resort

wurin 'yan yawon shaƙatawa

Pronunciation

• IPA: /rɨˈzɔ(r)t/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

Singular resort

Plural resorts

A resort in Malaysia.

1. Buildings in a scenic area where people can go on vacation or to relax; resorts are like hotels that provide extra entertainment to their guests. <> wurin 'yan yawon shaƙatawa.

   Dan and Sarah went to an expensive resort in Jamaica for their honeymoon.

2. the last resort <> mafitar ko makomar ƙarshe.

   I will surely find something even better than this as [ my last] resort! <> zan sami abin da yake mafi alheri daga gare ta ya zama makoma. --Quran/18/36

Verb

Plain form (yanzu) resort

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) resorts

Past tense (ya wuce) resorted

Past participle (ya wuce) resorted

Present participle (ana cikin yi) resorting

1. To choose to do something you don't want to do because you have no other choice. <> kai ga yin wani abu, kai bango.

   All my friends were too busy to help me move so I had to resort to calling a moving company and it cost me $100 dollars an hour!

2. To sort something again. <> daɗa maimaita jeri.

   I just sorted these files last week and didn't think I'd have to do it again for awhile, but I had to resort them this morning.

Related words

• (no other choice) last resort