Resort To

Definition: Resort To

Resort To

Verb

1. Move, travel, or proceed toward some place; "He repaired to his cabin in the woods".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Resort To

Journey

Go to, repair to, resort to, hie to, betake oneself to.

Presence

Resort to, frequent, haunt; revisit.

Use

Ply, work, wield, handle, manipulate; play, play off; exert, exercise, practice, avail oneself of, profit by, resort to, have recourse to, recur to, take betake oneself to; take up with, take advantage of; lay one's hands on, try.

Crosswords: Resort To

They had to resort to cannibalism in order to stay alive. (The Shining; writing credit: Stanley Kubrick)

I'm trying not to resort to that. (Beast Wars: Transformers; writing credit: Bob Forward; Lawrence G. DiTillio)

I didn't have to resort to maternity clothes. (Charmed; writing credit: Colman deKay)

Sweet Daria, you don't have to resort to a ruse to get into my personal space. (Daria; writing credit: Glenn Eichler; Peggy Nicoll)

Resort to Murder (1995)

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Books

• Land and Power: The Zionist Resort to Force, 1881-1948 (reference)

• Cassis ... resort to vengeance (reference)

• Lobotomy: Resort to the Knife (reference)

  (more book examples)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

But where a specific duty is assigned by law, and individual rights depend upon the performance of that duty, it seems equally clear, that the individual who considers himself injured, has a right to resort to the laws of his country for a remedy. (reference)

The Members of the League agree that they will carry out in full good faith any award that may be rendered, and that they will not resort to war against a Member of the League which complies therewith. (reference)

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What men of name resort to him?

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Business

Companies in this market segment do not resort to the services of an architect and endeavor to buy the bare essentials, without much regard for esthetics. (references)

Foreign-suppliers also resort to technical presentations and seminars on new equipment and technologies, in many cases sponsored by related Chambers of Commerce. (references)

However, the complexity of technologies and the need for specialized skills is leading companies to resort to external service providers in order to plan, design, and implement their Internet/Intranet strategies. (references)

Children

Benin

Nonetheless, many are unable to find employment and must resort to begging to support themselves. (references)

Civil Liberties

Belarus

Spasyuk and his wife were then summoned to a local court where, in a closed hearing and without resort to witnesses or other legal assistance, Spasyuk was fined for "petty hooliganism." Spasyuk also was denied the right to have the trial conducted in his native Belarusian, although government offices are obligated legally to permit proceedings in Belarusian. (references)

Economic History

Portugal

But, if you do have to resort to the courts be prepared to wait and wait. (references)

Human Rights

Indonesia

Police often resort to physical abuse, even in minor incidents. (references)

Cote d'Ivoire

Dispute resolution is by extended debate, with no known instance of resort to physical punishment. (references)

Morocco

The OMDH alleged in its report that those who commit such abuses "do so with impunity in almost all cases." The NGO called on the Government to harmonize domestic law with its responsibilities under the U.N. Convention Against Torture, to ensure full independence for the judiciary, and to punish those who resort to torture. (references)

Political Economy

BANGLADESH

Workers may resort to legal action for enforcement of the law's provisions, but few cases actually are prosecuted. (references)

GHANA

The IRA provides a mechanism for conciliation and arbitration before unions can resort to industrial actions or strikes. (references)

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

The Central Bank can modify bank reserve requirements but rarely does so. Banks resort to the discount window of the Central Bank only rarely. (references)

Women

Uzbekistan

In parts of the country, some women and girls resort to suicide by self-immolation. (references)

Croatia

NGO's reported that in practice, women who were sexually harassed often did not resort to the Penal Code for relief for fear of losing their jobs. (references)

Sierra Leone

Many women, especially those displaced from their homes and with few resources, resort to prostitution as a means to support themselves and their children. (references)

Worker Rights

Greece

The Government did not resort to civil mobilization during the year. (references)

Brazil

Those who are dismissed must often resort to a lengthy court process for relief. (references)

Syria

In practice labor and management representatives settle most disputes without resort to legal remedies or arbitration. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "resort to": resort to a place ♦ resort to force ♦ resort to means of precaution ♦ resort to place ♦ resort to smb. for help ♦ without resort to force ♦ without resort to violence. Additional references.

