Resumed

Part of speech: verb

Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈzumd/

Definitions

1. Started again after stopping for a time
2. Continued or took up again following an interruption
3. Returned to a previous activity or state after a break

Etymology: "Resumed" is the past form of "resume," and the verb itself carries a surprising double life. Its root is the Latin "resumere," meaning "to take back" (from "re-" meaning "again" or "back," plus "sumere," "to take"). The sense of taking something back up is what lies behind restarting an activity that was set down. English inherited the idea through Anglo-Norman and Middle French "resumer," which carried the same sense of taking up again. The surprise is that the same French root produced a second English word that looks almost identical. French "résumer" meant "to summarize," and its past participle "résumé" became English "résumé," a summary, and in American usage a written account of one's career. So "resume" (to take up again) and "résumé" (a summary, or a CV) share a Latin ancestor but are different words, separated by a French shift in meaning from taking back to taking up in brief. The accent mark is the only thing keeping them apart in print.

Synonyms: continued, restarted, recommenced, prolonged, renewed

Antonyms: halted, stopped, discontinued, ended, abandoned