resume

Plural: resumes

Noun

• short descriptive summary (of events)
• a summary of your academic and work history
• A summary or synopsis.
• 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

Verb Forms: resumed, resuming, resumes

• To take up again after interruption; to continue or recommence.
• take up or begin anew
  • "We resumed the negotiations"
• return to a previous location or condition
  • "The painting resumed its old condition when we restored it"
• assume anew
  • "resume a title"
  • "resume an office"
  • "resume one's duties"
• give a summary (of)
• To take back possession of (something)
• To summarise.
• To start (something) again that has been stopped or paused from the point at which it was stopped or paused; continue, carry on.
• To start again after an interruption or pause.

Examples

• After a quick coffee break, the players were ready to RESUME their intense Scrabble match.
• Ladies and gentlemen, please resume your seats.
• Normal service has resumed.
• We will resume this discussion tomorrow at nine.

Synonyms

curriculum vitae, CV, re-start, restart, sketch, sum up, summarise, summarize, survey, take up, précis, regain

Antonyms

suspend

Related Words

resumption