resort.
A place where people go for recreation, especially one with facilities such as lodgings, entertainment, and a relaxing environment.
Meaning & usage
A place where people go for recreation, especially one with facilities such as lodgings, entertainment, and a relaxing environment.
Recourse, refuge (something or someone turned to for safety).
to have resort to violence
A place where one goes habitually; a haunt.
A subdivision of Suriname; a division of the country's districts.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English resorten, from Old French resortir (“to fall back, return, resort, have recourse, appeal”), back-formation from sortir (“to go out”).
To have recourse (to), now especially from necessity or frustration.
To fall back; to revert.
To make one's way, go (to).
Where this word comes from
From Middle English resorten, from Old French resortir (“to fall back, return, resort, have recourse, appeal”), back-formation from sortir (“to go out”).
Active power or movement; spring.
Where this word comes from
From French ressort.
Alternative spelling of re-sort (which is the preferred spelling, to avoid needless homography)
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English sort English resort From re- + sort.
Alternative spelling of re-sort.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English sort English resort From re- + sort.
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