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RESUME

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A summary of your academic and work history

Synonyms:

curriculum vitae; CV; resume

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("resume" is a kind of...):

sum-up; summary (a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Short descriptive summary (of events)

Synonyms:

resume; sketch; survey

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("resume" is a kind of...):

sum-up; summary (a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form)

Derivation:

resume (give a summary (of))

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Take up or begin anew

Example:

We resumed the negotiations

Synonyms:

re-start; restart; resume

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "resume" is one way to...):

bear on; carry on; continue; preserve; uphold (keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE

Derivation:

resumption (beginning again)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Return to a previous location or condition

Example:

The painting resumed its old condition when we restored it

Synonyms:

resume; take up

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "resume" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Give a summary (of)

Example:

I will now summarize

Synonyms:

resume; sum up; summarise; summarize

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "resume" is one way to...):

ingeminate; iterate; reiterate; repeat; restate; retell (to say, state, or perform again)

Verb group:

sum; sum up; summarise; summarize (be a summary of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "resume"):

abstract (give an abstract (of))

precis (make a summary (of))

docket (make a summary or abstract of a legal document and inscribe it in a list)

recap; recapitulate (summarize briefly)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

resume (short descriptive summary (of events))

Sense 4

Meaning:

Assume anew

Example:

resume one's duties

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "resume" is one way to...):

adopt; assume; take on; take over (take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Credits

 Context examples: 

Of course they bumped their heads smartly together, saw stars, and both came up flushed and laughing, without the ball, to resume their seats, wishing they had not left them.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

The young lady resumed her seat with an air of displeasure.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

In clinical trials, a dosing schedule may require a patient to stop medication for a period of time, then resume, such as 28 days on and 7 days off.

(Off Treatment, NCI Thesaurus)

Once in his room, he resumed his writing.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

“I hope he does,” replied Mr. Knightley coolly, and resuming the letter.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

“So be it, then,” said Sir Simon Burley; and the rest of the council having approved, a scanty meal was hurriedly snatched, and the advance resumed under the cover of the darkness.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Then seating herself with a gentleman on each side, she resumed the conversation which had engaged them before, and discussed the possibility of improvements with much animation.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

After a short pause, Catherine resumed with, “Then you do not believe Isabella so very much attached to my brother?”

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

Brushing the ashes from his clothes, he had resumed his conversation with Henderson.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Leave a space of a few days, though, before resuming normal activities.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)