"recourse" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ɹɪˈkɔːs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɹiːkɔɹs/ [General-American], /ɹɪˈko(ː)ɹs/ (note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger), /ˈɹiːko(ː)ɹs/ (note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger), /ɹɪˈkoəs/ (note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger), /ˈɹiːkoəs/ (note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-recourse.wav [Southern-England] Forms: recourses [plural]
enPR: rĭkôsʹ (note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger), rēʹkôrs (note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger), rikōrsʹ (note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)s Etymology: From Middle English recours (noun) and recoursen (verb), from Old French recours, from Latin recursus, past participle of recurrō. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ḱers-}}, {{inh|en|enm|recours|pos=noun}} Middle English recours (noun), {{m|enm|recoursen|pos=verb}} recoursen (verb), {{der|en|fro|recours}} Old French recours, {{der|en|la|recursus}} Latin recursus, {{m|la|recurrō}} recurrō Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} recourse (countable and uncountable, plural recourses)
  1. The act of seeking assistance or advice. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (act of seeking assistance or advice): toevlucht [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), turvautuminen (Finnish), tillflykt [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-recourse-en-noun-Tskv8Mw7 Disambiguation of 'act of seeking assistance or advice': 90 3 1 5
  2. (uncountable, recourse to) The use of (someone or something) as a source of help in a difficult situation. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-recourse-en-noun-thJXbGqv
  3. (obsolete) A coursing back, or coursing again; renewed course; return; retreat; recurrence. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-recourse-en-noun-NlkR-TQc
  4. (obsolete) Access; admittance. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-recourse-en-noun-04hVT55q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 10 17 35 8 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: legal recourse, nonrecourse, recourseful, recourseless, without recourse Related terms: recur, recursion, recursive

Verb [English]

IPA: /ɹɪˈkɔːs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɹiːkɔɹs/ [General-American], /ɹɪˈko(ː)ɹs/ (note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger), /ˈɹiːko(ː)ɹs/ (note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger), /ɹɪˈkoəs/ (note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger), /ˈɹiːkoəs/ (note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-recourse.wav [Southern-England] Forms: recourses [present, singular, third-person], recoursing [participle, present], recoursed [participle, past], recoursed [past]
enPR: rĭkôsʹ (note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger), rēʹkôrs (note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger), rikōrsʹ (note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)s Etymology: From Middle English recours (noun) and recoursen (verb), from Old French recours, from Latin recursus, past participle of recurrō. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ḱers-}}, {{inh|en|enm|recours|pos=noun}} Middle English recours (noun), {{m|enm|recoursen|pos=verb}} recoursen (verb), {{der|en|fro|recours}} Old French recours, {{der|en|la|recursus}} Latin recursus, {{m|la|recurrō}} recurrō Head templates: {{en-verb}} recourse (third-person singular simple present recourses, present participle recoursing, simple past and past participle recoursed)
  1. (obsolete) To return; to recur. Tags: obsolete Synonyms (to recur): repeat
    Sense id: en-recourse-en-verb-NcKeSESa Disambiguation of 'to recur': 98 2
  2. (obsolete) To have recourse; to resort. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-recourse-en-verb-xipwemgV
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: repeat

Inflected forms

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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable, recourse to) The use of (someone or something) as a source of help in a difficult situation."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A coursing back, or coursing again; renewed course; return; retreat; recurrence."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) A coursing back, or coursing again; renewed course; return; retreat; recurrence."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "obsolete",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Access; admittance."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Access; admittance."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "obsolete",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɹɪˈkɔːs/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɹiːkɔɹs/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɹɪˈko(ː)ɹs/",
      "note": "rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɹiːko(ː)ɹs/",
      "note": "rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɹɪˈkoəs/",
      "note": "non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɹiːkoəs/",
      "note": "non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔː(ɹ)s"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-recourse.wav",
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "rĭkôsʹ",
      "note": "non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "rēʹkôrs",
      "note": "non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "rikōrsʹ",
      "note": "non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "act of seeking assistance or advice",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "toevlucht"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "act of seeking assistance or advice",
      "word": "turvautuminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "act of seeking assistance or advice",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "tillflykt"
    }
  ],
  "word": "recourse"
}

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  "categories": [
    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English 3-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old French",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱers-",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/ɔː(ɹ)s",
    "Rhymes:English/ɔː(ɹ)s/2 syllables"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ḱers-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "recours",
        "pos": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English recours (noun)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "recoursen",
        "pos": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "recoursen (verb)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "recours"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French recours",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "recursus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin recursus",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "recurrō"
      },
      "expansion": "recurrō",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English recours (noun) and recoursen (verb), from Old French recours, from Latin recursus, past participle of recurrō.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "recourses",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "recoursing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "recoursed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "recoursed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "recourse (third-person singular simple present recourses, present participle recoursing, simple past and past participle recoursed)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1563, John Foxe, “Martyrdom of Thomas Bilney”, in Actes and Monuments",
          "text": "[…] the flame departing and recoursing thrice ere the wood took strength to be sharper to consume […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To return; to recur."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "return",
          "return"
        ],
        [
          "recur",
          "recur"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) To return; to recur."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To have recourse; to resort."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "resort",
          "resort"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) To have recourse; to resort."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɹɪˈkɔːs/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɹiːkɔɹs/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɹɪˈko(ː)ɹs/",
      "note": "rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɹiːko(ː)ɹs/",
      "note": "rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɹɪˈkoəs/",
      "note": "non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɹiːkoəs/",
      "note": "non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔː(ɹ)s"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "rĭkôsʹ",
      "note": "non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "rēʹkôrs",
      "note": "non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "rikōrsʹ",
      "note": "non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "to recur",
      "word": "repeat"
    },
    {
      "word": "repeat"
    }
  ],
  "word": "recourse"
}

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