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   re·sort

   /rəˈzôrt/

   noun

   • 1. a place that is a popular destination for vacations or recreation, or which is frequented for a particular purpose: "a seaside resort" Similar tourist centercenterspotretreathauntspawatering placeholiday destinationholiday centreinformal:tourist traphoneypot
   • ▪ the tendency of a place to be frequented by many people: archaic "places of public resort"
   • 2. the action of turning to and adopting a strategy or course of action, especially a disagreeable or undesirable one, so as to resolve a difficult situation: "territorial questions must not be settled by resort to violence" Similar recourse toturning tothe use ofutilizingapplication toappealing tolooking to
   • ▪ a strategy or course of action that may be adopted in a difficult situation: "her only resort is surgery" Similar expedientmeasurepossible course of actionsteprecoursealternativeoptionchoicesource of helpsource of assistancesomeone/something to turn topossibilityhoperemedy

   verb

   • 1. turn to and adopt (a strategy or course of action, especially a disagreeable or undesirable one) so as to resolve a difficult situation: "the duke was prepared to resort to force if negotiation failed"
   • 2. go often or in large numbers to: formal "local housing authorities must consider the needs of all people residing in or resorting to their district"

   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 the mid 18th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. resorter noun

   Scrabble Points: 6

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