Meaning of Resort | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Alternative spelling of re-sort.
   alt-of, alternative
2. Active power or movement; spring.
   obsolete
3. A place where people go for recreation, especially one with facilities such as lodgings, entertainment, and a relaxing environment.
4. Recourse, refuge (something or someone turned to for safety).
5. A place where one goes habitually; a haunt.
   obsolete
6. A subdivision of Suriname; a division of the country's districts.

Equivalents

Examples

“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 resorts such as those in the West Country, Norfolk, Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire, where previously overloaded summer services would now only have a handful of locals on board?”

“to have resort to violence”

“Ioyne with me to forbid him her reſort,”

“Far from all reſort of mirth,”

“"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.”

“Some […] know the resorts and falls of business that cannot sink into the main of it.”

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