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resort

noun · verb · 16 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ɹɪˈzɔːt/ non-rhotic
  • /ɹɪˈzɔɹt/ rhotic
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  • rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)t
  • /ˌɹiːˈsɔ(ɹ)t/
  • CMU ARPABET: R IH0 Z AO1 R T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: R IY0 Z AO1 R T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 3: R IY0 S AO1 R T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A place where people go for recreation, especially one with facilities such as lodgings, entertainment, and a relaxing environment.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Recourse, refuge (something or someone turned to for safety).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • to have resort to violence

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A place where one goes habitually; a haunt.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A subdivision of Suriname; a division of the country's districts.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: government

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Alternative spelling of re-sort.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

Active power or movement; spring.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

To have recourse (to), now especially from necessity or frustration.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

verb

Meaning 8

To fall back; to revert.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

verb

Meaning 9

To make one's way, go (to).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

verb

Meaning 10

Alternative spelling of re-sort (which is the preferred spelling, to avoid needless homography)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative, intransitive, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

act of turning to for assistance

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • have recourse to the courts
  • an appeal to his uncle was his last resort

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: recourse, refuge

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: aid, assist, assistance, help

12

noun

Meaning 12

something or someone turned to for assistance or security

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • his only recourse was the police
  • took refuge in lying

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: recourse, refuge

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: resource

Narrower terms: shadow

13

noun

Meaning 13

a frequently visited place

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: haunt, hangout, repair, stamping ground

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: area, country

Narrower terms: gathering place

14

noun

Meaning 14

a hotel located in a resort area

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: resort hotel, holiday resort

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: hotel

Narrower terms: dude ranch, honeymoon resort, ski resort

15

verb

Meaning 15

move, travel, or proceed toward some place

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • He repaired to his cabin in the woods

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: repair

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: travel, go, move, locomote

16

verb

Meaning 16

have recourse to

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The government resorted to rationing meat

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fall back, recur

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ

History

Etymology

From Middle English resorten, from Old French resortir (“to fall back, return, resort, have recourse, appeal”), back-formation from sortir (“to go out”).

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English sort English resort From re- + sort.

From French ressort.

