resume
pronunciation
How to pronounce resume in British English:
UK [rɪˈzjuːm]
How to pronounce resume in American English:
US [rɪˈzuːm]
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- Noun:
- short descriptive summary (of events)
- a summary of your academic and work history
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- Verb:
- take up or begin anew
- return to a previous location or condition
- assume anew
- give a summary (of)
Word Origin
- resume (v.)
- early 15c., "to regain, take back;" mid-15c., "recommence, continue, begin again after interruption," from Middle French resumer (14c.) and directly from Latin resumere "take again, take up again, assume again," from re- "again" (see re-) + sumere "take up" (compare assume). Meaning "begin again" is mid-15c. Intransitive sense "proceed after interruption" is from 1802. Related: Resumed; resuming.
- resume (n.)
- also résumé, 1804, "a summary," from French résumé, noun use of past participle of Middle French resumer "to sum up," from Latin resumere (see resume (v.)). Meaning "biographical summary of a person's career" is 1940s.
Example
- 1. Maria : her resume says she was a reporter .
- 2. Will normal business resume once the snow melts ?
- 3. Reunions between members of divided families will also resume .
- 4. I mentioned that in my resume .
- 5. Households whose members are still working , but stopped spending anyway , should resume shopping .