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Resort

Noun CEFR B2 Standard
ɹɪˈzɔːt

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

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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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

resort charge resort fee resort town Resorted Resorter Resorting

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