Synonyms of the word

resume

• v. (now rare) To take back possession of (something).
• v. (now rare) To summarise.
• v. To start (something) again that has been stopped or paused from the point at which it was stopped or paused;…
• n. (US) A summary of education and employment experience.

adopt

• v. (transitive, with relationship specified) To take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend,…
• v. (transitive, with relationship implied by context) To take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be…
• v. (transitive, with relationship implied by context) To obtain (a pet) from a shelter or the wild.
• v. (transitive, with relationship implied by context) To take by choice into the scope of one's responsibility.
• v. (transitive) To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally.
• v. (transitive) To select and take or approve.

assume

• v. To authenticate by means of belief; to surmise; to suppose to be true, especially without proof.
• v. To take on a position, duty or form.
• v. To adopt a feigned quality or manner.
• v. To receive or adopt.
• v. To adopt an idea or cause.

change

• v. (intransitive) To become something different.
• v. (transitive, ergative) To make something into something different.
• v. (transitive) To replace.
• v. (intransitive) To replace one's clothing.
• v. (intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.).
• v. (archaic) To exchange.
• v. (transitive) To change hand while riding (a horse).
• n. (countable) The process of becoming different.
• n. (uncountable) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
• n. (countable) A replacement, e.g. a change of clothes.
• n. (uncountable) Money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item.
• n. (uncountable) Coins (as opposed to paper money).
• n. (countable) A transfer between vehicles.
• n. (baseball) A change-up pitch.
• n. (campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
• n. (dated) A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; an exchange.
• n. (Scotland, dated) A public house; an alehouse.

continue

• v. (transitive) To proceed with (doing an activity); to prolong (an activity).
• v. (transitive) To make last; to prolong.
• v. (transitive) To retain (someone or something) in a given state, position etc.
• v. (intransitive) To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.
• v. (intransitive) To resume.
• v. (transitive, law) To adjourn, prorogue, put off.
• v. (poker slang) To make a continuation bet.
• n. (video games) an option allowing a gamer to resume play after game over, when all lives have been lost.
• n. (programming) a statement which causes a loop to start executing the next iteration, skipping the statements…

ingeminate

• v. To say (a statement, word etc.) two or more times; to reiterate, to emphasize through repetition.
• adj. redoubled.
• adj. reiterated.

iterate

• v. (computing) to perform or repeat an action on each item in a set.
• v. (computing, mathematics) to perform or repeat an action on the results of each such prior action.
• v. (archaic) To utter or do a second time or many times; to repeat.
• n. (mathematics) a function that iterates.
• adj. (obsolete) Said or done again; repeated.

preserve

• n. A sweet spread made of any of a variety of berries.
• n. A reservation, a nature preserve.
• n. An activity with restricted access.
• v. To protect; to keep from harm or injury.
• v. To save from decay by the use of some preservative substance, such as sugar or salt; to season and prepare…
• v. To maintain throughout; to keep intact.

reiterate

• v. (transitive) To say or do (something) for a second time, such as for emphasis.
• v. (transitive) to say or do (something) repeatedly.
• adj. Reiterated; repeated.
• n. (botany) A tree with vertical branches alongside the main trunk and which continue to grow upwards.

repeat

• v. (transitive, intransitive) To do or say again (and again).
• v. (transitive) To echo the words of (a person).
• v. (obsolete) To make trial of again; to undergo or encounter again.
• v. (law, Scotland) To repay or refund (an excess received).
• v. (procedure word, military) To call in a previous artillery fire mission with the same ammunition and method…
• n. An iteration; a repetition.
• n. A television program shown after its initial presentation -- particularly many weeks after its initial…
• n. Patterns of nucleic acids that occur in multiple copies throughout the genome.

restart

• n. The act of starting something again.
• v. To start again.
• v. (computing) to reboot.

restate

• v. to state again (without changing).
• v. to state differently; to rephrase.

retell

• v. To tell again, to paraphrase, to tell something one has read or heard.

sketch

• v. To make a brief, basic drawing.
• v. To describe briefly and with very few details.
• n. A rapidly executed freehand drawing that is not intended as a finished work, often consisting of a multitude…
• n. A rough design, plan, or draft, as a rough draft of a book.
• n. A brief description of a person or account of an incident; a general presentation or outline.
• n. A brief, light, or unfinished dramatic, musical, or literary work or idea; eg. a short, often humorous…
• n. (informal) An amusing person.
• n. (slang, Ireland) Keeping sketch: to keep a lookout.
• n. (Britain) A humorous newspaper article summarizing political events, making heavy use of metaphor, paraphrase…
• n. (mathematics) A category together with a set of limit cones and a set of colimit cones.
• adj. Sketchy, shady, questionable.

sum-up

• n. A summary.

summarise

• v. To prepare a summary of something.
• v. To give a recapitulation of the salient facts; to recapitulate or review.

summarize

• v. To prepare a summary of something.
• v. To give a recapitulation of the salient facts; to recapitulate or review.

summary

• adj. Concise, brief or presented in a condensed form.
• adj. Performed speedily and without formal ceremony.
• adj. (law) Performed by cutting the procedures of a standard and fair trial.
• n. An abstract or a condensed presentation of the substance of a body of material.

survey

• n. The act of surveying; a general view.
• n. The act of making measurement of relative position of the earth surface.
• n. A particular view; an examination, especially an official examination, of a particular group of items,…
• n. An examination of the opinions of a group of people.
• n. A questionnaire or similar instrument used for examining the opinions of a group of people.
• n. The operation of finding the contour, dimensions, position, or other particulars of any part of the Earth's…
• n. A measured plan and description of any portion of country.
• v. To inspect, or take a view of; to view with attention, as from a high place; to overlook.
• v. To view with a scrutinizing eye; to examine.
• v. To examine with reference to condition, situation, value, etc.; to examine and ascertain the state of.
• v. To determine the form, extent, position, etc., of, as a tract of land, a coast, harbor, or the like, by…
• v. To examine and ascertain, as the boundaries and royalties of a manor, the tenure of the tenants, and the…
• v. To investigate the opinions or experiences of people by asking them questions.

uphold

• v. To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate.
• v. To keep erect; to support; to sustain; to keep from falling; to maintain.
• v. To support by approval or encouragement.