Meaning of "resort" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD RESORT

From Old French resortir to come out again, from re- + sortir to emerge.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF RESORT

resort  [rɪˈzɔːt]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RESORT

Resort is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb resort in English.

WHAT DOES RESORT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Resort

A resort is a place used for relaxation or recreation, attracting visitors for vacations and/or tourism. Resorts are places, towns or sometimes commercial establishment operated by a single company. In North American English, the term "resort" is now also used for a self-contained commercial establishment which attempts to provide for most of a vacationer's wants while remaining on the premises, such as food, drink, lodging, sports, entertainment, and shopping. The term may be used to identify a hotel property that provides an array of amenities and typically includes entertainment and recreational activities. A hotel is frequently a central feature of a resort, such as the Grand Hotel at Mackinac Island, Michigan. A resort is not always a commercial establishment operated by a single company, although in the late twentieth century this sort of facility became more common.

Definition of resort in the English dictionary

The first definition of resort in the dictionary is to have recourse for help, use, etc. Other definition of resort is to go, esp often or habitually; repair. Resort is also a place to which many people go for recreation, rest, etc.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO RESORT

PRESENT

Present

I resort

you resort

he/she/it resorts

we resort

you resort

they resort

Present continuous

I am resorting

you are resorting

he/she/it is resorting

we are resorting

you are resorting

they are resorting

Present perfect

I have resorted

you have resorted

he/she/it has resorted

we have resorted

you have resorted

they have resorted

Present perfect continuous

I have been resorting

you have been resorting

he/she/it has been resorting

we have been resorting

you have been resorting

they have been resorting

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I resorted

you resorted

he/she/it resorted

we resorted

you resorted

they resorted

Past continuous

I was resorting

you were resorting

he/she/it was resorting

we were resorting

you were resorting

they were resorting

Past perfect

I had resorted

you had resorted

he/she/it had resorted

we had resorted

you had resorted

they had resorted

Past perfect continuous

I had been resorting

you had been resorting

he/she/it had been resorting

we had been resorting

you had been resorting

they had been resorting

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will resort

you will resort

he/she/it will resort

we will resort

you will resort

they will resort

Future continuous

I will be resorting

you will be resorting

he/she/it will be resorting

we will be resorting

you will be resorting

they will be resorting

Future perfect

I will have resorted

you will have resorted

he/she/it will have resorted

we will have resorted

you will have resorted

they will have resorted

Future perfect continuous

I will have been resorting

you will have been resorting

he/she/it will have been resorting

we will have been resorting

you will have been resorting

they will have been resorting

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would resort

you would resort

he/she/it would resort

we would resort

you would resort

they would resort

Conditional continuous

I would be resorting

you would be resorting

he/she/it would be resorting

we would be resorting

you would be resorting

they would be resorting

Conditional perfect

I would have resort

you would have resort

he/she/it would have resort

we would have resort

you would have resort

they would have resort

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been resorting

you would have been resorting

he/she/it would have been resorting

we would have been resorting

you would have been resorting

they would have been resorting

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you resort
we let´s resort
you resort

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to resort

Past participle

resorted

Present Participle

resorting

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «RESORT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «resort» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of resort

alternative · chance · course · expedient · frequent · go · haunt · head for · hope · possibility · refuge · repair · retreat · spot · visit · watering place

TRANSLATION OF RESORT

Find out the translation of resort to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of resort from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «resort» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 胜地
• Translator English - Spanish: centro turístico
• English: resort
• Translator English - Hindi: सहारा
• Translator English - Arabic: مَصِيف
• Translator English - Russian: курорт
• Translator English - Portuguese: resort
• Translator English - Bengali: অবলম্বন
• Translator English - French: station touristique
• Translator English - Malay: Pusat peranginan
• Translator English - German: Erholungsort
• Translator English - Japanese: 行楽地
• Translator English - Korean: 휴양지
• Translator English - Javanese: Resort
• Translator English - Vietnamese: khu nghỉ
• Translator English - Tamil: ரிசார்ட்
• Translator English - Marathi: रिसॉर्ट
• Translator English - Turkish: çare
• Translator English - Italian: luogo di villeggiatura
• Translator English - Polish: kurort
• Translator English - Ukrainian: курорт
• Translator English - Romanian: stațiune
• Translator English - Greek: θέρετρο
• Translator English - Afrikaans: oord
• Translator English - Swedish: semesteranläggning
• Translator English - Norwegian: feriested

10 QUOTES WITH «RESORT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word resort.

1

Rashid al-Ghannushi

Just like in medicine, when the normal medicine no longer works, one resorts to surgery. And the revolutions is like the surgery: It's painful, and it's the last resort for nations.

2

Wally Amos

Many who resort to crime ultimately can't read or write.

3

Roy Barnes

Repeating a grade needs to be the last resort, not an automatic response to a child who is struggling to learn.

4

Ned Beauman

I was always determined that one way or another I would force a book on the world, even if I had to resort to writing one about a tabby cat who solves mysteries.

5

Quentin Blake

I love the sea, but I avoid any sort of seaside resort that has skyscrapers or seaside entertainments.

6

Hans Blix

I also hear your president say that war is the means of last resort and I think he means that. I met him last autumn and he assured me that they wanted to come through and disarm Iraq by peaceful means, and that's what we are trying to do as hard as we can.

