All 3 Uses of
resume
in
A Streetcar Named Desire
- Change: Yes, well ...the others ...[The Princess resumes brushing hair and the sudden cold beam of light on her goes out again]...are all now members of the young social set here.†
Scene 1.2 *resumes = begins again
- Then she resumes her seat in front of the table.†
Scene 3.1
- Then the polka resumes in a major key.†
Scene 3.6
Definitions:
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(1)
(resume as in: resume the meeting) begin or take againThis sense of resume generally means to begin again or continue after a pause. In usage like, "resumed her seat", it scan also mean to take again.
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(2)
(résumé as in: submitted her résumé) a brief summary of a person's qualifications to do something -- typically submitted with an employment applicationIn practice, résumé is often written without the accented e's.
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(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Less commonly, résumé can refer to any summary.