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Resume
//ɹɪˈzjuːm// noun, verb
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A summary or synopsis.
"He had scanned the resumé of the three previous instalments, and was abut to commence the story[.]"
- 2 a summary of your academic and work history wordnet
- 3 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). Australia, Canada, Philippines, US
- 4 short descriptive summary (of events) wordnet
Verb
- 1 To take back possession of (something) archaic, transitive
"Ladies and gentlemen, please resume your seats."
- 2 take up or begin anew wordnet
- 3 To summarise. archaic, transitive
"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."
- 4 return to a previous location or condition wordnet
- 5 To start (something) again that has been stopped or paused from the point at which it was stopped or paused; continue, carry on. transitive
"We will resume this discussion tomorrow at nine."
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- 6 give a summary (of) wordnet
- 7 To start again after an interruption or pause. intransitive
"Normal service has resumed."
- 8 assume anew wordnet
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Anglo-Norman resumer, Middle French resumer, from Latin resumere, from re- + sumere (“to take”).
Etymology 2
Borrowed from French résumé, past participle of résumer (“to summarize”), from Latin resūmere (“to take back”); compare resume.
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