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to re-assume

to re-assume

5.7
To take a role or responsibility again after time away
  • verb
  • /ˌriːəˈsuːm/
  • UK
translation icon : reasumir
  • After a two-year hiatus, she decided to re-assume her position as chairperson.

Examples

  • She will re-assume her duties next week.

  • After a long break, he re-assumed his role as team leader.

  • After a two-year hiatus, she decided to re-assume her position as chairperson.

  • He tried to re-assume his daily routine after recovering from surgery.

  • Once the crisis was over, the manager could re-assume control of the project.

  • He tried to re-assume his daily routine after recovering from surgery.

  • Once the crisis was over, the manager could re-assume control of the project.

Synonyms

to reoccupy
vsto re-assume
3 5.6

To return to a place or job and be there again

focuses on taking up roles or duties again rather than returning to places
to reassume
vsto re-assume
2 6.6

To take back a job or duty you had before

is identical in meaning but written with a hyphen

Antonyms

to abandon
773 3.1

Leave someone or something behind permanently and without care

How Fully

to re-assume
  • UK
5.7
to take on
405 2.8
to resume
297 3.1

Surface Forms

re-assume infinitive
re-assumed past
re-assumed past participle
re-assuming present participle
re-assumes third person singular

Morphology

re-assume = assume (transparent) = re + assume

The meaning is the standard iterative use of 're-' with 'assume', meaning to assume again.

Etymology

Re-assume is made of re- meaning 'again' and assume meaning 'to take on' a job or duty. So, re-assume means to take a role or responsibility again after a break.