RESUME


Meaning of RESUME in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ri-ˈzüm ]

verb

( re·sumed ; re·sum·ing )

Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French or Latin; Anglo-French resumer, from Latin resumere, from re- + sumere to take up, take — more at consume

Date: 15th century

transitive verb

1. : to assume or take again : reoccupy

resumed his seat by the fire — Thomas Hardy

2. : to return to or begin again after interruption

resumed her work

3. : to take back to oneself

4. : to pick up again

5. : reiterate , summarize

intransitive verb

: to begin again something interrupted

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.