resumeverb
uk/rɪˈzjuːm/us/rɪˈzuːm/formalC1 [ I or T ] If an activity resumes, or if you resume it, it starts again after a pause:
Normal services will be resumed in the spring.
[ + -ing verb ] He stopped to take a sip of water and then resumed speaking.
The talks are due to resume today.
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resumption
[ T ] If you resume a place or position that you have left for a period of time, you return to it:
to resume your post/job
Please resume your seats, as the performance will continue in two minutes.
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- The company expects to resume production of the vehicle again after a two-month hiatus.
- Missile attacks on the capital resumed at dawn.
- Normal service resumes in ten minutes.
- The meeting will resume after lunch.
- After a short break for rain, the match resumed with both players seeking to attack.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Starting again
- back
- back to square one idiom
- continue
- get back to sth
- go
- go back to sth
- go on
- pick
- pick sth up
- pick up on sth
- pick up the thread(s) idiom
- pick sth up
- reborn
- recreation
- renew
- reopen
- restart
- start
- start over
- with the slate wiped clean idiom
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Returning to a place