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Meaning of RESUME

Pronunciation:  ri'zoom

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a summary of your academic and work history
  2. [n]  short descriptive summary (of events)
  3. [v]  take up or begin anew; "We resumed the negotiations"
  4. [v]  return to a previous location or condition; "The painting resumed its old condition when we restored it"
  5. [v]  give a summary (of); "he summed up his results"; "I will now summarize"
  6. [v]  assume anew; "resume a title"; "resume an office"; "resume one's duties"
 
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 Synonyms: curriculum vitae, CV, restart, sketch, sum up, summarise, summarize, survey, take up
 
 See Also: abstract, adopt, assume, bear on, carry on, change, continue, docket, ingeminate, iterate, precis, preserve, recap, recapitulate, reiterate, repeat, restate, retell, summary, take on, take over, uphold

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Re*sume"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Resumed};p. pr. & vb. n.
{Resuming}.] [L. resumere, resumptum; pref. re- re- + sumere
to take: cf. F. r['e]sumer. See {Assume}, {Redeem}.]
1. To take back.
         The sun, like this, from which our sight we have,
         Gazed on too long, resumes the light he gave.
                                               --Denham.
         Perhaps God will resume the blessing he has bestowed
         ere he attains the age of manhood.    --Sir W.
                                               Scott.
2. To enter upon, or take up again.
         Reason resumed her place, and Passion fled.
                                               --Dryden.
3. To begin again; to recommence, as something which has been
   interrupted; as, to resume an argument or discourse.
 
Dream Dictionary
 
 Definition: Seeing a résumé in your dream, suggests that you are evaluating your own abilities and performance in some situation. Depending on how you feel about the résumé, it may indicate whether or not you feel you have what it takes for the task at hand.
 

 

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