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| Main Entry: | résumé |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | outline of experience |
| Synonyms: | abstract, biography, digest, epitome, précis, recapitulation, review, rundown, sum, summary, summation, synopsis, CV, bio, curriculum vitae, summing-up, vita, work history |
| Main Entry: | resume |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | begin again |
| Synonyms: | carry on, come back, continue, go on, keep up, pick up, proceed, recapitulate, recoup, regain, repossess, take back, take up, assume again, go on with, keep on, occupy again, reassume, recommence, reinstitute, reoccupy, reopen, restart, retake, return to |
| Antonyms: | finish, halt, stop |
| Main Entry: | abstract |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | short document prepared from a longer one |
| Synonyms: | abridgment, brief, compendium, condensation, conspectus, digest, outline, précis, résumé, summary, synopsis |
| Antonyms: | document, manuscript |
| Main Entry: | biography |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | account of person's life |
| Synonyms: | autobiography, diary, journal, life, life history, life story, memoir, picture, profile, résumé, saga, sketch, adventures, bio, biog, close-up, confessions, experiences, letters, personal account, personal anecdote, personal narrative, personal record, vita |
| Main Entry: | come back |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | return |
| Synonyms: | reappear, recover, recur, resume, triumph, come again, do better, re-enter, remigrate |
| Antonyms: | depart, go, leave |
| Main Entry: | conspectus |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | summary |
| Synonyms: | abstract, digest, outline, overview, précis, resume, review, rundown*, summation, synopsis |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | digest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | abridgement of something written |
| Synonyms: | abstract, brief, compendium, condensation, epitome, précis, résumé, sketch, summary, survey, syllabus, synopsis, aperçu, pandect, short form, sylloge |
| Antonyms: | unabridgement |
| Main Entry: | précis |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | abridgment |
| Synonyms: | abstract, compendium, condensation, digest, outline, résumé, rundown, sketch, summary, survey, syllabus, synopsis, aperçu, pandect |
| Antonyms: | expansion |
| Main Entry: | renew |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | start over; refurbish |
| Synonyms: | brace, continue, exhilarate, extend, fix up, freshen, go over, mend, modernize, overhaul, prolong, reestablish, refresh, regenerate, rehabilitate, rejuvenate, remodel, renovate, repair, repeat, replace, replenish, restore, resume, resuscitate, revive, spruce, stimulate, transform, begin again, breathe new life into, bring up to date, gentrify, reaffirm, reawaken, recommence, recondition, recreate, refit, reinvigorate, reopen, restate, restock, retread, revitalize |
| Antonyms: | finish, halt, kill, stop |
| Main Entry: | revert |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | return to an earlier, less-developed condition |
| Synonyms: | about-face*, backslide, change, come back, decline, degenerate, deteriorate, flip-flop*, go back, inverse, invert, lapse, react, recur, regress, relapse, resume, retrograde, retrogress, return, transpose, turn, fall off the wagon, hark back, recrudesce, take up where left off, throw back, turn back |
| Antonyms: | develop, grow, progress |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rundown |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | summary |
| Synonyms: | briefing, outline, précis, résumé, recapitulation, report, review, sketch, synopsis, recap, run-through |
| Main Entry: | scenario |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | master plan; sequence of events |
| Synonyms: | book, outline, plot, résumé, rundown, scheme, sketch, summary, synopsis, pages, sides, story line |
| Main Entry: | sum |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | total |
| Synonyms: | aggregate, all, amount, body, bulk, entirety, entity, epitome, gross, integral, mass, quantity, résumé, reckoning, score, structure, summary, summation, synopsis, system, tally, totality, value, whole, works*, worth, sum total |
| Antonyms: | fraction, part |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | summary |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | short statement of main points |
| Synonyms: | abbreviation, abridgment, abstract, analysis, brief, capitulation, case, compendium, condensation, conspectus, core, digest, epitome, essence, extract, inventory, outline, précis, prospectus, résumé, recapitulation, reduction, rehash*, report, review, roundup, rundown, sense, skeleton*, sketch, survey, syllabus, synopsis, version, aperçu, long and short of it, nutshell, pandect, recap, run-through, sum and substance, summing-up, wrap-up |
| Notes: | a paraphrase is a restatement or rewording of a text or passage for the purpose of clarification; a summary is a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form; a summation is a summary or argument reviewing the principal points made and expressing conclusions |
| Antonyms: | detail, dissertation, thesis |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | synopsis |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | digest, summary |
| Synonyms: | abridgment, abstract, brief, capsule, compendium, condensation, conspectus, epitome, outline, précis, résumé, review, rundown, sketch, aperçu, breviary, recap, run-through |
| Main Entry: | take up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | begin or start again |
| Synonyms: | adopt, assume, carry on, commence, continue, embrace, enter, espouse, follow through, get off, go on, initiate, open, pick up, proceed, renew, resume, start, tackle, take on, undertake, become involved in, engage in, kick off, recommence, reopen, restart, set to, tee off |
| Antonyms: | complete, conclude, end, finish |
| Main Entry: | life history |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | the story of one's life |
| Synonyms: | biography, life story, resume, CV, bio, curriculum vitae |
| Main Entry: | reestablish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put in place again |
| Synonyms: | renew, restore, resume, begin again, return to |
| Main Entry: | outline |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | plan, sketch |
| Synonyms: | blueprint, diagram, draft, drawing, floor plan, frame, framework, layout, résumé, recapitulation, rough draft, rundown, skeleton, summary, synopsis, bare facts, ground plan, main features, rough idea, thumbnail sketch, tracing |
| Main Entry: | recover |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | find again |
| Synonyms: | balance, compensate, get back, offset, recapture, reclaim, recoup, recruit, redeem, regain, repair, repossess, rescue, restore, resume, retrieve, salvage, take back, bring back, catch up, make good, obtain again, reacquire, rediscover, reoccupy, replevin, replevy, retake, win back |
| Antonyms: | lose, mislay, miss |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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