resumption

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noun

The act of resuming or starting something again.

Less commonScrabble 14

Meanings

nounresumption (countable and uncountable, plural resumptions)

plural resumptions

  1. countableuncountableThe act of resuming or starting something again.

    But Murphy remains upbeat about the longer-term prospect of recovery and a resumption of the record growth in passenger volumes experienced in the UK in the two decades following privatisation.

    2022 August 24, Steve Murphy tells Paul Stephen, “Rail + property: a winning combination”, in RAIL, number 964, page 48
    1 more example

    And that supremacy was confirmed six minutes after the resumption with their second goal. Dzeko was again involved, slipping a neat pass through to the foraging Toure, who poked a right-foot finish past Butt.

    2011 December 7, Phil McNulty, “Man City 2 - 0 Bayern Munich”, in BBC Sport

    Synonyms: restart

  2. AustraliacountableuncountableEminent domain.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe act of resuming or starting something again.

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More synonyms by meaning

nounbeginning again

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinsūmptus
  2. Englishresumption

From re- + Latin sūmptus + -ion, from past participle of sūmō (“to take”).

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Translations

Bulgarian възобновяване, продължаване
  • възобновяване (văzobnovjavane)act of resuming something again
  • продължаване (prodălžavane)act of resuming something again
Catalan represa
  • represaact of resuming something again
Chinese Mandarin 繼續 /继续
  • 繼續 /继续 (jìxù)act of resuming something again
Finnish jatko, jatkaminen
  • jatkoact of resuming something again
  • jatkaminenact of resuming something again
  • jatkuminenact of resuming something again
German Wiederaufnahme
  • Wiederaufnahmeact of resuming something again
Polish reasumpcja
  • reasumpcjaact of resuming something again
Russian возобновле́ние
  • возобновле́ние (vozobnovlénije)act of resuming something again
Turkish kaldığı yerden devam etme, yeniden başlama
  • kaldığı yerden devam etmeact of resuming something again
  • yeniden başlamaact of resuming something again

Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

resumption. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/resumption

MLA

“resumption.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/resumption. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “resumption,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/resumption.

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