resort
resort
/rɪˈzɔːt/
1 countable a place where a lot of people go on holiday seaside/mountain resorts
They spent a month at a fashionable ski resort in Switzerland.
a popular tourist resort
(British English also) a popular holiday resort
the resort town of Byron Bay
destination resorts such as Atlantis in the Bahamas
Collocations
adjective
resort + noun
preposition
at a/the resort
in a/the resort
2 uncountable resort to something the act of using something, especially something bad or unpleasant, because nothing else is possible There are hopes that the conflict can be resolved without resort to violence.
3 the first/last/final resort the first or last course of action that you should or can take in a particular situation
Strike action should be regarded as a last resort, when all attempts to negotiate have failed.
In the last resort (= in the end) everyone must decide for themselves.
resort
/rɪˈzɔːt/
Phrasal Verbs
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 cent.