| query | If you r_____ to a course of action that you do not really approve of, you adopt it because you cannot see any other way of achieving what you want .If you resort to a course of action that you do not really approve of, you adopt it because you cannot see any other way of achieving what you want . When all else failed, he resorted to violence. Some schools have resorted to recruiting teachers from overseas. |
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| word | resort |
| full-definition | verb If you resort to a course of action that you do not really approve of, you adopt it because you cannot see any other way of achieving what you want . When all else failed, he resorted to violence. Some schools have resorted to recruiting teachers from overseas. noun If you achieve something without resort to a particular course of action, you succeed without carrying out that action. To have resort to a particular course of action means to have to do that action in order to achieve something. Congress must ensure that all peaceful options are exhausted before resort to war. A resort is a place where a lot of people spend their holidays . ...the ski resorts. |
| inflections | resortsresortingresorted |
| cefr-level | B2 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b2
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