From Anglo-Norman - resumer, Middle French resumer, from Latin resumere, from re- + sumere ("to take").

• (RP) enPR: rĭzjo͞om', IPA: /ɹɪˈzjuːm/
• (America) enPR: rĭz(j)o͞om', IPA: /ɹɪˈz(j)um/
• (Australia)
  • enPR: rəzjo͞om', IPA: /ɹəˈzjuːm/
  • (yod-coalescence) enPR: rəzho͞om', IPA: /ɹəˈʒuːm/

resume (resumes, present participle resuming; simple past and past participle resumed)

1. (transitive, now rare) To take back possession of (something); to regain; [from 15th c.]

   Ladies and gentlemen, please resume your seats.

   • 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter XXVIII”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson;  […], →OCLC ↗:

     As to the advice you give, to resume my estate, I am determined not to litigate with my father, let what will be the consequence to myself.

   • 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 8:

     For after that initiation it was impossible to attach any profound importance to the notion of dying. All individual deaths had been resumed by the death of God!

2. (transitive, now rare) To summarise. [from 15th c.]
   • 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 36:

     He […] used to say that each separate death had taught him something new about death, and that he was going to resume this knowledge in a philosophic essay about dying.

3. (transitive) To start (something) again that has been stopped or paused from the point at which it was stopped or paused; continue, carry on. [from 15th c.]

   Antonyms: suspend

   We will resume this discussion tomorrow at nine.

   • 1803, William Woodfall et al., The Parliamentary Register; or an Impartial Report of the Debates that have occurred in the Two Houses of Parliament, volume 2, page 167:

     No man wiſhed more for the high establiſhment of the Royal Family than he did ; but he thought the Prince would do himſelf more honour by giving up the trappings of royalty at this moment, than by reſuming them.

4. (intransitive) To start again after an interruption or pause.

   Normal service has resumed.

   • 1991, The Code of Federal Regulations of the United States of America, 43 CFR 5451.4, Office of the Federal Register, page 68.

     Before operations resume, a reduced bond shall be increased to the amount of a full

• resumption

• German: fortsetzen, sich etwas zurückholen

• German: zusammenfassen
• Spanish: resumir

• French: recommencer, reprendre, continuer
• German: wiederaufnehmen, fortsetzen
• Italian: riprendere, continuare, ricominciare, portare avanti
• Portuguese: retomar, continuar
• Russian: возобновля́ть
• Spanish: reanudar, retomar, continuar

• German: neu beginnen, erneut beginnen, neu starten, neustarten, zurückkehren
• Spanish: reanudarse

Borrowed from French résumé, past participle of résumer ("to summarize"), from Latin resumo; compare resume.

• (British) IPA: /ˈɹɛz.(j)ʊˌmeɪ/, /ɹɪ.ˈzjuː.meɪ/
• (America) IPA: /ˈɹɛz.ə.meɪ/

resume (plural resumes)

1. A summary or synopsis. [from 18th c.]

   Synonyms: précis

2. (chiefly, North America, Australia) A summary or account of education and employment experiences and qualifications; a curriculum vitae (often for presentation to a potential future employer when applying for a job). [from 20th c.]

   Synonyms: curriculum vitae, CV