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Resume: Verb Meaning, Usage & Examples (2 meaning)

Meaning 1：continue after a short pause (resume)

resume 🔊

/rɪˈzjuːm/

to start doing something again after stopping for a short time.

Resume verb illustration: student pausing then continuing to write in notebook

continue after a short pause 🔊

➕

/kənˈtɪnjuː əˈftər ə ʃɔːt pɔːz/

To begin an activity again following a brief interruption or break.

📁 Category：School Education 🔖 Level：Intermediate

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Root Explanation

From Latin 'resumere', meaning 'to take up again', from 're-' (again) + 'sumere' (to take).

💡 Mnemonic

Think of 'REsume' as 'RE-start' something you've paused, like hitting play after a break.

📖 Example

After a short coffee break, the students resumed their homework. 🔊 The students continued their homework after a brief coffee break.

🔗 Collocations

resume work – to start working again after a break

resume activities – to begin activities again after an interruption

resume discussion – to continue a discussion after a pause

🔄 Synonyms

continue (v.) – to keep doing something without stopping

restart (v.) – to start something again from the beginning

proceed (v.) – to begin or continue a course of action

🚫 Antonyms

pause (v.) – to stop temporarily

stop (v.) – to cease moving or doing

halt (v.) – to bring to a stop

🌱 Derivatives

resumption (n.) – the act of starting something again after a pause

📖 Cultural Story

Derived from Latin via Old French, 'resume' entered English in the 15th century. It is commonly used in modern technology and business contexts to indicate the continuation of processes after interruptions.

Meaning 2：restart after a long stoppage (resume)

resume 🔊

/rɪˈzjuːm/

to start something again after a long pause or stoppage.

Resume action diagram: finger hovering over green resume button on computer screen

restart after a long stoppage 🔊

➕

/riːˈstɑːt əˈftər ə lɒŋ ˈstɒpɪdʒ/

To initiate something again after a significant period of inactivity or interruption.

📁 Category：Technological Inventions 🔖 Level：Intermediate

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Example

After fixing the bug, the programmer clicked the button to resume the data processing. 🔊 The programmer restarted the data processing by clicking the resume button after fixing the bug.

🔗 Collocations

resume operation – to begin functioning again after being halted

resume service – to start providing service again after an outage

resume playback – to continue media playback after pausing

🔄 Synonyms

restart (v.) – to start again from the beginning

reinitiate (v.) – to begin something again formally

recommence (v.) – to start again after stopping

🚫 Antonyms

terminate (v.) – to bring to an end

suspend (v.) – to stop temporarily, especially officially

abort (v.) – to stop something before it is completed

🌱 Derivatives

resumption (n.) – the act of starting something again