All 7 Uses
resume
in
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
(Edited)
- We resumed our walk and in a few moments came to a small family plot shaded by a large oak tree.
p. 33.6resumed = began again
- She plucked a cigarette from the pack in Joe's shirt pocket, kissed him on the forehead, whispered, "Draw up the damn divorce papers!" and then skipped back into the kitchen, where Jerry resumed cutting her hair.
p. 79.3 *
- I guess he didn't put the bank job on his résumé.
p. 91.9 *resume = a written, brief summary of a person's qualifications to do something
- Danny relaxed his grip on Corinne's mouth and resumed having sex as easily as if he were picking up a conversation dropped in midsentence.
p. 139.6resumed = continued (after an interruption)
- We resumed our drive.
p. 149.5resumed = began again
- On Monday, the trial would resume for closing arguments and the judge's instructions to the jury.
p. 230.5resume = begin again
- Deliberations resumed at ten o'clock Monday morning.
p. 360.1resumed = began again
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.