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# resort

«resort» in Mova's school dictionary: **noun A place where people go on holiday: «a seaside…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a resort, resorts); verb (resort, resorts, resorted, resorting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) noun A place where people go on holiday: «a seaside resort», «a ski resort». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resort/#m1)

2) a last resort The thing you do only when nothing else works. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resort/#m2)

3) verb resort to To do something, often bad or extreme, because other ways failed: «resort to cheating». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resort/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Holiday talk: beach resorts, ski resorts, holiday resorts in Australia or Ireland. In ethics and stories: «resort to violence» is wrong. Phrases: «as a last resort», «resort to», «seaside resort», «holiday resort».

### examples

- We stayed at a seaside resort in the summer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resort/#x1)
- Calling the fire brigade was a last resort. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resort/#x2)
- Never resort to hitting; use words instead. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resort/#x3)
- The ski resort was packed with families. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resort/#x4)
- She resorted to asking her little brother for help. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resort/#x5)
- As a last resort, we ate cold beans. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resort/#x6)
- "I love peace," he said, "and shall deeply regret having to resort to harsh measures. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resort/#x7)

### note

Pronounced ri-ZORT. Do not confuse with «re-sort» (sort again). «Last resort» is not a holiday place: it means the final choice.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «resort» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resort/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.