resortnoun
uk/rɪˈzɔːt/us/rɪˈzɔːrt/resort noun (PLACE)
B1 [ C ] a place where many people go for rest, sport, or another stated purpose:
a tourist resort
a holiday resort
a seaside/beach resort
a ski resort
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- Rimini is a thriving holiday resort on the east coast of Italy.
- The resort is easily accessible by road, rail and air.
- The resort is frequented by the rich and famous.
- The coastal resorts are deserted in winter.
- There has been an increase in outbound traffic leaving London airport for the Mediterranean resorts.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Tourism & holidays
- ABTA
- agritourism
- awayday
- beach resort
- break
- caravan park
- caravan site
- Cinco de Mayo
- courier
- docent
- guest
- holiday package
- holidaymaker
- low season
- season
- self-catering
- staging post
- touristy
- vacationer
- weekend
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resort noun (ACTION)
[ U ] the fact that you have to do something because there is no other way of achieving something:
He got hold of the money legally, without resort to violence.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Ways of achieving things
- a means to an end idiom
- actively
- another
- avenue
- basis
- channel
- fair
- jump
- mean
- medium
- mixed media
- modality
- modus operandi
- one way or another idiom
- one-handed
- shortcut
- vein
- what's the drill for sth? idiom
- whereby
- workings
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Idiom(s)
be your last resort