resume :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

survey, sketch

n. short descriptive summary (of events)

curriculum vitae, C.V.

n. a summary of your academic and work history

assume again

v. assume anew; "resume a title"; "resume an office"; "resume one's duties"

restart, move on, begin again

v. take up or begin anew; "We resumed the negotiations"

take up, return to

v. return to a previous location or condition; "The painting resumed its old condition when we restored it"

sum up, summarize

v. give a summary (of); "he summed up his results"; "I will now summarize"

brief

n. a condensed written summary or abstract

continue, proceed, go forward, move ahead, travel onward

v. move ahead; travel onward in time or space; "We proceeded towards Washington"; "She continued in the direction of the hills"; "We are moving ahead in time now"

go, proceed

v. follow a certain course; "The inauguration went well"; "how did your interview go?"

cut, contract, reduce, shorten, abbreviate, abridge, foreshorten

v. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"

curb, restrict, curtail, cut back

v. place restrictions on; "curtail drinking in school"

diminish, belittle

v. lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of; "don't belittle your colleagues"

limit, confine, circumscribe

v. restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"

encapsulate, condense

v. make more concise; "condense the contents of a book into a summary"

generalize, infer, extrapolate, generalise

v. draw from specific cases for more general cases

induce, reason by induction, establish by induction

v. reason or establish by induction

popularize, vulgarize

v. cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use; "They popularized coffee in Washington State"; "Relativity Theory was vulgarized by these authors"

elaborate, complicate, refine

v. make more complex, intricate, or richer; "refine a design or pattern"

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