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Verb: resume  ri'z(y)oom
  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
Noun: resume  ri'z(y)oom
Usage: N. Amer
  1. A summary of your academic and work history
    - curriculum vitae, CV, vita [N. Amer], résumé [N. Amer]
Noun: résumé  're-zu,mey
  1. Short descriptive summary (of events)
    - sketch, survey

Derived forms: résumés, resumed, resuming, resumes

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, wrap-up

Encyclopedia: Resume

Résumé