7

Hjalmar Branting

The World War broke out with such elemental violence, and with such resort to all means for leading or misleading public opinion, that no time was available for reflection and consideration.

8

Bob Brown

I'm a very great non-violent character. I would never resort to violence to change anything.

9

Jerry Brown

The government is becoming the family of last resort.

10

William Cullen Bryant

The Parisian has his amusements as regularly as his meals, the theatre, music, the dance, a walk in the Tuilleries, a refection in the cafe, to which ladies resort as commonly as the other sex. Perpetual business, perpetual labor, is a thing of which he seems to have no idea.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RESORT»

Discover the use of resort in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to resort and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

The Last Resort: A Memoir of Mischief and Mayhem on a Family ...

An award-winning journalist traces the story of his family's game farm in war-torn Zimbabwe, where his parents were forced to take increasingly extreme measures to stay alive against the forces of the Mugabe regime and their land ...

Douglas Rogers, 2010

Resort Development Handbook

Seasoned professionals share their strategies in this practical, how-to guide to all facets of developing resort hotels, timeshare resorts, second-home and retirement communities, and multiuse communities in the United States, Canada, ...

Dean Schwanke, 1997

Resort Design: Planning, Architecture, and Interiors

This from-the-ground-up guide takes you from feasibility studies through planning,financing, and design stages.

Margaret Huffadine, 2000

Last Resort: Psychosurgery and the Limits of Medicine

This book, first published in 1998, revisits the period in the 1940s and 1950s when many Americans were operated on for mental illness.

Jack D. Pressman, 2002

The Last Resort: Taking the Mississippi Cure

The story of a childhood at Allison's Wells and one woman's combat with the hypocrisies of segregated society

Norma Watkins, 2011

Land and Power: The Zionist Resort to Force, 1881-1948

This book traces the history of attitudes toward power and the use of armed force within the Zionist movement—from an early period in which most leaders espoused an ideal of peaceful settlement in Palestine, to the acceptance of force as ...

Anita Shapira, 1999

Destination Disneyland Resort with Disabilities: A Guidebook ...

Destination Disneyland Resort with Disabilities is the only guidebook written for people with disabilities traveling to Disneyland Resort.The book is arranged in a chronological order covering everything from planning the time of the year ...

Sue Buchholz, Edna Wooldridge, 2011

Port of Last Resort: The Diaspora Communities of Shanghai

This book examines two large and generally overlooked diaspora communities, one Jewish, the other Slavic, who found refuge in Shanghai during the tumultuous first half of the twentieth century.

Marcia Reynders Ristaino, 2003

Resort Destinations: Evolution, Management and Development

The definitive book on resort destinations with unique and original case studies from around the world.

Bruce Prideaux, 2009

The Last Resort

A writer who can't find anything to write about goes for a drive and meets literary figures of the past who inspire him.

J. Patrick Lewis, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RESORT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term resort is used in the context of the following news items.

Tunisia Attack: Gunman Kills at Least 37 at Beach Resort, Officials Say

A gunman opened fire at beachgoers at a hotel in Tunisia today, killing at least 37 people. The attack took place at the Hotel Imperial Marhaba in Sousse, ... «ABC News, Jun 15»

Living the High Life at the US's First Cannabis Resort

The ranch, now accepting reservations, claims to be America's first “cannabis resort,” where vacationers can toke up without fear—and in plenty of company. «TIME, Jun 15»

Crime Drops After English Resort Bans Mankinis

LONDON (AP) — It was one small ban for mankinis, one giant step for an English seaside resort town. Officials in Newquay say crime has fallen since they ... «Huffington Post, May 15»

Style Christian Dior Resort 2016

Le Palais Bulles is just that—a palace of terra-cotta bubbles set into a cliffside halfway between Cannes and Monaco. It's one of the goofiest buildings you'll ever ... «Style.com, May 15»

Sandberg's husband died in gym at private resort Palmasola

Popular Silicon Valley executive Dave Goldberg did not die while exercising at a Four Seasons Resort in Mexico — nor was he even a guest there, hotel officials ... «New York Post, May 15»

Delaware Teens Critical 6 Weeks After Resort Poisoning: Family

Two Delaware brothers remain in critical condition, six weeks after a toxic pesticide poisoned them while on vacation in the U.S. Virgin Islands. (Published ... «NBC 10 Philadelphia, May 15»

Chicago couple sentenced for murdering mother at Bali resort and …

The young Chicago couple accused of murdering the girl's mom at a Bali resort and stuffing her body into a suitcase were both convicted of premeditated murder ... «New York Daily News, Apr 15»

Toxic Chemical That Poisoned Delaware Family Was Previously …

The toxic chemical responsible for the hospitalization of three members of a vacationing Delaware family had been previously used at the Virgin Islands resort ... «ABC News, Apr 15»

Suicide shuts down Henderson buffet

Dispatch received a call at 4:50 p.m. about gunshots at the resort, 12300 Las Vegas Blvd. South, near the intersection with St. Rose Parkway. When officers ... «Las Vegas Review-Journal, Apr 15»

Leonardo DiCaprio Builds an Eco-Resort

Now Mr. DiCaprio has joined with Paul Scialla, the chief executive of Delos, a New York City-based developer, to create an eco-conscious resort there. When it ... «New York Times, Apr 15»