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# resume

«resume» in Mova's school dictionary: **To start again after a pause: the lesson resumed after break** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (resume, resumes, resumed, resuming); noun (résumé, a résumé, résumés)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To start again after a pause: the lesson resumed after break. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resume/#m1)

2) (formal) To take back a place: please resume your seats. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resume/#m2)

3) (noun, résumé, US/Canada) A document listing your work and education when you apply for a job (UK: CV). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resume/#m3)

4) (noun, résumé) A short summary. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resume/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In school, lessons resume after lunch. In sport, play resumes after rain. In everyday North American life, adults send résumés for jobs. Phrases: resume work, play will resume, resume your seats.

### examples

- The match resumed after the rain stopped. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resume/#x1)
- Please resume your seats. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resume/#x2)
- Lessons will resume on Monday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resume/#x3)
- She resumed reading after dinner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resume/#x4)
- Dad updated his résumé for a new job. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resume/#x5)
- We'll resume where we stopped. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resume/#x6)
- The carriage rolled on, and the peasants resumed their dancing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resume/#x7)

### note

Two words spelled alike: re-SUME (verb, start again) and RÉ-su-mé (noun, CV), which often keeps its accents. Regular verb: resumed. Noun for the verb: resumption.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «resume» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resume/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.