resuming

verb (used with object), re·sumed, re·sum·ing.

1. to take up or go on with again after interruption; continue: to resume a journey.
2. to take or occupy again: to resume one’s seat.
3. to take or assume use or practice of again: to resume her maiden name.
4. to take back: to resume the title to a property.

verb (used without object), re·sumed, re·sum·ing.

5. to go on or continue after interruption: The dancing is about to resume.
6. to begin again.

verb

1. to begin again or go on with (something adjourned or interrupted)
2. (tr) to occupy again, take back, or recoverto resume one’s seat; to resume possession
3. (tr) to assume (a title, office, etc) againto resume the presidency
4. archaic to summarize; make a résumé of

noun

1. a short descriptive summary, as of events
2. US and Canadian another name for curriculum vitae

v.

early 15c., “to regain, take back;” mid-15c., “recommence, continue, begin again after interruption,” from Middle French resumer (14c.) and directly from Latin resumere “take again, take up again, assume again,” from re- “again” (see re-) + sumere “take up” (cf. assume). Meaning “begin again” is mid-15c. Intransitive sense “proceed after interruption” is from 1802. Related: Resumed; resuming.

n.

also résumé, 1804, “a summary,” from French résumé, noun use of past participle of Middle French resumer “to sum up,” from Latin resumere (see resume (v.)). Meaning “biographical summary of a person’s career” is 1940s.