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resume Definition


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resume
verb resumed, resuming
    tr & intr
    1. To return to something or begin it again after an interruption.
      Thesaurus: continue, restart, begin again, recommence, go on with, proceed, keep on, carry on, renew, take up again; Antonym: cease.
    2. To take back or return to (a former position, etc).
      Example: resume one's seat
Derivative: resumable
adj
    Etymology: 15c: from Latin resumere, resumptum to take up again.




    résumé
    noun
      1. A summary.
        Thesaurus: summary, synopsis, rundown, review, overview, recapitulation, abstract, outline, digest, précis, epitome.
      (N Amer)
      2. A curriculum vitae.
    Etymology: 19c: French, from résumer to resume.



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