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[ree-sawrt]

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verb (used with object)

to sort or arrange (cards, papers, etc.) again.

Origin:
1885–90; re- + sort

Can be confused: re-sort, resort.

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Example Sentences

Resort is the cheerful fashion season, the beginning of a long run of warm-weather clothes.

Sometimes, departments resort to finding leaders among the junior faculty when the senior ranks are riven by old feuds.

From lenders of last resort, they became lenders of first resort when banks stopped trusting each other.

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Resort is the cheerful fashion season, the beginning of a long run of warm-weather clothes.

Sometimes, departments resort to finding leaders among the junior faculty when the senior ranks are riven by old feuds.

From lenders of last resort, they became lenders of first resort when banks stopped trusting each other.

The resort is also a great choice for experts, who can access hundreds of acres of terrain off the backside of the mountain.

The resort was far too charming a place for such a senseless, smelly crime.

They serve as blinds for watching wildlife, religious retreats, dormitories and overnight resort suites.

Here's a spot for anyone looking for a retreat rather than a resort.

If mere sandcastles have lost their luster, you may need to resort to human burial.

Without falter, this year's resort collections want you to have fun in the sun.

Even worse, he says, would have been to resort to what he calls.

And if all else fails, emerging economies have one last resort.

Each resort offers its unique vibe-and mountains of snow.

Action is needed against global warming, but geoengineering should be regarded as a last resort.

It wasn't enough, however-many men died and some had to resort to cannibalism to survive.

The slopes at this working ski resort boast quadruple lifts and throwable snowballs.

When people have to resort to this kind of tampering, their case is desperate.

Biochemists can thus resort to rough predictions of protein structure based on calculations of family resemblance.

The cottages are part of a famous resort on the island.

For precise work, researchers must resort to more sophisticated techniques.

For the conservators at work here, watercolors and paintbrushes are instruments of last resort.

Academics often resort to slides to communicate information to listeners.

Well if he's worth his salt as a historian, he has several formula to resort to.

Ask each student, pair, or group to choose one metropolitan area or beach resort that is on the coast.

They even resort to peer reviewing each oyhers papers,thats how much of a farce it all is.

Minutes later, a great wall of water washed over coastal resort towns, inundating people without warning.

Applicants might also apply to research universities as a last resort.

There's a dangerous tendency to resort to protectionism when things get tough.

Only a half-wit creator trying to escape hunger, poverty and illness would resort to such idiotic demands.

Most must resort to an iron self-discipline bolstered by a hefty dose of superiority over those who eat junk food.

They even resort to acts of academic dishonesty to maintain their athletic eligibility.

When you have no argument name calling is the last resort.

Geoengineering might be a last resort or the only resort.

But you shouldn't have to resort to voodoo science to help you.

It is considered a measure of last resort because of the stigma attached to it and the possible side effects.

Serious scientific journals don't need to resort to petty name calling, even in editorial blogs.

Admittedly, governments saddled with high debts often resort to the printing press.

In overcrowded parks, managers may have to resort to shooting elephants to save ecosystems.

Some creatures, such as dolphins, resort to echolocation.

Check into a rustic resort cabin for fishing, hiking, and plenty of peace and quiet.

It posits that people resort to terrorism when they believe.

Designers are preferring a more relaxed, neo-1920s silhouette this resort season.

For health's sake, don't resort to fast food or too many pre-packaged frozen meals.

Police said they had to resort to live ammunition against protesters after running out of rubber bullets.

The resort respects the local desert and culture, with a design based on a.

In some cases, the slavers deceive the parents about where their child is going or even resort to abduction.

If the problem is so severe that you must resort to chemical control, call in a professional to fumigate the soil.

Tough times are forcing companies to resort to recycling as a means of recouping costs.

Celine's resort collection boasted leopard, floral brocade and neon pink separates.

Acting as lender of last resort is not a dangerous job.

Easy-care succulents have long been considered the boring last resort of brown-thumb gardeners.

If you leap blindly into a resort package trip, you could end up spending a fortune, which is no good in any economic climate.

Our favorite look from her resort collection: a wrap romper in a dynamic print.

The exception might be at condos that are rented out as a lodging operation at a resort.

Sometimes, hybrid sport enthusiasts resort to more desperate tactics.

I've had to resort to calling on individuals this year, but so far it's been working.

Even if there is no casino, they fear a resort development will spoil the landscape.

The glaciers may not feel better, but the resort owners certainly.

Many of our students were at that school because it was their last resort.

Once, banks got liquidity support from a lender of last resort.

The resort also provides tours led by pony-drawn carriages or traps around the grounds.

We probably won't be staying in resort hotels, either.

It is a pity that universities and community colleges must resort to non-tenure faculty to make their programs work.

The resort to beheading, hand-chopping and whipping fuels tabloid gore and human.

But despite its reputation, it only stings as a last resort.

Acquiring firms have to resort to creating new subsidiaries in these countries or complex holding structures.

Not all islands are resort destinations or tropical paradises.

Thus they resort to doublespeak, and smoke and mirrors.

Unfortunately, the article has to resort to making really bold either/or statements that any college freshman would question.

Then, they resort to embezzlement in office to pay the debts.

After dinner, join the kids for karaoke or an outdoor movie projected on a giant screen set up on the resort lawn.

The answer is found easily enough, and requires no resort to supernaturally-imparted knowledge.

It's often quite humorous that educated enlightened individuals resort to distorting a law.

Chinese bloggers are not, it seems, the only ones to resort to inflamed xenophobia.

Some are overdeveloped, with large, self-contained resort complexes located some distance from the main local communities.

Rather they serve to suggest that you have no valid argument, and consequently must resort to bullying tactics.

Because central banks can print money, their presence as a buyer of last resort essentially eliminates the risk of panic.

West to the epicenters of snow country's biggest trend, the multisport mountain resort.

They could not fight the owners openly, they had to resort to indirect means to get revenge.

So the alarmists resort to the models as all science, proxies, physics and observation do not support either hypothesis.

On the contrary, that you seem to find it necessary to resort to such remarks painfully underscores your lack of them.

Short of this, geopolitical and economic interests usually resort to warfare in dealing with resource issues.

Unfortunately, when there are high stakes some will resort to cheating.

Particularly when you cannot directly refute my propositions, and so resort to condescending remarks as a cop out.

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Dictionary.com Unabridged

verb (used without object)

to have recourse for use, help, or accomplishing something, often as a final available option or resource: to resort to war.

to go, especially frequently or customarily: a beach to which many people resort.

noun

a place to which people frequently or generally go for relaxation or pleasure, especially one providing rest and recreation facilities for vacationers: a popular winter resort.

habitual or general going, as to a place or person.

use of or appeal to some person or thing for aid, satisfaction, service, etc.; resource: to have resort to force; a court of last resort.

a person or thing resorted to for aid, satisfaction, service, etc.

Origin:
1325–75; (v.) Middle English resorten < Old French resortir, equivalent to re- re- + sortir to go out, leave, escape, perhaps ultimately < Latin sortīrī to draw lots, though sense development unclear; (noun) Middle English < Old French ressort, derivative of ressortir

Related forms

pre·re·sort, verb (used without object)

Can be confused: re-sort, resort.

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Collins

World English Dictionary

resort (rɪˈzɔːt)

—vb
1.	(usually foll by to) to have recourse (to) for help, use, etc: to resort to violence
2.	to go, esp often or habitually; repair: to resort to the beach

—n
3.	a place to which many people go for recreation, rest, etc: a holiday resort
4.	the use of something as a means, help, or recourse
5.	the act of going to a place, esp for recreation, rest, etc
6.	last resort the last possible course of action open to one

[C14: from Old French resortir to come out again, from re- + sortir to emerge]

re'sorter

—n

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Word Origin & History

resort

late 14c., "that to which one has recourse for aid or assistance," from O.Fr. resort "resource, help," back-formation from resortir "to resort," lit. "to go out again," from re- "again" + sortir "go out" (see sortie). Meaning "place people go for recreation" is first recorded

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1754. The verb is recorded from c.1460. Phrase in the last resort (1672) translates Fr. en dernier ressort, originally of legal appeals.

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Idioms & Phrases

resort

see last resort.

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