Definitions

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  • noun A very large-scale resort

Etymologies

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mega- +‎ resort

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Examples

  • At last count by Forbes, this megaresort tycoon, who dropped out of school to pursue amateur boxing when he was only in eigth grade, is now worth $3 billion.

    Multimillionaires Without High School Diplomas Jane Lee 2010

  • At last count by Forbes, this megaresort tycoon, who dropped out of school to pursue amateur boxing when he was only in eigth grade, is now worth $3 billion.

    Multimillionaires Without High School Diplomas Jane Lee 2010

  • At last count by Forbes, this megaresort tycoon, who dropped out of school to pursue amateur boxing when he was only in eigth grade, is now worth $3 billion.

    Multimillionaires Without High School Diplomas Jane Lee 2010

  • The new megaresort, a Southeast Asian-style complex the size of 107 football fields, will boast the world's largest rooftop wave pool, complete with 350 tons of white sand from China forming a man-made beach.

    Betting on Big 2010

  • When I grew bored with shade-bathing, I could walk for miles before encountering clots of megaresort guests.

    Special Report: Hidden Caribbean Forbes Life Staff 2010

  • City Center, with its 4,000-room megaresort, smaller luxury hotels and condo towers, is scheduled to open this year, as are M Resort Hotel and the 3,889-room Fontainebleau.

    Station Casinos Mulls 2009

  • Chill recession winds may be blowing in 2009, but they've been partying like it's 1999 at the Cove, an oceanfront luxury hotel at the Atlantis megaresort on Paradise Island.

    High-Roller Resort, Chilly Climate 2009

  • Like its neighbors, Vietnam hopes that a luxurious megaresort offering high-stakes gambling will boost tourism and create jobs.

    Vietnam Makes Bet on Gambling 2008

  • The man who invented the Las Vegas megaresort will open the first one next week on the southern Chinese peninsula of Macau.

    Managing Change: A Vegas-Size Bet On China 2007

  • The 7 million visitors a year who descend on this megaresort and surrounding patches of the Mexican Caribbean coast already represent a conservation nightmare, straining water supply, sewers, and marine life.

    Vanishing Acts 2007

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