# resort

Pronunciation: say "ri-ZORT" US /ɹɪˈzɔɹt/, UK /ɹɪˈzɔːt/

## Noun

1. A place where people go for recreation, especially one offering lodging, entertainment, and a relaxing environment.
   - Simple: A place people visit for fun and rest, with hotels, pools, and other things to enjoy.
   - _The island resort offers snorkeling, spa treatments, and beachfront dining._
   - _After the merger, the company acquired two golf resorts in Arizona._
2. A person or thing one can turn to for safety or protection; a refuge or recourse.
   - Simple: Something or someone you turn to for help when you need it.
   - _With negotiations stalled, legal action became the union's only resort._
   - _For the sailors caught in the storm, the sheltered cove was a welcome resort._
6. An administrative subdivision of Suriname; each of the country's districts is divided into resorts.
   - Simple: A part of a district in Suriname, a country in South America.
   - _Census takers visited every household in the resort last month._
   - _The district of Paramaribo is divided into several resorts, each with its own council._
8. Alternative spelling of re-sort. — Alternative spelling of re-sort. (pronounced: say "ree-SORT" US /ˌɹiˈsɔɹt/, UK /ˌɹiːˈsɔːt/)
   - Simple: Alternative spelling of re-sort. It means an act of sorting things again.
   - _A quick resort of the spreadsheet fixed the duplicate entries._
   - _The warehouse inventory got a complete resort after the audit._

## Verb

3. To have recourse to something, now especially out of necessity or frustration.
   - Simple: To turn to something because you have no better choice.
   - _Negotiators hope neither side will resort to threats._
   - _Unable to reach a deal, the workers resorted to a strike._
4. To fall back to a former state or condition; to revert.
   - Simple: To go back to how something was before.
   - _When the levee failed, the river resorted to its former channel._
   - _Without regular mowing, the lawn will resort to meadow within a year._
5. To make one's way to a place; to go to it.
   - Simple: To go to a place, making your way there.
   - _Pilgrims resort to the shrine each spring._
   - _In the evenings, scholars resorted to the coffeehouse to debate._
7. Alternative spelling of re-sort. — Alternative spelling of re-sort (which is the preferred spelling, to avoid needless homography) (pronounced: say "ree-SORT" US /ˌɹiˈsɔɹt/, UK /ˌɹiːˈsɔːt/)
   - Simple: Alternative spelling of re-sort. It means to sort something again. Writing it with the hyphen keeps the meaning clear.
   - _After the import, we had to resort the entire customer database._
   - _The spreadsheet rows resort whenever a new entry arrives._

## Noun

9. A place that someone visits habitually; a haunt. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: A place someone visits again and again, like a favorite spot.
   - _The riverside garden was her constant resort in fine weather._
   - _The tavern on Fleet Street served as the poets' nightly resort._
10. Active power or movement; the spring or elastic force of a thing. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: The power of a thing to spring or push back.
   - _The blade bent under his thumb and returned with a lively resort._
   - _Years of damp had robbed the crossbow of its resort._

## Origin

**Meanings 1–6, 9** — From Middle English resorten, from Old French resortir ("to fall back, return, resort, have recourse, appeal"), a back-formation from sortir ("to go out").
**Meanings 7–8** — Formed from the prefix re- and the word sort.
**Meaning 10** — From French ressort.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/resort (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).