Past tense of resume
regular verb
The past tense of resume is resumed. The past participle is also resumed.
Forms of resume
| Base form (V1) | resume /ɹɪˈzjuːm/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | resumed /ɹɪˈzumd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | resumed /ɹɪˈzumd/ |
| Present participle | resuming |
| Third person singular | resumes |
Resumed in a sentence
- All individual deaths had been resumed by the death of God!1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 8
- Normal service has resumed.
- Britain resumed direct control of North Ireland after just nine weeks of self-rule.From the entry self-rule
- The mesology of a child can be resumed in two living environments: the family and the school.From the entry mesology
- After a break for lunch, we reshouldered our backpacks and resumed the hike.From the entry reshoulder
Meaning of resume
- verb To take back possession of (something).
- verb To summarise.
- verb To start (something) again that has been stopped or paused from the point at which it was stopped or paused; continue, carry on.
Questions about the past tense of resume
- What is the past tense of resume?
- The past tense of resume is resumed.
- What is the past participle of resume?
- The past participle of resume is resumed.
- Is resume a regular or irregular verb?
- Resume is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: resume (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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