Resume
[rɪ'zjuːm;’rezəmeɪ]
Definition
(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.) assume anew; 'resume a title'; 'resume an office'; 'resume one's duties'.
Editor: Priscilla--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Take back, take again.[2]. Recommence, renew, begin again, take up again.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Recommence, renew, return, begin_again
ANT:Drop, discontinue, intermit, interrupt
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Definition
v.t. to take back what has been given: to take up again: to begin again after interruption.—adj. Resū′mable liable to be taken back again or taken up again.
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Examples
- En resume, L'OBSERVATION des animaux sauvages demontre deja la variabilite LIMITEE des especes. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- But, now thou knowest my drift, thou wilt resume thine own original plan, wilt thou not? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- A sufficient interval having elapsed for the performers to resume their ordinary costume, they re-entered the dining-room. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- As he replied in the affirmative, with perfect confidence and cheerfulness, we did not resume the subject until the day was wearing away. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The cleaning frolic over, matters begin to resume their pristine appearance. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- I left my narrative in the quiet shadow of Limmeridge church--I resume it, one week later, in the stir and turmoil of a London street. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- He felt however that it would be impossible for him to resume his presswork in Strasburg. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Tom silently resumed his task; but the woman, before at the last point of exhaustion, fainted. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- He resumed the perusal of Rosanna Spearman's letter. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- On the 15th he resumed his march on Goldsboro'. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Then the fellow turned again upon his side and resumed the even respiration of deep slumber. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Yes, I think it is,' resumed Mr. Magnus. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- There was some discomfiture in his tone as he resumed, though he tried to conceal it. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The satellite was gone; and Mr Inspector, becoming once again the quiet Abbot of that Monastery, dipped his pen in his ink and resumed his books. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I should very much like to go,' said Mr. Tupman, resuming the subject of the ball, 'very much. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- She was resuming, 'Have you nothing--' when he stopped her. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Resuming his usual gravity, he went on: I received by this evening's post a note from the Home Secretary in answer to mine. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He was now resuming his strength, and making strange head against Mrs. Horsfall. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Well (resuming her former tone), don't squeeze your fingers quite into my hand. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Mr. Guppy, refolding his arms, resettles himself against the parapet, as resuming a conversation of interest. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He stopped in the act of swinging himself out of his saddle, and, resuming it as his safest place, said: Emigrant, my friends! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- However, Mr. George resumes, the less said about it, the better now. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- She smiles, looks very handsome, takes his arm, lounges with him for a quarter of a mile, is very much bored, and resumes her seat in the carriage. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The Colonel plays a good knife and fork at tiffin and resumes those weapons with great success at dinner. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Well, gentlemen, resumes the coroner. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I've looked in upon you, and empire resumes her sway. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Similarly,' resumes Wegg, 'I have observations as I can offer upon certain points and parties; but I make no objections, Mr Venus. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Mr Wegg slowly subdues his ironical tone and his lingering irritation, and resumes his pipe. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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