resumed

verb

past tense of resume
as in continued
to begin again or return to after an interruption we resumed the game as soon as the rain had passed

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of resumed Shanahan resumed full head coaching duties, which included calling plays at practice for the first time since the accident, over the weekend. — Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 24 Aug. 2026 Cloud-seeding resumed over Kalimantan on Sunday, with 30 helicopters for water-bombing and aerial patrol missions, and another 22 helicopters covering Sumatra. — ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026 The show later resumed in November 2021, but closed a month later. — Giovana Gelhoren, InStyle, 23 Aug. 2026 As the action resumed, a crash at the end of lap 43 involving Marcus Armstrong and Christian Rasmussen took out Rinus VeeKay. — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 23 Aug. 2026 Cloud-seeding resumed over Kalimantan on Sunday, with 30 helicopters for water-dropping and aerial patrol missions, and 22 more helicopters covering Sumatra. — Niniek Karmini, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2026 After La Liga resumed in Spain on August 15, Arsenal kicked off the Premier League season and their title defence with a 3-0 win against Coventry City on Friday night, which also saw the first match of 2026-27 in France’s Ligue 1. — Cerys Jones, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026 Lindsay Clancy's Massachusetts murder trial resumed Monday in Plymouth Superior Court, with the prosecution resting its case. — Aaron Parseghian, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026 Moments later, Sol’s chariot resumed its fiery march across the sky, just as modern science predicted. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 17 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for resumed
  1. continued
  2. restarted
  3. reopened
Verb
  • In the letter, written after Eminem was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2022, Parton congratulated the rapper on the honor and encouraged him to continued creating work that inspires others.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The pursuit continued through Alvarado, north on I-35W, before ending near the Sam's Club in Burleson.
    — S.E. Jenkins, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of continued
Verb
  • Tensions escalated this week after the deadline for Washington and Tehran to negotiate a peace deal formally expired on Monday, despite relations having nosedived — and fighting restarted — weeks prior.
    — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
  • As the distance tracker on the homer climbed, Lucarelli hurriedly retreated to the main menu and restarted the game.
    — Stephen J. Nesbitt, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of restarted
Verb
  • Days after the government reopened, the department signed agreements handing billions in grant programs to other federal agencies.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Shark Valley has reopened, according to a social media post by Everglades National Park, after several wildfires burned thousands of acres and prompted emergency closures in the area.
    — Sarah Perkel, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of reopened

Browse Nearby Words

résumé
resumed
resumes
See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Resumed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resumed. Accessed 29 Aug. 2026.

Copy Citation
Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

More from Merriam-Webster

Word of the Day

Listen to the pronunciation of kith

See Definitions and Examples »

Popular in Grammar & Usage

See More

A Who’s Who Regarding ‘Who’s’ and ‘Whose’

'A' or 'an'? What about before 'h'? An Indefinite Article Guide

Why is '-ed' sometimes pronounced at the end of a word?

What's the difference between 'fascism' and 'socialism'?

Commonly Misspelled Words
See More

Popular in Wordplay

See More

Ye Olde Nincompoop: Old-Fashioned Words for 'Stupid'

14 Phobias You Probably Haven't Heard Of

Even More Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

The Words of the Week - Aug. 28

Why do we say 'break a leg'?
See More

Popular

See More

A Who’s Who Regarding ‘Who’s’ and ‘Whose’

Ye Olde Nincompoop: Old-Fashioned Words for 'Stupid'

14 Phobias You Probably Haven't Heard Of
See More

Games & Quizzes

See All
Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
The Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
skateboard-dog-hat
Wordmaxxing Slang Quiz Give your vocabulary a glow up by getting sendy w...
See All