resume

present singular third person resumes · participle present resuming · participle past resumed · past resumed

1. archaictransitiveTo take back possession of (something)First known use 15th c.

   Ladies and gentlemen, please resume your seats.

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   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.

   1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter XXVIII”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by John Osborn, […], →OCLC

   For after that initiation it was impossible to attach any profound importance to the notion of dying. All individual deaths had been resumed by the death of God!

   1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 8

   By resumption The Government, most likely the State Government, can resume property for the purposes of building a road or a school or some other purpose.

   2005, Geoff Moore, Essential Real Property, Cavendish Publishing, →ISBN, page 116

   Synonyms: regain

2. archaictransitiveTo summarise.First known use 15th c.

   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.

   1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 36

3. transitiveTo start (something) again that has been stopped or paused from the point at which it was stopped or paused; continue, carry on.First known use 15th c.

   We will resume this discussion tomorrow at nine.

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   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.

   1803, William Woodfall et al., The Parliamentary Register; or an Impartial Report of the Debates that have occurred in the Two Houses of Parliament, volume 2, page 167

   Antonyms: suspend

4. intransitiveTo start again after an interruption or pause.

   Normal service has resumed.

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   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

plural resumes · alternative résumé · alternative resumé

1. A summary or synopsis.First known use 18th c.

   He had scanned the resumé of the three previous instalments, and was abut to commence the story[.]

   1936, F.J. Thwaites, chapter XI, in The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards, published 1940, page 119

   Synonyms: précis

2. AustraliaCanadaUSA 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).First known use 20th c.

   Synonyms: curriculum vitae, CV