resorting
USri-ZORT-ing/ɹɪˈzɔɹtɪŋ/UKri-ZAWT-ing/ɹɪˈzɔːtɪŋ/
- 1Present participle and gerund of resort.
Many families avoid resorting to high-interest loans during difficult months.
The negotiators settled the dispute without resorting to threats.
Note
The -ing form usually carries the 'recourse' meaning and takes to with a noun or another gerund: resorting to threats, resorting to borrowing. It now often implies necessity or frustration, so you resort to what you would rather avoid. The same letters can also mean 'sorting again,' but the hyphenated re-sorting is preferred for that, so the two words never collide on the page.
resorting is a form of resort
resort, verb: To have recourse to something, now especially out of necessity or frustration. Full entry
- Spelling
- resort → resorting: add -ing
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