All 7 Uses
resume
in
Equus
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- FRANK resumes his seat.
Scene 1.14 *resumes = begins again to take (goes back to)
- [Tenderly, he leads his wife out of the square, and they resume their places on the bench†
Scene 1.7
- [She leaves, and resumes her place by her husband†
Scene 1.11
- NURSE approaches briskly, takes the machine from him—gives it to DYSART in the square—and leaves again, resuming her seat.†
Scene 1.13
- [She leaves the square and resumes her place†
Scene 1.16
- [The natural sound of the pencil resumes†
Scene 1.19
- [She leaves the square, and resumes her place†
Scene 2.23
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) Less commonly, résumé can refer to any summary.