Definition, synonyms and related words
plural of resort
"After working hard all week, we decided to spend our vacation at two different coastal resorts in California."
In plain English: Resorts are vacation places where people go to relax and have fun.
"Many people travel to coastal resorts to relax during their summer vacations."
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of resort
"When all other options fail, she resorts to calling her mother for advice."
In plain English: To resort means to turn to something as a last option when nothing else works.
"When we couldn't fix the car, we resorted to taking the bus."
Derived from Old French recors (past participle of recorre), it originally meant to run back or return again. The modern sense of seeking refuge evolved in English by the 16th century before shifting to denote a place for leisure and recreation in the late 19th century.