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resumption

resumption noun: the act of resuming or starting something again.

Noun

resumption (countable and uncountable, plural resumptions)

  1. The act of resuming or starting something again.
    • And that supremacy was confirmed six minutes after the resumption with their second goal. Dzeko was again involved, slipping a neat pass through to the foraging Toure, who poked a right-foot finish past Butt.2011 December 7, Phil McNulty, “Man City 2 - 0 Bayern Munich”, in BBC Sport
    • But Murphy remains upbeat about the longer-term prospect of recovery and a resumption of the record growth in passenger volumes experienced in the UK in the two decades following privatisation.2022 August 24, Steve Murphy tells Paul Stephen, “Rail + property: a winning combination”, in RAIL, number 964, page 48
    Synonyms:
    restart
  2. (Australia) Eminent domain.

resumption meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada

resumption in Tamil

திரும்பவும் ஏற்றல், புதிதாக ஏற்றல், புதுப்பொறுப்பேற்பு, மறு தொடக்கம்

resumption in Malayalam

പുനരാരംഭം, മടക്കിയെടുക്കൽ, തിരിച്ചെടുക്കൽ

resumption in Kannada

ಪುನರಾರಂಭ, ಪುನರ್ವಶ, ಪುನಃಪ್ರಾಪ್ತಿ, ಪುನಃಸ್ವಾಧೀನ, ಪುನರ್ಲಾಭ

Synonyms of resumption

Forms of resumption

pluralresumptions

Plural of resumption: resumptions

Origin of resumption

From re- + Latin sūmptus + -ion, from past participle of sūmō (“to take”).

Words formed from resumption

Words that rhyme with resumption

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Questions about resumption

What does resumption mean?
Resumption means the act of resuming or starting something again.
What is resumption in Tamil?
Resumption in Tamil is திரும்பவும் ஏற்றல், புதிதாக ஏற்றல், புதுப்பொறுப்பேற்பு. See Resumption meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is resumption?
Resumption is a noun.
What is the plural of resumption?
The plural of resumption is resumptions.

Words near resumption in the dictionary

  1. resummon
  2. resummoned
  3. resummoning
  4. resummons
  5. resummonses
  6. resumption
  7. resumptions
  8. resumptive
  9. resumptive pronoun
  10. resumptive pronouns
  11. resumptively

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Adapted from Wiktionary: resumption (page history and authors); resumption (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); resumption (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); resumption (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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