resorted
ri-ZORT-id/ɹɪˈzɔɹtɪd/UKri-ZAWT-id/ɹɪˈzɔːtɪd/
- 1Simple past and past participle of resort.
The negotiators resorted to mediation after months of stalemate.
He had resorted to borrowing money to cover the unexpected costs.
Note
One spelling serves both the simple past and the participle after have or had. Because the verb is intransitive, it needs to before what is turned to, and that to is a preposition: you resorted to threats, or to using force, not to use force. Sorting things a second time is a different verb, better spelled re-sorted with the hyphen to keep the two apart.
resorted is a form of resort
resort, verb: To have recourse to something, now especially out of necessity or frustration. Full entry
- Spelling
- resort → resorted: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪd/, an extra syllable.
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