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Meaning of resume

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  resume
      n 1: short descriptive summary (of events) [syn: {sketch},
           {survey}, {resume}]
      2: a summary of your academic and work history [syn: {curriculum
         vitae}, {CV}, {resume}]
      v 1: take up or begin anew; "We resumed the negotiations" [syn:
           {resume}, {restart}, {re-start}]
      2: return to a previous location or condition; "The painting
         resumed its old condition when we restored it" [syn:
         {resume}, {take up}]
      3: assume anew; "resume a title"; "resume an office"; "resume
         one's duties"
      4: give a summary (of); "he summed up his results"; "I will now
         summarize" [syn: {sum up}, {summarize}, {summarise},
         {resume}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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