resume
resume Lexical Profile
resume Game Scores & Validity
• noun
North American A brief written account of personal, educational, and professional qualifications and experience, as that prepared by an applicant for a job; a curriculum vitae.
"She updated her resume with her latest internship experience before applying for the editorial position."
A brief summary or overview of a discourse, series of events, or body of work.
"The report begins with a concise resume of the committee's key findings over the past decade."
• verb
To begin again or continue after a pause or interruption.
"Negotiations between the two companies are scheduled to resume early next week."
To take back, occupy, or assume again (a seat, position, role, or state).
"The passengers were asked to resume their seats as the aircraft prepared for landing."
Word Nuance & Usage
The unaccented spelling 'resume' serves both as the English verb meaning 'to begin again' (/rɪˈzjuːm/) and as a common unaccented spelling of the French loanword 'résumé' (/ˈrɛzʊmeɪ/), meaning a summary or curriculum vitae.
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Word Origin & Etymology
The verb derives from Middle English, via Old French from Latin resumere ('to take back or take up again'), formed from re- ('again') and sumere ('to take'). The noun was borrowed later in the 19th century from French résumé, the past participle of résumer ('to summarize').