to resume

Examples

• All

• Tomorrow, we will resume with the civil proceedings.

  Joey & Rex Save the Church (2022)

• So perhaps we will all resume after I get a snack.

• I guess we stopped there and we'll resume next time.

• Are you ready to resume your command?

  Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver (2024)

• We will resume this afternoon.

  I Can't Breathe (God Forgive Them) (2022)

• Yes, I will resume command.

  Air Buddies (2006)

• All I want is to be allowed to resume my journey in peace.

  Fiction book (1991)

• I'll resume my editing when I get back.

• No candidate having achieved the necessary majority, we shall resume voting tomorrow morning.

  Conclave (2024)

• Outbound flights will resume shortly.

  What Happens Later (2023)

Synonyms

C

to continue

vsto resume

∞ 1.0

To start again after a pause

is the specific idea of beginning again after a break rather than mere continuation

G

to get back to work

vsto resume

268 1.7

Start doing your job again after a break

is the broader idea of starting any activity again after interruption

R

to renew

vsto resume

94 3.7

Start again after a pause, often a relationship or activity

focuses simply on returning to the prior activity rather than renewing its quality

R

to restart

vsto resume

85 2.3

Start something again after it stops or is interrupted

applies more broadly to returning to a previous activity after a pause

R

to reactivate

vsto resume

41 4.3

To make something work again after it stopped

is the everyday act of returning to a previous activity or state after pause

R

to reconvene

vsto resume

• Formal

25 6.1

To meet again after a break

is the general notion of beginning an activity again, not limited to meetings

C

to carry on with

vsto resume

19 2.6

Continue doing something after a pause or interruption

focuses specifically on returning to past activity after an interruption

R

to relaunch

vsto resume

7 3.9

To start something again after it stops or after you change it

is the plain act of going back to a previous activity after interruption

R

to reengage

vsto resume

4 4.0

Begin being involved again after a break

is about returning to the activity itself rather than regaining involvement

R

to recommence

vsto resume

• Formal

2 5.6

To begin again after a pause

is the common neutral phrase for beginning again after a pause

R

to reinitiate

vsto resume

1 5.9

To start a process or system again after it stopped

applies to restarting any activity, not only formal processes or systems

P

to pick up the thread

vsto resume

1 4.9

To start an earlier activity or conversation again after an interruption

is more general and applies to any activity or state after a pause

Antonyms

S

stop

310 1.0

An act when something ends or pauses

Phrasal Verbs

B

to burnish resume

• US

6.5

To make a resume look more impressive to employers

How Productive

to complete

∞ 1.0

to making progress

251 2.8

to get on with

168 2.3

to carry on

253 2.7

to resume

297 3.1

to stall

166 4.3

Surface Forms

Etymology