Across languages

Translations

133 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: vendpushim — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Arabic: مُنْتَجَع (muntajaʕ) — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Armenian: կուրորտ (kurort) — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Armenian: առողջարան (aṙoġǰaran) — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Azerbaijani: kurort — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Belarusian: куро́рт (kurórt) — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Bulgarian: куро́рт (kurórt) — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Burmese: အပန်းဖြေနေရာ (a.pan:hprenera) — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Catalan: complex turístic — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Chinese Mandarin: 度假勝地 /度假胜地 (dùjià shèngdì) — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Chinese Mandarin: 度假村 (dùjiàcūn) — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Chinese Mandarin: 渡假村 (dùjiàcūn) — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Czech: letovisko — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Czech: letoviště — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Danish: opholdssted — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Dutch: vakantieoord — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Estonian: kuurort — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Finnish: lomakohde — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • French: lieu de vacances — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • French: resort — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Georgian: კურორტი (ḳurorṭi) — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • German: Kurort — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • German: Resort — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • German: Ferienort — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Greek: θέρετρο (théretro) — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Greek: εντευκτήριο (entefktírio) — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Hebrew: כְּפָר נֹפֶשׁ (kfar nófesh) — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Hindi: रिसॉर्ट (risŏrṭ) — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Hungarian: gyógyhely — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Hungarian: üdülő — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Italian: villaggio vacanze — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Italian: villagio turistico — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Japanese: リゾート (rizōto) — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Kazakh: курорт (kurort) — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Khmer: រមណីយដ្ឋាន (rĕəʼmĕəʼniiyĕəʼthaan) — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Korean: 리조트 (rijoteu) — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Korean: 휴양지 (hyuyangji) — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Kyrgyz: курорт (kurort) — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Lao: ຣີສອດ (rī sǭt) — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Latin: locus fēriae — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Latvian: kūrorts — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Latvian: atpūtas vieta — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Lithuanian: kurortas — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Lithuanian: poilsiavietė — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Macedonian: одморалиште (odmoralište) — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Macedonian: лекувалиште (lekuvalište) — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Malay: tempat peranginan — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Māori: wāhi whakatā — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Māori: tūnga whakatā — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Māori: taunga whakatā — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Māori: hōtēra whakatā — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Norwegian Bokmål: feriested — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Persian: استراحتگاه (esterâhatgâh) — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Polish: kurort — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Polish: uzdrowisko — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Portuguese: resort — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Portuguese: estância — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Russian: куро́рт (kurórt) — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Russian: здра́вница (zdrávnica) — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Serbo-Croatian: одма̀ралӣште — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Serbo-Croatian: ле̏товалӣште — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Serbo-Croatian: ље̏товалӣште — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Serbo-Croatian: odmàralīšte — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Serbo-Croatian: lȅtovalīšte — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Serbo-Croatian: ljȅtovalīšte — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Slovak: letovisko — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Slovene: letovišče — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Spanish: estación turística — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Spanish: complejo vacacional — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Spanish: resort — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Spanish: recinto turístico — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Spanish: centro turístico — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Swedish: semesterort — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Swedish: kurort — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Swedish: badort — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Tajik: курорт (kurort) — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Tajik: истироҳатгоҳ (istirohatgoh) — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Thai: รีสอร์ท (rii-sɔ̀ɔt) — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Thai: ที่ตากอากาศ — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Turkish: tatil köyü — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Ukrainian: куро́рт (kurórt) — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Urdu: ریزورٹ (rizorṭ) — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Uzbek: kurort — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Vietnamese: khu nghỉ dưỡng — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Vietnamese: resort — a relaxing environment for people on vacation
  • Bulgarian: убе́жище (ubéžište) — something or someone turned to for safety
  • Dutch: uitweg — something or someone turned to for safety
  • Dutch: toevlucht — something or someone turned to for safety
  • Finnish: turva — something or someone turned to for safety
  • French: sortie — something or someone turned to for safety
  • French: recours — something or someone turned to for safety
  • German: Ausweg — something or someone turned to for safety
  • German: Zuflucht — something or someone turned to for safety
  • Greek: καταφύγιο (katafýgio) — something or someone turned to for safety
  • Māori: puninga — something or someone turned to for safety
  • Portuguese: refúgio — something or someone turned to for safety
  • Russian: убе́жище (ubéžišče) — something or someone turned to for safety
  • Spanish: recurso — something or someone turned to for safety
  • Spanish: refugio — something or someone turned to for safety
  • Swedish: tillflykt — something or someone turned to for safety
  • Swedish: tillhåll — something or someone turned to for safety
  • Azerbaijani: əl atmaq — to have recourse out of necessity or frustration
  • Bulgarian: прибягвам (pribjagvam) — to have recourse out of necessity or frustration
  • Bulgarian: обръщам се към (obrǎštam se kǎm) — to have recourse out of necessity or frustration
  • Chinese Mandarin: 求助 (qiúzhù) — to have recourse out of necessity or frustration
  • Finnish: turvautua — to have recourse out of necessity or frustration
  • French: recourir (à) — to have recourse out of necessity or frustration
  • German: zurückgreifen — to have recourse out of necessity or frustration
  • German: verlegen sich — to have recourse out of necessity or frustration
  • German: verfallen — to have recourse out of necessity or frustration
  • Greek: καταφεύγω (katafévgo) — to have recourse out of necessity or frustration
  • Greek: προσφεύγω (prosfévgo) — to have recourse out of necessity or frustration
  • Hungarian: folyamodik — to have recourse out of necessity or frustration
  • Italian: fare ricorso — to have recourse out of necessity or frustration
  • Latin: confugio — to have recourse out of necessity or frustration
  • Latin: recurro — to have recourse out of necessity or frustration
  • Norwegian: ty til — to have recourse out of necessity or frustration
  • Occitan: recórrer — to have recourse out of necessity or frustration
  • Persian: اندخسیدن (andaxsidan) — to have recourse out of necessity or frustration
  • Polish: uciec się — to have recourse out of necessity or frustration
  • Polish: uciekać się — to have recourse out of necessity or frustration
  • Portuguese: apelar — to have recourse out of necessity or frustration
  • Spanish: recurrir — to have recourse out of necessity or frustration
  • Spanish: acudir — to have recourse out of necessity or frustration
  • Finnish: palautua — to fall back
  • German: zurückfallen — to fall back
  • German: heimfallen — to fall back
  • German: zurückkehren — to fall back
  • Portuguese: recorrer — to fall back
  • Bulgarian: отправям се (otpravjam se) — to make one's way
  • Chinese Mandarin: 诉诸 (sùzhū) — to make one's way
  • Finnish: päästä — to make one's way
  • German: kommen — to make one's way
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