place+of+resort

  • 11Resort — A resort is a place used for relaxation or recreation, attracting visitors for holidays or vacations. Resorts are places, towns or sometimes commercial establishment operated by a single company. Such a self contained resort attempts to provide… …

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  • 12resort — re|sort1 W3 [rıˈzo:t US o:rt] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: resortir to come back, resort , from sortir to go out ] 1.) a place where a lot of people go for holidays seaside/beach/ski etc resort ▪ Aspen, a ski resort in Colorado ▪… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 13resort — /ri zawrt /, v.i. 1. to have recourse for use, help, or accomplishing something, often as a final available option or resource: to resort to war. 2. to go, esp. frequently or customarily: a beach to which many people resort. n. 3. a place to… …

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  • 14resort — Synonyms and related words: ability, action, ad hoc measure, affect, agency, alternative, amusement park, answer, artifice, attend, backup, ballroom, baths, cabaret, cafe chantant, cafe dansant, capacity, capital, casino, club, clubhouse,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 15resort — 1 noun 1 (C) a place where people often go for holidays: seaside/beach/mountain etc resort: a seaside resort south of Tokyo | resort hotel/beach/town: Jan and Matt run a small resort hotel in Vermont. 2 as a last resort/in the last resort used to …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 16resort — [[t]rɪzɔ͟ː(r)t[/t]] ♦♦♦ resorts, resorting, resorted 1) VERB If you resort to a course of action that you do not really approve of, you adopt it because you cannot see any other way of achieving what you want. [V to n/ ing] His punishing work… …

    English dictionary

  • 17resort */ — I UK [rɪˈzɔː(r)t] / US [rɪˈzɔrt] noun [countable] Word forms resort : singular resort plural resorts a place that many people go to for a holiday a ski/seaside/mountain resort a resort island/town • (as) a last resort used for saying that you… …

    English dictionary

  • 18resort — Verb: To have recourse. To turn to one for aid or assistance. To use, as to resort to arms. To go to a place, even to go once. State v Ah Sam, 15 Nev 27. A place of frequent assembly. Re Sic, 73 Cal 142, 152, 14 P 405 (place for smoking opium).… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 19resort — re|sort1 [ rı zɔrt ] noun count * a place that many people go to for a vacation: a ski/seaside/mountain resort a resort island/town (as) a last resort used to say that you will do something only after trying everything else to solve a problem:… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 20resort — re•sort [[t]rɪˈzɔrt[/t]] v. i. 1) to have recourse for use, help, or accomplishing something, often as a final option: to resort to war[/ex] 2) to go, esp. frequently or customarily: a beach to which many people resort[/ex] 3) a place with… …

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