synonims:
Have recourse to Fall back on Turn to Look to Make use of Use Utilize Avail oneself of Employ Bring into play/service Press into service Call on Adopt Exercise Stoop to Descend to Sink to
verb
Go often or in large numbers to.
Usage examples:
Local housing authorities must consider the needs of all people residing in or resorting to their d…

Resort translation into English

Resort: translate from English into Chinese

采取, 玩弄, 娱乐场, 渡假胜地

Resort: translate from English into Dutch

Toevlucht

Resort: translate from English into French

Station balnéaire, Recourir, Recours, Avoir recours, Ressource, Lieu de séjour, Lieu de vacances, Expédiant, En venir

Resort: translate from English into German

Erholungsort, Urlaubsort, Ausweg

Resort: translate from English into Hindi

सहारा लेना, आश्रय, गमन, अड्डा, गमन स्थान, कहीं जाना, बदलना, प्रयोग करना, आश्रय लेना

Resort: translate from English into Italian

Ricorrere, Località, Ricorso, Stazione, Risorsa, Recarsi

Resort: translate from English into Korean

의지, 가다, 자주 가다, 가기, 사람들이 자주 가는 곳, 호소하다, 어떤 수단에 호소하다

Resort: translate from English into Russian

Прибегнуть, Курорт, Курортный, Прибежище, Обращение, Надежда, Прибегать к, Посещать, Утешение, Спасительное средство, Часто посещать, Обращение за помощью, Часто посещаемое место, Излюбленное место, Обращаться за помощью

Resort: translate from English into Spanish

Complejo, Recurso, Estación, Playa, Lugar de reunión, Punto de veraneo, Punto de reunión

Word origin

late Middle English (denoting something one can turn to for assistance): from Old French resortir, from re- ‘again’ + sortir ‘come or go out’. The sense ‘place frequently visited’ dates from

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Resort – similar words

resorting

verb
Turn to and adopt (a course of action, especially an extreme or undesirable one) so as to resolve a difficult situation.
Usage examples:
The duke was prepared to resort to force if negotiation failed

noun
A place that is frequented for holidays or recreation or for a particular purpose.
Usage examples:
A seaside resort

noun
The action of resorting to a course of action in a difficult situation.
Usage examples:
Territorial questions must not be settled by resort to violence

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resorted

verb
Turn to and adopt (a course of action, especially an extreme or undesirable one) so as to resolve a difficult situation.
Usage examples:
The duke was prepared to resort to force if negotiation failed

noun
A place that is frequented for holidays or recreation or for a particular purpose.
Usage examples:
A seaside resort

noun
The action of resorting to a course of action in a difficult situation.
Usage examples:
Territorial questions must not be settled by resort to violence

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Resort synonims

adopt

verb
Legally take (another's child) and bring it up as one's own.
Usage examples:
There are many people eager to adopt a baby

verb
To take another person’s child legally into your own family to raise as your own child
Usage examples:
[ t ] they adopted raphael last september., the new law means companies will adopt energy-saving me…

verb
To start to use a new method, system, law, etc.
Usage examples:
Many european businesses are now adopting a management style closer to that of the us., adopt an ap…

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centre

noun
The point that is equally distant from every point on the circumference of a circle or sphere.
Usage examples:
She was so angered by this thought that she had changed forms and was halfway to the center of the …

verb
Occur mainly in or around (a specified place).
Usage examples:
The textile industry was centred in lancashire and yorkshire

proper noun
A region of central france, including the cities of orleans, tours, and chartres.

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employ

verb
Give work to (someone) and pay them for it.
Usage examples:
The firm employs 150 people

noun
The state of being employed for wages or a salary.
Usage examples:
I started work in the employ of a grocer

verb
To pay someone to work or do a job for you
Usage examples:
The factory employs 87 workers., jacobs employs this phrase repeatedly.

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exercise

noun
Activity requiring physical effort, carried out to sustain or improve health and fitness.
Usage examples:
Exercise improves your heart and lung power

verb
Use or apply (a faculty, right, or process).
Usage examples:
Control is exercised by the board

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haunt

verb
(of a ghost) manifest itself at (a place) regularly.
Usage examples:
A grey lady who haunts the chapel

noun
A place frequented by a specified person.
Usage examples:
The bar was a favourite haunt of artists of the time

verb
To often appear somewhere, or to appear to someone in the form of a ghost (= spirit of a dead person)
Usage examples:
His experiences in vietnam still haunt him., this restaurant was one of our old haunts.

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honeypot

noun
A container for honey.
Usage examples:
An earthenware honeypot

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make use of

verb
To put something into your service for a purpose
Usage examples:
Do you know how to use a computer?, we could use your help., she uses so many big words, it’s hard …

phrase
To use something that is available
Usage examples:
We might as well make use of the hotel's facilities., we must make use of every weapon we have in t…

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retreat

verb
(of an army) withdraw from enemy forces as a result of their superior power or after a defeat.
Usage examples:
The french retreated in disarray

noun
An act of moving back or withdrawing.
Usage examples:
A speedy retreat

verb
The act of withdrawing or going backward

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spa

noun
A mineral spring considered to have health-giving properties.
Usage examples:
The victorian spa town of buxton

proper noun
A small town in eastern belgium, south-east of liège; population 10,549 (2008). it has been celebrated since medieval times for the curative properties of its mineral springs.

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spot

noun
A small round or roundish mark, differing in colour or texture from the surface around it.
Usage examples:
Ladybirds have black spots on their red wing covers

verb
Short for spotlight.

verb
A point located with respect to surface features of some region

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use

verb
Take, hold, or deploy (something) as a means of accomplishing or achieving something; employ.
Usage examples:
She used her key to open the front door

noun
The action of using something or the state of being used for a purpose.
Usage examples:
Modern trains are now in use

Put into service

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utilize

verb
Make practical and effective use of.
Usage examples:
Vitamin c helps your body utilize the iron present in your diet

Put into service

verb
To make use of something
Usage examples:
The library’s great collection allowed me to utilize many rare sources.

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utilizing

verb
Make practical and effective use of.
Usage examples:
Vitamin c helps your body utilize the iron present in your diet

verb
Present participle of utilize
Usage examples:
The vitamins come in a form that is easily utilized by the body.

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