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resort

 
 
/rɪˈzɔːt/ noun

Translation

[C] a place where many people go for a holiday
tatil beldesi, sayfiye yeri
a ski resort415
a last resort something that you do because everything else has failed
son çare, yapılacak başka bir şey kalmadığında yapılan eylem
Soldiers were given the authority to shoot, but only as a last resort.1563
(Definition of resort noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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