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1. Take up or begin anew
   "We resumed the negotiations"
   - restart, re-start
    
2. Return to a previous location or condition
   "The painting resumed its old condition when we restored it"
   - take up
    
3. Assume anew
   "resume a title"; "resume an office"; "resume one's duties"
    
4. Give a summary (of)
   - sum up, summarize, summarise [Brit], run over

1. A summary of your academic and work history
   - curriculum vitae, CV, vita, résumé [N. Amer]

1. Short descriptive summary (of events)
   - sketch, survey

Derived forms: resumes, résumés, resumed, resuming

See also: resumption

Type of: adopt, assume, bear on, carry on, change, continue, ingeminate, iterate, preserve, reiterate, repeat, restate, retell, summary, sum-up, take on, take over, uphold

Encyclopedia: Resume