to reassume

Examples

• All

• Allen wanted to make clear that, in such a situation, the President should reassume the powers and duties of his office upon his recovery.

  Academic text (2014)

• Goldman smoothed down his tie and ruffled shirt and reassumed his confident tone.

  Fiction book (1997)

• It's too late for him to reassume his House seat.

  Blog text (31)

• - You are going to reassume command until my people arrive to finish the job.

  Hostage (2005)

• By 2025, Asia will likely reassume its place at the center of the world economy.

  Academic text (1997)

• And without America reassuming its leadership role, the world is in trouble.

• As that winter deepened, my mother grew back into her strength and reassumed control of our house.

  Fiction book (1991)

• - I'm reassuming command.

  Hostage (2005)

• By the early 1960s, however, it reassumed its institutional role as a political watchdog with a vengeance.

  Academic text (1990)

• Upon reassuming the presidency in 1922, he directed state presidents in the llanos to end the transit tax.

  Academic text (2003)

Synonyms

R

to regain

vsto reassume

275 3.3

To get something back after losing it

is focused on taking up a former role or responsibility again

T

to take back

vsto reassume

99 3.0

Get back something you had given, lent, or lost

refers specifically to restarting a prior role or responsibility rather than items

R

to retake

vsto reassume

31 4.6

To take back control of a place after it was lost

involves starting a previous role again, not necessarily by force

R

to reoccupy

vsto reassume

3 5.6

To return to a place or job and be there again

applies to resuming duties or activities rather than only places or jobs

R

to re-assume

vsto reassume

• UK

5.7

To take a role or responsibility again after time away

is the same meaning but written without a hyphen

Antonyms

R

to relinquish

• Formal

69 7.2

To give up control, a right, or something you own

How Restored

to retake

31 4.6

to reclaim

77 4.1

to reassume

2 6.6

to resume

297 3.1

return

413 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology