We may conclude that he never had recourse to this simple experiment.recoursere‧course /rɪˈkɔːs $ ˈriːkɔːrs/ noun [singular, uncountable] formal 
We may conclude that he never had recourse to this simple experiment.without recourse to something (=without using or doing something) a way of solving disputes without recourse to courts of law Surgery may be the only recourse.
WORD ORIGINrecourse
Origin:
1300-1400 French recours, from Latin, from recurrere; ➔ RECUREXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- But government and foundation grants are only a temporary recourse.
- If it is not, however, Hardy has little legal recourse.
- If the top leaders fail, there's no safety net, no recourse.
- She made a complete recovery without recourse to surgery and is reported elsewhere.
- That recourse is the U. S. Army.
- That need is most frequently satisfied by recourse to a nut or three.
- The aim is to use the rubble in as accurate a way as possible, avoiding recourse to modern materials.
- We may conclude that he never had recourse to this simple experiment.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY We may conclude that he never had recourse to this simple experiment.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
something that you do to achieve something or deal with a situation, or the act of doing it: We may conclude that he never had recourse to this simple experiment.· If the borrower should default, the investor has legal recourse to the bank that made the first acceptance.· There was no legal recourse, because none of this discrimination was illegal.· If it is not, however, Hardy has little legal recourse.
· Recurrences are otherwise quite likely, and, ultimately, surgery may be the only recourse.· Their only recourse was to crowd into the slum areas around.· In the absence of these rare pointers guesswork may be the only recourse.· Because it can not cope with so many messages, its only recourse is to sabotage the airwaves themselves.· Her only recourse was to make a formal appeal through her lawyer.· Protests were made on their behalf but, as Henry Toch discovered, self-help was the only effective recourse.· When her assailant is released and rapes again, her only recourse is yet again violent revenge.· It seems that the only recourse a sufferer now has is to appeal to the landlord.
We may conclude that he never had recourse to this simple experiment.without recourse to something (=without using or doing something) a way of solving disputes without recourse to courts of law Surgery may be the only recourse.