resume (verb)
1resume — ► VERB 1) begin again or continue after a pause or interruption. 2) take or put on again; return to the use of. DERIVATIVES resumption noun. ORIGIN Latin resumere take back …
2resume — re‧sume [rɪˈzjuːm ǁ rɪˈzuːm] verb [intransitive, transitive] to start to do something again after a period of rest or an interruption: • Profit taking resumed as the yen began to lose ground. • The company said it won tresume its efforts to sell… …
3résumé — ré su mé [ˈrezjʊmeɪ ˈreɪ ǁ ˌrezʊˈmeɪ] also resume noun [countable] HUMAN RESOURCES a short written account of your education and previous jobs that you send to an employer when you are looking for a new job; CV BrE: • Like hundred …
4resume — verb Resume is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑fighting, ↑hostility, ↑parliament, ↑talk, ↑trial Resume is used with these nouns as the object: ↑activity, ↑career, ↑conversation, ↑course, ↑deliberation …
5resume — verb (resumed; resuming) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French or Latin; Anglo French resumer, from Latin resumere, from re + sumere to take up, take more at consume Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. to assume or take again ; reoccupy… …
6resume — I verb advance, begin again, carry on, continue, follow, forge ahead, get a fresh start, go on, move ahead, proceed, progress, pursue, recolere, recommence, renew, repetere, return to, start afresh, start again, start forward again, take up again …
7resume — verb begin again or continue after a pause or interruption. ↘take or put on again. Derivatives resumable adjective resumption noun Origin ME: from OFr. resumer or L. resumere, from re back + sumere take …
8resume — verb 1) the government resumed negotiations Syn: restart, recommence, begin again, start again, reopen; renew, return to, continue with, carry on with Ant: suspend, abandon 2) the priest resumed his kneeling po …
9resume — verb Syn: restart, recommence, begin again, start again, reopen, renew, return to, continue with, carry on with Ant: suspend, abandon …
10resume — [c]/rəˈzjum / (say ruh zyoohm) verb (resumed, resuming) –verb (t) 1. to take up or go on with again after interruption: to resume a journey. 2. to take or occupy again: to resume one s seat. 3. to take, or take on, again: to resume one s maiden… …
