resort

Universal Words noun, verb noun 1 [C] a place where a lot of people go on holiday/vacation: seaside / ski / mountain resorts * (BrE) a popular holiday resort * the resort town of Byron Bay 2 [U] ~ to sth the act of using sth, especially sth bad or unpleasant, because nothing else is possible: There are hopes that the conflict can be resolved without resort to violence. 3 the first / last / final ~ the first or last course of action that you should or can take in a particular situation: Strike action should be regarded as a last resort, when all attempts to negotiate have failed. * In the last resort (= at the most basic level) what really moves us is our personal convictions. verb PHRASALVERBS resort to sth to make use of sth, especially sth bad, as a means of achieving sth, often because there is no other possible solution: They felt obliged to resort to violence. * [+-ing] We may have to resort to using untrained staff.