resume
verb
- begin again
noun
- bronze sculpture in the Schosshalden cemetery in the city of Bern, Switzerland
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛz.(j)ʊˌmeɪ/ / /ɹɪˈzjuː.meɪ/ / /ˈɹɛz.ə.meɪ/ / /ɹɪˈzjuːm/ / /ɹɪˈʒum/ / /ɹəˈʒum/
noun
Etymology: Borrowed from French résumé, past participle of résumer (“to summarize”), from Latin resūmere (“to take back”); compare resume.
- A summary or synopsis.
“He had scanned the resumé of the three previous instalments, and was abut to commence the story[.]”
- A summary or account of education and employment experiences and qualifications; a curriculum vitae (often for presentation to a potential future employer when applying for a job).
verb
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman resumer, Middle French resumer, from Latin resumere, from re- + sumere (“to take”).
- To take back possession of (something)
“Ladies and gentlemen, please resume your seats.”
“As to the advice you give, to resume my estate, I am determined not to litigate with my father, let what will be the consequence to myself.”
- To summarise.
“He […] used to say that each separate death had taught him something new about death, and that he was going to resume this knowledge in a philosophic essay about dying.”
- To start (something) again that has been stopped or paused from the point at which it was stopped or paused; continue, carry on.
“We will resume this discussion tomorrow at nine.”
“No man wiſhed more for the high establiſhment of the Royal Family than he did ; but he thought the Prince would do himſelf more honour by giving up the trappings of royalty at this moment, than by reſuming them.”
- To start again after an interruption or pause.
“Normal service has resumed.”
“1991, The Code of Federal Regulations of the United States of America, 43 CFR 5451.4, Office of the Federal Register, page 68. Before operations resume, a reduced bond shall be increased to the amount of a full”