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      resume
      noun
      a summary of your academic and work history
      short descriptive summary (of events)
      verb
      give a summary (of)
      assume anew
      return to a previous location or condition
      take up or begin anew
      Roots
      sumosum- · Latin · take up
      Synonyms for resume
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