resort Definition

resort¹
verb, intr resorted, resorting

1. To turn to it as a means of solving a problem, etc; to have recourse to it.
2. formal
To go to (a place), especially habitually or in great numbers.

noun

1. A place visited by many people, especially one, eg a seaside town, that provides accommodation and recreation for holidaymakers.

Example: a holiday resort
Example: the Spanish resorts
Thesaurus: refuge, retreat, spa, health resort.
2a. The action of resorting or having recourse to someone or something for help;
2b. The person or thing that is resorted to; someone or something looked to for help.

Thesaurus: alternative, hope, recourse, chance, possibility, course, expedient.

Derivative: resorter
noun

Idiom: in the last resort

When all other means, methods, etc have failed.
Thesaurus: in desperation, in the end, lastly, finally, when push comes to shove (slang).

Idiom: the last resort

The only remaining course of action or means of overcoming a difficulty, solving a problem, etc.

Etymology: 14c: from French sortir to go out.

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resort²
re-sort
verb

1. To sort something again or differently.

Etymology: 19c.