From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishresumere‧sume1 /rɪˈzjuːm $ rɪˈzuːm/ ●●○ verb formal 1 CONTINUE/NOT STOP[transitive] to start doing something again after stopping or being interrupted She hopes to resume work after the baby is born. The rebels have resumed hostilities against government troops.resume doing something He will resume training as soon as the injury is better.► see thesaurus at start2 CONTINUE/NOT STOP[intransitive] if an activity or process resumes, it starts again after a pause Peace talks will resume tomorrow.3 → resume your seat/place/position→ See Verb table
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resume• The course of power and enterprise has resumed.• Normal service has since been resumed.• Which is handy for large files as it's faster and can resume broken downloads.• "As I was saying, " resumed Dahlberg.• Stories, however, have circulated that the Bush administration may be more open than was President Clinton to resuming diplomatic relations.• Fifteen minutes go by, and the noise resumes, gently, slowly, and in my direction.• Collins was so seriously injured that he was unable to resume his career.• Sherman resumed his walk toward First Avenue.• Otherwise, however, the pressure to resume normal service was wide and intense.• The trial will resume on Wednesday morning.• He said no more, and resumed reading his newspaper.• The jurors are anxious to resume their normal lives again.• Pumping operations would resume this morning.resumere‧su‧me2, résumé /ˈrezjʊmeɪ, ˈreɪ- $ ˌrezʊˈmeɪ/ ●●○ noun [countable] 1 SUMMARIZEa short account of something such as an article or speech which gives the main points but no details SYN summary a brief résumé of the day’s events2 American EnglishBESE a short written account of your education and your previous jobs that you send to an employer when you are looking for a new job SYN CV British EnglishExamples from the Corpus
resume• He gave a resume of the year's work and wished the Society another successful year.• Instead, it attempts to give a brief resume of the current legal position.From Longman Business Dictionaryresumere‧sume /rɪˈzjuːmrɪˈzuːm/ verb [intransitive, transitive] to start to do something again after a period of rest or an interruptionProfit-taking resumed as the yen began to lose ground.The company said it won’t resume its efforts to sell assets until gold prices rise.→ See Verb tableOrigin resume (1400-1500) Old French resumer, from Latin resumere, from sumere “to take” résumé (1800-1900) French past participle of résumer; → RESUME 