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recourse

re·course
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [ree-kawrs, -kohrs, ri-kawrs, -kohrs]
    • /ˈri kɔrs, -koʊrs, rɪˈkɔrs, -ˈkoʊrs/
    • /rɪˈkɔːs/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ree-kawrs, -kohrs, ri-kawrs, -kohrs]
    • /ˈri kɔrs, -koʊrs, rɪˈkɔrs, -ˈkoʊrs/

Definitions of recourse word

  • noun recourse access or resort to a person or thing for help or protection: to have recourse to the courts for justice. 1
  • noun recourse a person or thing resorted to for help or protection. 1
  • noun recourse the right to collect from a maker or endorser of a negotiable instrument. The endorser may add the words “without recourse” on the instrument, thereby transferring the instrument without assuming any liability. 1
  • noun recourse resort, appeal: for help 1
  • abbreviation RECOURSE resort 1
  • noun recourse sb or sth turned to for help 1
See all 13 definitions of recourse

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Origin of recourse

First appearance:

before 1350
One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English recours < Old French < Late Latin recursus, Latin: return, retreat, noun use of past participle of recurrere to run back; see recur

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Parts of speech for Recourse

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Recourse

recourse popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 94% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for recourse

noun recourse

  • adjuration — a solemn charge or command
  • appeal — If you appeal to someone to do something, you make a serious and urgent request to them.
  • band-aid — A Band-Aid is a small piece of sticky tape that you use to cover small cuts or wounds on your body.
  • card up one's sleeve — a plan or resource kept secret or held in reserve
  • changeling — A changeling is a child who was put in the place of another child when they were both babies. In stories changelings were often taken or left by fairies.
All 19 Synonyms of recourse

Top questions with recourse

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  • for us who have recourse to thee?
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Related words

  • betake

    to apply (oneself) to

  • criminal syndicalism

    the doctrine of recourse to acts of violence or terrorism, or the advocacy of such acts, as a means of effecting economic or political change: proscribed by statute in many U.S. states.

  • heroic

    Also, heroical. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine.

  • middle ground

    an intermediate position, area, or recourse between two opposites or extremes; a halfway or neutral standpoint.

  • nonrecourse loan

    a loan for which the borrower cannot be held responsible for any amount in excess of the security for the loan, even if the value of such security falls below the level it had or that had been anticipated for it at the time of the loan.

  • pacifism

    opposition to war or violence of any kind.
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