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resuming

resuming is the present participle and gerund of resume.

Meaning of resume

Verb

resume (third-person singular simple present resumes, present participle resuming, simple past and past participle resumed)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To take back possession of (something)
    • Ladies and gentlemen, please resume your seats.
    Synonyms:
    regain
  2. (archaic, transitive) To summarise.
    • He […] used to say that each separate death had taught him something new about death, and that he was going to resume this knowledge in a philosophic essay about dying.1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 36
  3. (transitive) To start (something) again that has been stopped or paused from the point at which it was stopped or paused; continue, carry on.
    • We will resume this discussion tomorrow at nine.
    Antonyms:
    suspend
  4. (intransitive) To start again after an interruption or pause.
    • Normal service has resumed.

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Questions about resuming

What is resuming the present participle and gerund of?
Resuming is the present participle and gerund of resume.

Words near resuming in the dictionary

  1. resumer
  2. resumers
  3. resumes
  4. resumest
  5. resumeth
  6. resuming
  7. resummation
  8. resummations
  9. resummed
  10. resumming
  11. resummon

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