Choose the correct answer a, b, c or d.
b) You start again.
Well done! That’s the right answer.
If you resume a meeting, it means you’re starting the meeting again after you have had a break, or have adjourned or paused it for a while.
To resume means to begin again or go on with (something adjourned or interrupted), to occupy again, take back, or recover.
You can resume your seat, or your possessions.
If you resume a place or position that you have left for a period of time, you return to it.
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Examples in the Press
Saratoga Springs City Council to resume heated public meeting
The Saratoga Springs City Council will resume a meeting at 6 p.m. inside City Hall Thursday evening.
Its regular meeting abruptly ended Tuesday night.
The meeting was supposed to focus on plans for a homeless shelter in the city. However, it started to spiral after arguments between one person giving public comment and other people attending the meeting.
WYNT, 5 June 2023
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Everyday use at work
’We’re ready to resume our meeting now that everyone has come back from lunch.’
’The meetings will resume with the UK team on February 7.
’After the informal plenary meeting, we will resume our work in a formal plenary meeting at 12.30 sharp.’
’We will resume negotiations on 16 June, and we believe this overwhelming vote in favour of strike action will help us get our message across.’
23 June 2023
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