resume

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: sketchsurveycurriculum vitaeCVrestartre-starttake upsum upsummarizesummarise

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. short descriptive summary (of events)Synonyms: sketchsurvey
  2. a summary of your academic and work historySynonyms: curriculum vitaeCV

Verb (4)

  1. take up or begin anew“We resumed the negotiations”Synonyms: restartre-start
  2. return to a previous location or condition“The painting resumed its old condition when we restored it”Synonyms: take up
  3. assume anew“resume a title”“resume an office”“resume one's duties”
  4. give a summary (of)“he summed up his results”“I will now summarize”Synonyms: sum upsummarizesummarise
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

R'esum'e \R['e]`su"m['e]"\, n. [F. See Resume.] A summing up; a condensed statement; an abridgment or brief recapitulation. [1913 Webster]

The exellent little r['e]sum['e] thereof in Dr. Landsborough's book. --C. Kingsley. [1913 Webster]

2.A brief summary of the education, experience, accomplishments, and other professional qualifications of a person, such as that prepared by one applying for a job. [PJC]

Resume \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. [1913 Webster]

The sun, like this, from which our sight we have, Gazed on too long, resumes the light he gave.— Denham.[1913 Webster]
Perhaps God will resume the blessing he has bestowed ere he attains the age of manhood.— Sir W. Scott.[1913 Webster]

2.To enter upon, or take up again. [1913 Webster]

Reason resumed her place, and Passion fled.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]

3.To begin again; to recommence, as something which has been interrupted; as, to resume an argument or discourse. [1913 Webster]

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