Resume Definition

rĭ-zo͝om

resumed, resumes, resuming

verb

resumed, resumes, resuming

To take, get, or occupy again.

To resume one's seat.

Webster's New World

To begin again or go on with again after interruption.

To resume a conversation.

Webster's New World

To take back or take on again.

To resume a former name.

Webster's New World

To begin again or go on again after interruption.

Webster's New World

To summarize or make a résumé of.

Webster's New World

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noun

resumes

A summing up; summary.

Webster's New World

A statement of a job applicant's previous employment experience, education, etc.

Webster's New World

A brief account of one's professional or work experience and qualifications, often submitted with an employment application.

American Heritage

A summary.

A résumé of the facts of the case.

American Heritage

(US) A summary of education and employment experience.

Wiktionary

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Other Word Forms of Resume

Singular:

resume

Plural:

resumes, resums, rsums

Middle English resumen from Old French resumer from Latin resūmere re- re- sūmere to take em- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
French summary from past participle of résumer to summarize from Old French resumer to resume resume

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
French summary from past participle of résumer to summarize from Old French resumer to resume resume

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Anglo-Norman resumer, Middle French resumer, from Latin resumere, from re- + sumere (“to take").

From Wiktionary
From French résumé

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