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Resume

Resume Meaning & Definition
Resume Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Resume?

[n] a summary of your academic and work history
[n] short descriptive summary (of events)
[v] take up or begin anew; "We resumed the negotiations"
[v] return to a previous location or condition; "The painting resumed its old condition when we restored it"
[v] give a summary (of); "he summed up his results"; "I will now summarize"
[v] assume anew; "resume a title"; "resume an office"; "resume one's duties"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Resume: curriculum vitae | CV | restart | sketch | sum up | summarise | summarize | survey | take up

Related Terms | Find terms related to Resume:

See Also | abstract | adopt | assume | bear on | carry on | change | continue | docket | ingeminate | iterate | precis | preserve | recap | recapitulate | reiterate | repeat | restate | retell | summary | take on | take over | uphold

Resume In Webster's Dictionary

\Re*sume"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Resumed};p. pr. & vb. n. {Resuming}.] [L. resumere, resumptum; pref. re- re- + sumere to take: cf. F. r['e]sumer. See {Assume}, {Redeem}.] 1. To take back. The sun, like this, from which our sight we have, Gazed on too long, resumes the light he gave. --Denham. Perhaps God will resume the blessing he has bestowed ere he attains the age of manhood. --Sir W. Scott. 2. To enter upon, or take up again. Reason resumed her place, and Passion fled. --Dryden. 3. To begin again; to recommence, as something which has been interrupted; as, to resume an argument or discourse.

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