Resort Popular Holiday Noun Rɪˈzɔːt Rɪˈzɔːrt Seaside/Mountain Spent

• seaside/mountain resorts
• they spent a month at a fashionable ski resort in switzerland.
• a popular tourist resort
• a popular holiday resort

resort

1. a place where a lot of people go on holiday
• seaside/mountain resorts
• They spent a month at a fashionable ski resort in Switzerland.
• a popular tourist resort
• a popular holiday resort
• the resort town of Byron Bay
• destination resorts such as Atlantis in the Bahamas
2. the act of using something, especially something bad or unpleasant, because nothing else is possible
• SYNONYM recourse
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• There are hopes that the conflict can be resolved without resort to violence.
3. the first or last course of action that you should or can take in a particular situation
• Strike action should be regarded as a last resort, when all attempts to negotiate have failed.
• In the last resort (= in the end) everyone must decide for themselves.

Word Origin

• late Middle English (denoting something one can turn to for assistance): from Old French resortir, from re- ‘again’ + sortir ‘come or go out’. The sense ‘place frequently visited’ dates from the mid 18th cent.