Definitions for: Resume


[n] a summary of your academic and work history
[n] short descriptive summary (of events)
[v] take up or begin anew; "We resumed the negotiations"
[v] return to a previous location or condition; "The painting resumed its old condition when we restored it"
[v] give a summary (of); "he summed up his results"; "I will now summarize"
[v] assume anew; "resume a title"; "resume an office"; "resume one's duties"



Webster (1913) Definition: Re*sume", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Resumed;p. pr. & vb. n.
Resuming.] [L. resumere, resumptum; pref. re- re- + sumere
to take: cf. F. r['e]sumer. See Assume, Redeem.]
1. To take back.

The sun, like this, from which our sight we have,
Gazed on too long, resumes the light he gave.
--Denham.

Perhaps God will resume the blessing he has bestowed
ere he attains the age of manhood. --Sir W.
Scott.

2. To enter upon, or take up again.

Reason resumed her place, and Passion fled.
--Dryden.

3. To begin again; to recommence, as something which has been
interrupted; as, to resume an argument or discourse.

Synonyms: curriculum vitae, CV, restart, sketch, sum up, summarise, summarize, survey, take up

See Also: abstract, adopt, assume, bear on, carry on, change, continue, docket, ingeminate, iterate, precis, preserve, recap, recapitulate, reiterate, repeat, restate, retell, summary, take on, take over, uphold

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