Resort
noun
A place to go for a holiday, usually with specific features or attractions.
We're going to a beach resort for our vacation.
Often appears as...
- beach resort
- ski resort
noun
An action that is taken as a final choice when nothing else works.
As a last resort, they decided to sell the car to pay their bills.
Often appears as...
- last resort
- final resort
Usage tips
Slightly negative - implies desperation or a lack of better options
verb
To turn to and adopt a strategy or course of action in a difficult situation when other forms of remedy are exhausted.
When negotiations broke down, they resorted to threats.
Often appears as...
- resort to violence
- resort to threats
Usage tips
Negative - implies desperation or a lack of better options
noun
A place to go for a holiday, usually with specific features or attractions.
We're going to a beach resort for our vacation.
Often appears as...
- beach resort
- ski resort
noun
An action that is taken as a final choice when nothing else works.
As a last resort, they decided to sell the car to pay their bills.
Often appears as...
- last resort
- final resort
Usage tips
Slightly negative - implies desperation or a lack of better options
verb
To turn to and adopt a strategy or course of action in a difficult situation when other forms of remedy are exhausted.
When negotiations broke down, they resorted to threats.
Often appears as...
- resort to violence
- resort to threats
Usage tips
Negative - implies desperation or a lack of better options
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Vacation Destinations
The term usually refers to places designed for relaxation or entertainment, like beaches or mountains.
They booked a resort with a picturesque mountain backdrop.
Pro Tip 2/3Facilities Included
Resorts often have multiple amenities like hotels, restaurants, and recreational activities in one area.
The resort offered spa services, pools, and a golf course.
Pro Tip 3/3Resort Activities
The word can imply specific activities, like skiing at a ski resort or swimming at a beach resort.
The kids were excited to try the water slides at the beach resort.
Pro Tip 1/3Vacation Destinations
The term usually refers to places designed for relaxation or entertainment, like beaches or mountains.
They booked a resort with a picturesque mountain backdrop.
Pro Tip 2/3Facilities Included
Resorts often have multiple amenities like hotels, restaurants, and recreational activities in one area.
The resort offered spa services, pools, and a golf course.
Pro Tip 3/3Resort Activities
The word can imply specific activities, like skiing at a ski resort or swimming at a beach resort.
The kids were excited to try the water slides at the beach resort.
Pro Tip 1/3Vacation Destinations
The term usually refers to places designed for relaxation or entertainment, like beaches or mountains.
They booked a resort with a picturesque mountain backdrop.
Pro Tip 2/3Facilities Included
Resorts often have multiple amenities like hotels, restaurants, and recreational activities in one area.
The resort offered spa services, pools, and a golf course.
Pro Tip 3/3Resort Activities
The word can imply specific activities, like skiing at a ski resort or swimming at a beach resort.
The kids were excited to try the water slides at the beach resort.
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On being wrong PIPE Kathryn...
by resorting to a series of unfortunate assumptions. The first thing we usually do when someone disagrees with us is we just assume they're ignorant. They don't have access to the same information that we do, and when we generously share that information with them,
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How interpreters juggle...
deal with challenging terminology, and handle a multitude of foreign accents. They may resort to acronyms to shorten long names, choose generic terms over specific, or refer to slides and other visual aides. They can even leave a term in the original language,
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Jimmy Carter: Why I...
why should I treat them as equals myself? Why should I pay them equal pay for doing the same kind of work? The other very serious blight that causes this problem is the excessive resort to violence, and that is increasing tremendously around the world.
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How humans could evolve...
we must find better ways of protecting ourselves without needing to resort to wearing a suit of armor that weighs something equal to your own body weight, or needing to hide behind a wall of lead. So let us appeal to nature for inspiration.
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How to rebuild the world...
really want to be able to avoid in this post-apocalyptic scenario it's for your society to regress to a state like this we've lost mechanization you can't run engines anymore and you have to resort to using your own muscles or hitching up
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How do ventilators work?...
but rather, as a last resort. Enduring this influx of pressurized air requires heavy sedation, and repeated ventilation can cause long-term lung damage. But in extreme situations, ventilators can be the difference between life and death.
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Solar System Exploration:...
think that my son Mars we can prevent you said Mars resorts like do you think that we could prevent Earth from becoming Mars like by studying Mars or do you think that earth and a few billion meters will be Mars like yeah no
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What it's really like to...
on what an autistic life actually looks like, so people often resort to stereotypes. And we see these often in the media. Some of the more common stereotypes in the media include being socially awkward,
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The most mysterious star...
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, and it is my job, my responsibility, as an astronomer to remind people that alien hypotheses should always be a last resort.
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Pigeon vs Peregrine...
the peregrine falcon has to resort to sheer speed. In a dive, it's the fastest bird in the world. So fast, it's breathtaking.
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On being wrong PIPE Kathryn...
by resorting to a series of unfortunate assumptions. The first thing we usually do when someone disagrees with us is we just assume they're ignorant. They don't have access to the same information that we do, and when we generously share that information with them,
Video examples
How interpreters juggle...
deal with challenging terminology, and handle a multitude of foreign accents. They may resort to acronyms to shorten long names, choose generic terms over specific, or refer to slides and other visual aides. They can even leave a term in the original language,
Video examples
Jimmy Carter: Why I...
why should I treat them as equals myself? Why should I pay them equal pay for doing the same kind of work? The other very serious blight that causes this problem is the excessive resort to violence, and that is increasing tremendously around the world.
