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Webster 1913 Edition

Resume

‖

Réˊsu′mé′

,
Noun.
[F. See
Resume
.]
A summing up; a condensed statement; an abridgment or brief recapitulation.
The exellent little
résumé
thereof in Dr. Landsborough’s book.
C. Kingsley.

Re-sume′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Resumed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Resuming
.]
[L.
resumere
,
resumptum
; pref.
re-
re- +
sumere
to take: cf. F.
résumer
. 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
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Resume

RES'UME

,
Verb.
T.
s as z. [L. resumo; re and sumo, to take.]
1.
To take back what has been given.
The sun, like this from which our sight we have, gaz'd on too long, resumes the light he gave.
2.
To take back what has been taken away.
They resume what has been obtained fraudulently.
3.
To take again after absence; as, to resume a seat.
Reason resum'd her place, and passion fled.
4.
To take up again after interruption; to begin again; as, to resume an argument or discourse. [This is now its most frequent use.]

Definition 2024

resume

resume

See also: resumé, résumé, and résume

English

Pronunciation

Verb

resume ‎(third-person singular simple present resumes, present participle resuming, simple past and past participle resumed)

  1. (now rare) To take back possession of (something). [from 15th c.]
    • 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber 1992, p. 8:
      For after that initiation it was impossible to attach any profound importance to the notion of dying. All individual deaths had been resumed by the death of God!
  2. (now rare) To summarise. [from 15th c.]
    • 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber 1992, p. 36:
      He [...] used to say that each separate death had taught him something new about death, and that he was going to resume this knowledge in a philosophic essay about dying.
  3. To start (something) again that has been stopped or paused from the point at which it was stopped or paused; continue, carry on. [from 15th c.]
    We will resume this discussion tomorrow at nine.
Usage notes
  • This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs
Antonyms
  • (to start (something) again): suspend
Related terms
Translations

Etymology 2

From French résumé

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɹɛz.ə.meɪ/

Noun

resume ‎(plural resumes)

  1. (US) A summary of education and employment experience.
Usage notes
  • The spellings résumé and, to a lesser extent, resumé are preferred by dictionaries, while the spelling resume is more likely to be found on the web. See also résumé#Usage notes.
Translations

Danish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From French résumé, past participle of résumer ‎(“summarize”), from Latin resumere ‎(“to take back”).

Noun

resume n (singular definite resumeet, plural indefinite resumeer)

  1. summary (a condensed presentation)

Synonyms

Inflection

Italian

Verb

resume

  1. third-person singular present indicative of resumere

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

resūme

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of resūmō

Portuguese

Verb

resume

  1. Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of resumir
  2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present indicative of resumir

Spanish

Verb

resume

  1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of resumir.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of resumir.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of resumir.

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman resumer, Middle French resumer, from Latin resumere, from re- + sumere ‎(“to take”).

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