resume

v., -sumed, -sum·ing, -sumes.

v.tr.

1. To begin or take up again after interruption: resumed our dinner.
2. To assume, take, or occupy again: The dog resumed its post by the door.
3. To take on or take back again: resumed my original name.

v.intr.
To begin again or continue after interruption.

[Middle English resumen, from Old French resumer, from Latin resūmere : re-, re- + sūmere, to take.]

resumable re·sum'a·ble adj.
resumer re·sum'er n.

verb

1. To begin or go on after an interruption: continue, pick up, renew, reopen, restart, take up. See continue/stop/pause.
2. To occupy or take again: reassume, re-claim, reoccupy, repossess, retake, take back. See give/take/reciprocity.

v

Definition: begin again
Antonyms: abandon, finish, halt, stop, suspend

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IN BRIEF: To begin or take again.

When blocked or defeated in an enterprise I had much at heart, I always turned immediately to another field of work where progress looked possible, biding my time for a chance to resume the obstructed road. — Charles W. Eliot (1834-1926)

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - genoptage, fortsætte, begynde (på) igen
v. intr. - genoptage, fortsætte, begynde igen
n. - resume, curriculum vitae

Nederlands (Dutch)
hervatten

Français (French)
v. tr. - reprendre, regagner, renouer
v. intr. - reprendre
n. - reprise, rétablissement

Deutsch (German)
v. - wiederaufnehmen, wiederbeginnen, fortsetzen, weitermachen
n. - summary

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ανακτώ, επανακτώ, ξαναπαίρνω, ξαναρχίζω

Italiano (Italian)
riprendere, ricapitolare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - reassumir, retomar

Русский (Russian)
возобновлять, продолжать, сводка, конспект

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - reanudar, reasumir, continuar, seguir, resumir
v. intr. - continuar luego de una interrupción, comenzar de nuevo
n. - resumen, compendio, extracto

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - återta, återuppta, resumera

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
重新开始, 继续, 重返, 恢复, 重新占用, 摘要, 梗概, 简历

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 重新開始, 繼續, 重返, 恢復, 重新佔用
v. intr. - 重新開始, 繼續
n. - 摘要, 梗概, 簡歷

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 다시 차지하다, 되찾다, 다시 시작하다
v. intr. - 다시 차지하다, 다시 찾다, 계속하다
n. - 다시 차지함, 계속함

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 再び始める, 再開する, 再び取る, 再び占める
n. - 要約, 履歴書, レジュメ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يسترد, يستأنف, يوجز, يلخص‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮חידש, המשיך, התחיל שוב, תפס בשנית (את מקומו)‬
v. intr. - ‮חידש, המשיך, התחיל שוב, תפס בשנית (את מקומו)‬
n. - ‮תקציר, תמצית‬

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