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  • 61resort — re|sort1 W3 [rıˈzo:t US o:rt] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: resortir to come back, resort , from sortir to go out ] 1.) a place where a lot of people go for holidays seaside/beach/ski etc resort ▪ Aspen, a ski resort in Colorado ▪… …

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  • 62resort — 1 noun 1 (C) a place where people often go for holidays: seaside/beach/mountain etc resort: a seaside resort south of Tokyo | resort hotel/beach/town: Jan and Matt run a small resort hotel in Vermont. 2 as a last resort/in the last resort used to …

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  • 63resort — [[t]rɪzɔ͟ː(r)t[/t]] ♦♦♦ resorts, resorting, resorted 1) VERB If you resort to a course of action that you do not really approve of, you adopt it because you cannot see any other way of achieving what you want. [V to n/ ing] His punishing work… …

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  • 64resort — I n. recourse 1) (formal) to have resort to 2) a last resort (as a last resort) recreational center 3) a health; holiday, vacation (esp. AE); summer; winter resort II v. (d; intr.) to resort to (to resort to trickery) * * * [rɪ zɔːt] holiday …

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  • 65resort — re|sort1 [ rı zɔrt ] noun count * a place that many people go to for a vacation: a ski/seaside/mountain resort a resort island/town (as) a last resort used to say that you will do something only after trying everything else to solve a problem:… …

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  • 66resort */ — I UK [rɪˈzɔː(r)t] / US [rɪˈzɔrt] noun [countable] Word forms resort : singular resort plural resorts a place that many people go to for a holiday a ski/seaside/mountain resort a resort island/town • (as) a last resort used for saying that you… …

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  • 67resort — ▪ I. resort re‧sort 1 [rɪˈzɔːt ǁ ɔːrt] verb resort to something phrasal verb [transitive] to take a bad or unpleasant course of action because everything else has failed: • The company may resort to a temporary closure of its only plant. • We… …

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  • 68resort — Synonyms and related words: ability, action, ad hoc measure, affect, agency, alternative, amusement park, answer, artifice, attend, backup, ballroom, baths, cabaret, cafe chantant, cafe dansant, capacity, capital, casino, club, clubhouse,… …

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  • 69resort — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. gather, flock, frequent; turn to; have recourse to. n. haunt, meeting place; refuge, resource. See use, abode, amusement. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A relief in the face of difficulty] Syn. expedient,… …

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  • 70resort — [rɪˈzɔːt] noun [C] I a place where people go for a holiday a ski resort[/ex] • (as) a last resort used for saying that you will do something only after trying everything else to solve a problem[/ex] We would only expel a student as a last… …

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