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Meaning of resort

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  resort
      n 1: a hotel located in a resort area [syn: {resort}, {resort
           hotel}, {holiday resort}]
      2: a frequently visited place [syn: {haunt}, {hangout},
         {resort}, {repair}, {stamping ground}]
      3: something or someone turned to for assistance or security;
         "his only recourse was the police"; "took refuge in lying"
         [syn: {recourse}, {refuge}, {resort}]
      4: act of turning to for assistance; "have recourse to the
         courts"; "an appeal to his uncle was his last resort" [syn:
         {recourse}, {resort}, {refuge}]
      v 1: have recourse to; "The government resorted to rationing
           meat" [syn: {fall back}, {resort}, {recur}]
      2: move, travel, or proceed toward some place; "He repaired to
         his cabin in the woods" [syn: {repair}, {resort}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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