resume

UK: /rɪˈzjuːm/ US: /rɪˈzum/ ,(ri zo̅o̅m′)

Inflections of 'resume' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

resumes

v 3rd person singular

resuming

v pres p

resumed

v past

resumed

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

re•sume¹ /rɪˈzum/   v., -sumed, -sum•ing. 

1. to take up or go on with again;
   continue: [~ + object]
   The motor coughed briefly, then resumed its steady hum.
   [~ + verb-ing]
   The soldiers resumed marching.
   [no object]
   The voices ceased when she arrived, then quickly resumed.
2. to take or occupy again:
   [~ + object] Ladies and gentlemen, please resume your seats.

See -sum-.
ré•su•mé or re•su•me  or re•su•mé /ˈrɛzʊˌmeɪ, ˌrɛzʊˈmeɪ/   n. [countable]

1. a summary.
2. a brief written account of educational and professional qualifications and experience:
   handed over her résumé and waited.

See -sum-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

re•sume¹  (ri zo̅o̅m′), v., -sumed, -sum•ing. 
v.t. 

1. to take up or go on with again after interruption;
   continue:
   to resume a journey.
2. to take or occupy again:
   to resume one's seat.
3. to take or assume use or practice of again:
   to resume her maiden name.
4. to take back:
   to resume the title to a property.

v.i. 

5. to go on or continue after interruption:
   The dancing is about to resume.
6. to begin again.

• Latin resūmere to take back, take again, equivalent. to re- re- + sūmere to take (see consume)
• Middle French resumer)
• late Middle English resumen (1375–1425

re•sum′a•ble, adj. 
re•sum′er, n. 

re•su•me²  (rez′ŏŏ mā′, rez′ŏŏ mā′), n. 

1. résumé.

ré•su•mé  (rez′ŏŏ mā′, rez′ŏŏ mā′), n. 

1. a summing up;
   summary.
2. a brief written account of personal, educational, and professional qualifications and experience, as that prepared by an applicant for a job.

Also, resume, re′su•mé′. 

• French, noun, nominal use of past participle of résumer to resume, sum up
• 1795–1805

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

resume / rɪˈzjuːm/ verb

1. to begin again or go on with (something adjourned or interrupted)
2. (transitive) to occupy again, take back, or recover: to resume one's seat, to resume possession
3. to summarize; make a résumé of

Etymology: 15th Century: from Latin resūmere to take up again, from re- + sūmere to take up

reˈsumable adjective

reˈsumer noun

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résumé / ˈrɛzjʊˌmeɪ/ noun

1. a short descriptive summary, as of events
2. 
   another name for curriculum vitae

Etymology: 19th Century: from French, from résumer to resume