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

  • (..) we don't investigate much! Then why are you here? I thought.. -I'm not here for the SCC! I'm here on my own dime I'm floating my resume to some big banks! How's your brother by the way? How are you floating your resume to big banks? I mean, you're supposed to be the ones policing the big banks (..)
    2015 The Big Short
  • (..) - Thanks. First off, let me introduce the newest member of our staff. Horace Slughorn. Professor Slughorn, I'm happy to say, has agreed to resume his old post... as Potions Master. Meanwhile, the post of Defense Against the Dark Arts... will be taken by Professor Snape. (..)
    2009 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
  • (..) in the goddamn morning. I got a city council meeting... You've been police commissioner for what, almost a decade now? We're here to talk about my resume? "Mayor of D.C." would look good on that resume, wouldn't it? We know that you've been angling to run for some time. (..)
    2013 TvShow: House of Cards Title: Chapter 1 Season: 1 Episode 1