resumption
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ʃən noun
1.
the act of resuming; a reassumption, as of something previously granted.
2.
the act or fact of taking up or going on with again, as of something interrupted.
3.
the act of taking again or recovering something given up or lost.
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resumption (rɪˈzʌmpʃən) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| the act of resuming or beginning again | |
| [C15: via Old French from Late Latin resumptiō, from Latin resūmere to | |
| re'sumptive | |
| —adj | |
| re'sumptively | |
| —adv | |
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Example sentences
Unless action is taken to put it together again, bloodshed is likely, though not a resumption of actual war.
Partly because of the likelihood of resumption of the air war, cities are not being reconstructed and factories remain dispersed.
The rain returns, harder than earlier, before the grounds crew had finished preparing the field for the resumption of play.
But it's certainly too soon to call this the resumption of a trend.
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