RESUME


Meaning of RESUME in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ rɪzju:m, AM -zu:m ]

( resumes, resuming, resumed)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.

If you resume an activity or if it resumes , it begins again. ( FORMAL )

After the war he resumed his duties at Emmanuel College...

The search is expected to resume early today.

VERB : V n , V

• re‧sump‧tion

It is premature to speculate about the resumption of negotiations.

N-UNCOUNT : usu N of n

2.

If you resume your seat or position, you return to the seat or position you were in before you moved. ( FORMAL )

‘I changed my mind,’ Blanche said, resuming her seat.

VERB : V n

3.

If someone resumes , they begin speaking again after they have stopped for a short time. ( WRITTEN )

‘Hey, Judith,’ he resumed, ‘tell me all about yourself.’

VERB : V with quote

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