resume

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   take up or begin anew

   We resumed the negotiations

2. 2
   verb

   return to a previous location or condition

   The painting resumed its old condition when we restored it

3. 3
   verb

   assume anew

   resume a title

4. 4
   verb

   To take back possession of (something)

   Ladies and gentlemen, please resume your seats.

5. 5
   verb

   To summarise.

   He […] used to say that each separate death had taught him something new about death, and that he was going to resume this knowledge in a philosophic essay about dying.

6. 6
   verb

   To start (something) again that has been stopped or paused from the point at which it was stopped or paused; continue, carry on.

   We will resume this discussion tomorrow at nine.

7. 7
   verb

   To start again after an interruption or pause.

   Normal service has resumed.

8. 8
   noun

   A summary or synopsis.

   He had scanned the resumé of the three previous instalments, and was abut to commence the story[.]

Etymology

Borrowed from French résumé, past participle of résumer (“to summarize”), from Latin resūmere (“to take back”); compare resume.