Video examples
How humans could evolve...
we must find better ways of protecting ourselves without needing to resort to wearing a suit of armor that weighs something equal to your own body weight, or needing to hide behind a wall of lead. So let us appeal to nature for inspiration.
Video examples
How to rebuild the world...
really want to be able to avoid in this post-apocalyptic scenario it's for your society to regress to a state like this we've lost mechanization you can't run engines anymore and you have to resort to using your own muscles or hitching up
Video examples
How do ventilators work?...
but rather, as a last resort. Enduring this influx of pressurized air requires heavy sedation, and repeated ventilation can cause long-term lung damage. But in extreme situations, ventilators can be the difference between life and death.
Video examples
Solar System Exploration:...
think that my son Mars we can prevent you said Mars resorts like do you think that we could prevent Earth from becoming Mars like by studying Mars or do you think that earth and a few billion meters will be Mars like yeah no
Video examples
What it's really like to...
on what an autistic life actually looks like, so people often resort to stereotypes. And we see these often in the media. Some of the more common stereotypes in the media include being socially awkward,
Video examples
The most mysterious star...
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, and it is my job, my responsibility, as an astronomer to remind people that alien hypotheses should always be a last resort.
Video examples
Pigeon vs Peregrine...
the peregrine falcon has to resort to sheer speed. In a dive, it's the fastest bird in the world. So fast, it's breathtaking.
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Quote examples
Payal Rohatgi
Indian Actress
I'm going through this phase where I don't make an effort to make friends with anyone. This is primarily because I know that people try to make friends only till the time the camera is on. I'm not comfortable with such friendships and I didn't resort to it in 'Bigg Boss' either.
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Sterling Hayden
When they saddle the leading man with violence it makes the characters look weak. If a man is a heroic type he doesn't have to resort to violence. How many successful men in the world have to settle problems with their fists?
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Richard N. Haass
American Diplomat
Terrorists and terrorism cannot be eliminated any more than we can rid the world of disease. There will always be those who will resort to force against innocent men, women, and children in pursuit of political goals.
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Thomas J. Watson
American Businessman
All the problems of the world could be settled easily if men were only willing to think. The trouble is that men very often resort to all sorts of devices in order not to think, because thinking is such hard work.
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Hussein of Jordan
Jordanian Royalty
Jordan has a strange, haunting beauty and a sense of timelessness. Dotted with the ruins of empires once great, it is the last resort of yesterday in the world of tomorrow. I love every inch of it.
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Tzipi Livni
Israeli Politician
Democracy is not only the right to vote, it is also about not resorting to violence in order to reach political goals and respecting agreements signed by former governments.
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Giacomo Casanova
Italian Celebrity
I have always loved truth so passionately that I have often resorted to lying as a way of introducing it into the minds which were ignorant of its charms.
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Colin Powell
American Statesman
War should be the politics of last resort. And when we go to war, we should have a purpose that our people understand and support.
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Xabi Alonso
Spanish Athlete
I don't think tackling is a quality. It is a recurso, something you have to resort to, not a characteristic of your game.
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Paul Craig Roberts
American Economist
A government that cannot survive truth and must resort to stamping out truth is not a government that any country wants.
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Payal Rohatgi
Indian Actress
I'm going through this phase where I don't make an effort to make friends with anyone. This is primarily because I know that people try to make friends only till the time the camera is on. I'm not comfortable with such friendships and I didn't resort to it in 'Bigg Boss' either.
Quote examples
Sterling Hayden
When they saddle the leading man with violence it makes the characters look weak. If a man is a heroic type he doesn't have to resort to violence. How many successful men in the world have to settle problems with their fists?
Quote examples
Richard N. Haass
American Diplomat
Terrorists and terrorism cannot be eliminated any more than we can rid the world of disease. There will always be those who will resort to force against innocent men, women, and children in pursuit of political goals.
Quote examples
Thomas J. Watson
American Businessman
All the problems of the world could be settled easily if men were only willing to think. The trouble is that men very often resort to all sorts of devices in order not to think, because thinking is such hard work.
Quote examples
Hussein of Jordan
Jordanian Royalty
Jordan has a strange, haunting beauty and a sense of timelessness. Dotted with the ruins of empires once great, it is the last resort of yesterday in the world of tomorrow. I love every inch of it.
Quote examples
Tzipi Livni
Israeli Politician
Democracy is not only the right to vote, it is also about not resorting to violence in order to reach political goals and respecting agreements signed by former governments.
Quote examples
Giacomo Casanova
Italian Celebrity
I have always loved truth so passionately that I have often resorted to lying as a way of introducing it into the minds which were ignorant of its charms.
Quote examples
Colin Powell
American Statesman
War should be the politics of last resort. And when we go to war, we should have a purpose that our people understand and support.
Quote examples
Xabi Alonso
Spanish Athlete
I don't think tackling is a quality. It is a recurso, something you have to resort to, not a characteristic of your game.
Quote examples
Paul Craig Roberts
American Economist
A government that cannot survive truth and must resort to stamping out truth is not a government that any country wants.
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