resort

UK/ɹɪˈzɔːt//ɹɪˈzɔɹt/

resort noun: a place where people go for recreation, especially one with facilities such as lodgings, entertainment, and a relaxing environment. Also the alternative spelling of re-sort.

Noun (1)

resort (plural resorts)

A place where people go for recreation, especially one with facilities such as lodgings, entertainment, and a relaxing environment.
- Was it deliberate that the first week of October 1961 was chosen to conduct a national survey of passenger usage? Why October of all months, when the holiday season was over and families back at work and at school? Was this a fiddling of the figures to make an unfair case against rail-dependent...2023 March 8, Howard Johnston, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, in RAIL, number 978, pages 52–53
Synonyms:

playground
Recourse, refuge (something or someone turned to for safety).
- to have resort to violence
- Ioyne with me to forbid him her reſort,c. 1605–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
(obsolete) A place where one goes habitually; a haunt.
- Far from all reſort of mirth,a. 1645, John Milton, “Il Penseroso”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], published 1646, →OCLC, page 40
A subdivision of Suriname; a division of the country's districts.

Verb

resort (third-person singular simple present resorts, present participle resorting, simple past and past participle resorted)

(intransitive) To have recourse (to), now especially from necessity or frustration.
- The king thought it time to resort to other counsels.1702–1704, Edward [Hyde, 1st] Earl of Clarendon, (please specify |book=I to XVI), in The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed...
- He resorted to his pint of wine for consolation, drank it all in a few minutes, and fell asleep on his arms, with his hair straggling over the table […]1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC
(intransitive) To fall back; to revert.
- But the Inheritance of the Son never reſorted to the Mother, or to any of her Anceſtors, but both ſhe and they were totally excluded from the Succeſſion.1713, [Matthew Hale], “Touching the Course of Descents in England”, in The History of the Common Law of England: […], [London]: […] J[ohn] Nutt, assignee of Edw[ard] Sayer Esq; for J. Walthoe, […]...
- I eschew the idea of plugging in my laptop to take notes and resort to old-fashioned pen and paper instead, so that I can enjoy more of the view and not be distracted by bashing a keyboard.2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 65
(intransitive) To make one's way, go (to).
- The same daye went Jesus out off the housse, and sat by the seesyde, and moch people resorted unto him, so gretly that he went and sat in a shyppe, and all the people stode on the shoore.1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Matthew

Noun (2)

resort (plural resorts)

(obsolete) Active power or movement; spring.
- Some […] know the resorts and falls of business that cannot sink into the main of it.1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Cunning”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC

Also used as

resort is also the alternative spelling of re-sort.

resort meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

resort in Hindi

a relaxing environment for people on vacation: रिसॉर्ट risŏrṭ

resort in Tamil

ரிசார்ட், ஓய்வு விடுதி

resort in Marathi

रिसॉर्ट, रिसॉर्ट करणे

resort in Urdu

a relaxing environment for people on vacation: ریزورٹ rizorṭ

More languagesFewer languages

resort in Bengali: রিসর্ট, রিসোর্ট
resort in Telugu: రిసార్ట్, రెసార్ట్, రిసార్టు
resort in Malayalam: റിസോർട്ട്, റെസോർട്ട്, റിസോർട്ട് ചെയ്യുക
resort in Kannada: ರೆಸಾರ್ಟ್
resort in Punjabi: ਰਿਜ਼ੋਰਟ, ਰਿਜ਼ੌਰਟ, ਰਿਸੋਰਟ
resort in Gujarati: રિસોર્ટ, રિસૉર્ટ, ઉપાયસ્થાન
resort in Odia: ରିସର୍ଟ, ରିଜୋର୍ଟ, ରିସୋର୍ଟ୍
resort in Nepali: रिसोर्ट, रिसर्ट, रिसॉर्ट
resort in Arabic: مُنْتَجَع muntajaʕ
resort in Malay: tempat peranginan
resort in Persian: استراحتگاه esterâhatgâh, اندخسیدن andaxsidan
resort in Thai: รีสอร์ท rii-sɔ̀ɔt, ที่ตากอากาศ
resort in Vietnamese: khu nghỉ dưỡng, resort
resort in Myanmar: အပန်းဖြေနေရာ a.pan:hprenera

Examples of resort in a sentence

He has posters of his favorite band, sports teams and holiday resorts up.
The newlyweds took a hummer limo back to their casino resort.
I wouldn't recommend doing surgery on yourself, unless it is a last resort.

All 40 example sentences with resort

Synonyms of resort

playground

Forms of resort

Noun
plural	resorts
Verb
third-person singular present	resorts
present participle	resorting
past participle	resorted
past	resorted

Past tense of resort: resorted

Plural of resort: resorts

Origin of resort

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

From re- + sort.

From French ressort.

Words formed from resort

Phrases with resort

Words that rhyme with resort

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Questions about resort

What does resort mean?: Resort means a place where people go for recreation, especially one with facilities such as lodgings, entertainment, and a relaxing environment.
What is resort in Hindi?: Resort in Hindi is रिसॉर्ट (risŏrṭ). See Resort meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is resort?: Resort can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce resort?: Resort is pronounced /ɹɪˈzɔːt/ (UK).
What is the plural of resort?: The plural of resort is resorts.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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