Arabic 

‏لجأ الى (have recourse to, resort), ‏ذهب الى (proceed), ‏إتجه (face, head for, tend). (various references)

Chinese 

玩弄 (engage in, play with). (various references)

Czech

uchýlit se k (fall back on, have recourse to, turn to). (various references)

Danish

intet hensyn skal kunne paaberaabes for at retfaerdiggoere,at der gribes til trussel om magtanvendelse eller brug af magt i strid med dette princip (no consideration may be invoked to serve to warrant resort to the threat or use of force in contravention of this principle). (various references)

Dutch

geen enkele overweging mag worden aangevoerd om het overgaan tot dreiging met, of gebruik van, geweld in strijd met dit beginsel te rechtvaardigen (no consideration may be invoked to serve to warrant resort to the threat or use of force in contravention of this principle). (various references)

Finnish

ryhtyä (begin, embark on, engage in, enter into, go in for, set about, set to, start, take to, take up, undertake), turvautua (fall back upon, have recourse to, turn to). (various references)

French

recourir � , se rendre � , avoir recours � . (various references)

German

verfallen auf (think of), ergreifen (adopt, affect, agitate, apprehend, captivate, capture, catch, catch at, clasp, clutch, embrace, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, griping, move, overcome, seize, take up, to catch hold of, to take hold of). (various references)

Greek 

καταφεύγω (betake, resort, shelter). (various references)

Hebrew 

לפ� ות אל, ל�"שתמש (apply, exploit, use). (various references)

Hungarian

igénybe vesz vmit (have resort to sg, to avail oneself of sg), folyamodik vmihez (have recourse to sg, have resort to sg, to resort to, to resort to sg, to take to, to take to sg), fegyverhez folyamodik (to resort to arms), erőszakhoz folyamodik (have recourse to force, to resort to force). (various references)

Indonesian

menggunakan (make use of, utilise, utilize). (various references)

Italian

nessuna considerazione potr� essere invocata per servire da giustificazione al ricorso alla minaccia o all'uso della forza in violazione di questo principio (no consideration may be invoked to serve to warrant resort to the threat or use of force in contravention of this principle). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

訴える (to appeal to, to resort to, to sue a person). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ぼうりょくにうったえる (to resort to violence), うったえる (to appeal to, to resort to, to sue), て�'かえる (to resort to other means). (various references)

Manx

jannoo ymmyd jeh (employ, use, utilize). (various references)

Pig Latin

esortray otay

Portuguese

recorrer a (refer to, reference, repair, requisition). (various references)

Romanian

recurge la forţã (resort to force), cere ajutorul cuiva (resort to smb. for help). (various references)

Russian 

прибегать к. (various references)

Scottish

tuinich (dwell, frequent). (various references)

Spanish

recurrir a (fall back on, have recourse to, invoke), hacer uso de (employ, make use of, turn to account, use), frecuentar (frequent, hang about, hang around, haunt, live in), concurrir a, acudir a (call on, obey, repair to). (various references)

Swedish

besöka (attend, call at, call in, call on, do, go to see, pay a visit to, see, tour, visit). (various references)

Turkish

son çare olarak kullanmak, başvurmak (appeal, apply, approach, call on, call upon, consult, fall back on, fall back upon, have recourse to, look to, make an application, put in, put in for, refer, resort, turn to). (various references)

Ukrainian

вдаватися (fall back upon, use). (various references)

convenerant, convenerat, convenerit, convenerunt, conveneruntque, conveniant, conveniat, conveniatis, conveniebant, conveniendo, conveniens, convenient, convenientes, convenientia, convenientibus, convenire, convenirent, conveniret, convenisse, convenissemus, convenissent, convenisset, convenisti, convenit, convenite, convenitis, convenitque, conveniunt, conventu, conventum, conventus. (various references)

hanter. (various references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: retorts, rooster, rooters, rotters, stertor, tooters, toreros.

-2 letters: otters, resort, retort, retros, rooser, rooter, roster, rotors, rotter, rottes, sorter, tooter, torero, torose, tortes, toters.

-3 letters: otter, ottos, retro, roose, roost, roots, roset, rotes, rotor, rotos, rotte, sorer, store, toots, tores, toros, torot, torse, torso, torte, torts, toter, totes, trets, trots.

-4 letters: eros, errs, erst.

+1 letter: protestor, rotatores.

+2 letters: protectors, protestors, stertorous, storefront, tolerators, tormentors.

+3 letters: bitterroots, controverts, restoration, rototillers, storefronts, trapshooter.

+4 letters: demonstrator, ecoterrorist, extortioners, gerontocrats, heterotrophs, motorboaters, northernmost, obliterators, orchestrator, ornithopters, orthocenters, orthopterans, orthopterist, overprotects, posteriority, protectories, remonstrator, restorations, retroactions, retrorockets, shatterproof, stertorously, trapshooters, trimetrogons.

+5 letters: concentrators, controverters, cotransported, counterstroke, countertenors, deconstructor, decorticators, demonstrators, ecoterrorists, exteroceptors, extrapolators, heteropterous, interlocutors, interoceptors, interpolators, interrogators, orchestration, orchestrators, orthopterists, orthopteroids, overconstruct, photocurrents, protectorates, protectorship, protonotaries, prototrophies, reconstructor, reforestation, remonstration, remonstrators, retrodictions, retrospection, sternforemost, thermotropism, watercolorist.