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# resume

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

«resume» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To start again after a pause: the lesson resumed after break. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resume/#m1)
2. (formal) To take back a place: please resume your seats. [tree →](https://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resume/#m3)
4. (noun, résumé) A short summary. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resume/#m4)

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «resume» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resume/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«resume» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/resume.html) on Mova free.