What does resume mean?

Definitions for resume
ˈrɛz ʊˌmeɪ, ˌrɛz ʊˈmeɪre·sume

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. sketch, survey, resumenoun

    short descriptive summary (of events)

  2. curriculum vitae, CV, resumeverb

    a summary of your academic and work history

  3. resume, restart, re-startverb

    take up or begin anew

    "We resumed the negotiations"

  4. resume, take upverb

    return to a previous location or condition

    "The painting resumed its old condition when we restored it"

  5. resumeverb

    assume anew

    "resume a title"; "resume an office"; "resume one's duties"

  6. sum up, summarize, summarise, resumeverb

    give a summary (of)

    "he summed up his results"; "I will now summarize"

GCIDE

  1. Resumenoun

    A brief summary of the education, experience, accomplishments, and other professional qualifications of a person, such as that prepared by one applying for a job.

Wiktionary

  1. résuménoun

    A summary or synopsis.

  2. résuménoun

    A curriculum vitae; an account of one's employment history and qualifications (often for presentation to a potential future employer when applying for a job).

  3. resuménoun

    A summary of education and employment experience.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To RESUMEverb

    Etymology: resumo, Lat.

    The sun, like this, from which our sight we have,
    Gaz’d on too long, resumes the light he gave. John Denham.

    Sees not my love, how time resumes
    The glory which he lent these flow’rs;
    Though none shou’d taste of their perfumes,
    Yet must they live but some few hours:
    Time, what we forbear, devours. Edmund Waller.

    That opportunity,
    Which then they had to take from’s, to resume
    We have again. William Shakespeare, Cymbeline.

    He’ll enter into glory, and resume his seat. John Milton.

    At this, with look serene, he rais’d his head;
    Reason resum’d her place, and passion fled. Dryden.

    To him our common grandsire of the main
    Had giv’n to change his form, and chang’d, resume again. Dryden.

Wikipedia

  1. resume

    A résumé, sometimes spelled resume (or alternatively resumé), also called a curriculum vitae (CV), is a document created and used by a person to present their background, skills, and accomplishments. Résumés can be used for a variety of reasons, but most often they are used to secure new employment.A typical résumé contains a "summary" of relevant job experience and education. The résumé is usually one of the first items, along with a cover letter and sometimes an application for employment, which a potential employer sees regarding the job seeker and is typically used to screen applicants, often followed by an interview. The curriculum vitae used for employment purposes in the UK (and in other European countries) is more akin to the résumé—a shorter, summary version of one's education and experience—than to the longer and more detailed CV that is expected in U.S. academic circles. In South Asian countries such as India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, biodata is often used in place of a résumé.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Resumenoun

    a summing up; a condensed statement; an abridgment or brief recapitulation

  2. Resumeverb

    to take back

  3. Resumeverb

    to enter upon, or take up again

  4. Resumeverb

    to begin again; to recommence, as something which has been interrupted; as, to resume an argument or discourse

  5. Etymology: [L. resumere, resumptum; pref. re- re- + sumere to take: cf. F. rsumer. See Assume, Redeem.]

Freebase

  1. Résumé

    A résumé, also spelled resumé or resume, is a document used by persons to present their backgrounds and skills. Résumés can be used for a variety of reasons, but most often they are used to secure new employment. A typical résumé contains a summary of relevant job experience and education. The résumé is usually one of the first items, along with a cover letter and sometimes an application for employment, which a potential employer sees regarding the job seeker and is typically used to screen applicants, often followed by an interview. The résumé is comparable to a curriculum vitae in many countries, although in English Canada, the United States and Australia a résumé is substantially shorter than a CV.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Resume

    rē-zūm′, v.t. to take back what has been given: to take up again: to begin again after interruption.—adj. Resū′mable, liable to be taken back again, or taken up again. [L. resumĕrere-, back, sumĕre, sumptum, to take.]

  2. Résumé

    rā-zū-mā′, n. a summing up: a summary.—v.t. Resume′. [Fr.,—L. resumĕre, to resume.]

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    Rank popularity for the word 'resume' in Verbs Frequency: #765

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of resume in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of resume in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of resume in a Sentence

  1. Sanjay Mehrotra:

    We determined that we could lawfully resume shipping a subset of current products because they are not subject to export administration regulations and entity list restrictions, however, there is considerable ongoing uncertainty surrounding the Huawei situation, and we are unable to predict the volumes or time periods over which we will be able to ship products to Huawei.

  2. Perfecto Yasay:

    I don't think that there is another way of resolving this dispute except talking to each other, we certainly would like to make sure that we are able to resume bilateral talks because these are necessary.

  3. Brazilian Finance Minister Nelson Barbosa:

    We need to work in parallel on an agenda to rebalance our economy and measures to resume growth using the fiscal space that is available, without raising our fiscal costs.

  4. Michael Robinson:

    The Justice Department should resume prosecuting those who kill endangered wildlife, and the Interior Department should develop a national wolf recovery plan to ensure that the fate of wolves in an entire state cannot be determined by any number of negligent or rogue shooters.

  5. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker:

    Not a one of us deserves the job by right of resume, party, seniority, family, or family narrative, it's nobody's turn. It's everybody's test, and it's wide open -- exactly as a contest for president should be.

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