resort
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Pronunciation [change]
- IPA: /ɹɨˈzɔ(ɹ)t/
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Noun [change]
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- Buildings in a scenic area where people can go on vacation or to relax; resorts are like hotels that provide extra entertainment to their guests.
- Dan and Sarah went to an expensive resort in Jamaica for their honeymoon.
Verb [change]
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- To choose to do something you don't want to do because you have no other choice.
- All my friends were too busy to help me move so I had to resort to calling a moving company and it cost me $100 dollars an hour!
- To sort something again.
- I just sorted these files last week and didn't think I'd have to do it again for awhile, but I had to resort them this morning.
Related words [change]
- (no other choice) last resort
