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    recourse
    /rɪˈkɔːs/

    noun

    • 1. a source of help in a difficult situation: "surgery may be the only recourse"

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishRECOURSE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    RECOURSE definition: 1. using something or someone as a way of getting help, especially in a difficult or dangerous…. Learn more.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › recourseRecourse Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of RECOURSE is a turning to someone or something for help or protection. How to use recourse in a sentence.

  4. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryRECOURSE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    RECOURSE meaning: 1. using something or someone as a way of getting help, especially in a difficult or dangerous…. Learn more.

  5. www.dictionary.com › browse › recourseRECOURSE Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Recourse definition: access or resort to a person or thing for help or protection. See examples of RECOURSE used in a sentence.

  6. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishRECOURSE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    British English: recourse NOUN / rɪˈkɔːs /. If you achieve something without recourse to a particular course of action, you succeed without carrying out that action. To have recourse to a particular course of action means to have to do that action in order to achieve something.

  7. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › recourseRecourse - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    Recourse comes from the Latin word recursus, meaning “to run back or retreat.” People seek recourse from such difficulties as debt, illness and legal woes, so you can think of recourse as the words "retreating from curses" squished together.

  8. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishrecourse noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

    noun. /rɪˈkɔːs/ /ˈriːkɔːrs/ [uncountable] (formal) the fact of having to, or being able to, use something that can provide help in a difficult situation. Your only recourse is legal action. recourse to something The government, when necessary, has recourse to the armed forces.

  9. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishRECOURSE | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

    RECOURSE definition: someone or something that can help you in a difficult situation: . Learn more.

  10. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › english-wordRECOURSE - Find out everything about this English word | Collins

    Definitions of 'recourse' If you achieve something without recourse to a particular course of action, you succeed without carrying out that action. To have recourse to a particular course of action means to have to do that action in order to achieve something.

  11. www.ldoceonline.com › dictionary › recourserecourse - Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Online

    recourse meaning, definition, what is recourse: something that you do to achieve somethi...: Learn more.