resort

English

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɹɨˈzɔ(ɹ)t/

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Noun

resort (plural resorts)

1. A place where people go for recreation, especially one with facilities such as lodgings, entertainment, and a relaxing environment.
2. recourse, refuge (something or someone turned to for safety)

Translations

a relaxing environment to people on vacation

Armenian: կուրորտ (hy) (kurort), (health) առողջարան (hy) (aṙoġǰaran) Bulgarian: курорт (bg) (kurórt) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 度假勝地 (zh), 度假胜地 (zh) (dùjià shèngdì), 度假村 (zh) (dùjiàcūn) Finnish: lomakohde (fi) French: lieu de vacances (fr) m., resort (fr) m. German: Kurort (de) m., Resort (de) m.

Greek: θέρετρο (el) (théretro) n. Japanese: リゾート (ja) (rizōto) Persian: ویلا (fa) Polish: kurort (pl) m., uzdrowisko (pl) n. Russian: курорт (ru) (kurórt) m., здравница (ru) (zdrávnica) f. Spanish: estación turística (es) f. Turkish: tatil köyü (tr)

something or someone turned to for safety

Finnish: turva (fi) German: Ausweg (de) m., Zuflucht (de) f.

Spanish: recurso (es) m., refugio (es) m.

Verb

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

1. To make one's way, go (to).
   • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Matthew XIII:

     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.

2. To have recourse (to), now especially from necessity or frustration.

Derived terms

• last resort

Translations

to have recourse out of necessity or frustration

Finnish: turvautua (fi) French: recourir (fr) Greek: καταφεύγω (el) (katafévgo), προσφεύγω (el) (prosfévgo)

Polish: uciec się (pl), uciekać się (pl) Portuguese: recorrer (pt) Spanish: cambiar planes (es)

Etymology 2

re- +‎ sort

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌɹiːˈsɔ(ɹ)t/

Verb

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

1. to repeat a sorting process, see sort

Translations

to repeat a sorting process

Finnish: uudelleenjärjestää, järjestää uudelleen French: retrier (fr) Greek: επαναταξινομώ (el) (epanataxinomó)

Polish: posortować (pl) ponownie (pl) Spanish: reordenar (es), realinear (es), reacomodar (es)

Noun

resort (plural resorts)

1. an act of resorting
   • 1991, Dr. Dobb's journal: software tools for the professional programmer, Volume 16:

     "If further sorting is required, begin anew with opcode = 0. opcode = -3 may be set to build an index file following an initial sort with opcode set to 0, or a resort with opcode set to -1.

External links

• resort in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• resort in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• resort at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• retros
• roster
• sorter
• storer