If you resume something, you start it again after stopping. You might resume singing an aria after breaking to spit out your gum.
To take back.
Noun
a summary of your academic and work history
Noun
short descriptive summary (of events)
Verb
take up or begin anew; "We resumed the negotiations"
Verb
return to a previous location or condition; "The painting resumed its old condition when we restored it"
Verb
give a summary (of); "he summed up his results"; "I will now summarize"
Verb
assume anew; "resume a title"; "resume an office"; "resume one''s duties"
n.
A summing up; a condensed statement; an abridgment or brief
recapitulation.
v. t.
To take back.
v. t.
To enter upon, or take up again.
v. t.
To begin again; to recommence, as something which has
been interrupted; as, to resume an argument or discourse.
Resume
The sun, like this, from which our sight we have, Gazed on too long, resumes the light he gave.
Perhaps God will resume the blessing he has bestowed ere he attains the age of manhood.2.
Reason resumed her place, and Passion fled.3.
To take back.
Usage Examples
Robert De Niro... It seemed like a pretty cool thing to do to put his name on my resume next.
Our systems are all go. At 9:30 Monday morning trading will resume on both markets, and the message will be given to criminals who foisted this on America that they lost.
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Other Usage ExamplesIsn't it sad to go to your grave without ever wondering why you were born? Who, with such a thought, would not spring from bed, eager to resume discovering the world and rejoicing to be part of it?
Yet, when child sex offenders are brought to justice and serve time for their offenses, they are often released into unsuspecting communities and left free to resume their sexual attacks.
If you call failures experiments, you can put them in your resume and claim them as achievements.