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resume

Definition

  • noun: a short document describing your education, work history, etc., that you give an employer when you are applying for a job
  • verb: to begin again after stopping
  • verb: to assume or take again
  • synonyms: clio, muse of history, adventures

Examples

  • He shook his visitor's hand and 'resumed' his seat.

  • After the rain stopped, the teams 'resumed' play.

  • The game 'resumed' after the rain stopped.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) And you’re sounding like a separatist. This war represents a failure to listen. Now you’re closer to the chancellor than anyone. Please, ask him to stop the fighting and let diplomacy resume. Don’t ask me to do that. Make a motion in the senate, where that kind of a request belongs. - What is it? (..)
    2005 Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith