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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A brief account of one's professional or work experience and qualifications, often submitted with an employment application.
  • noun A summary.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A summing up; a condensed statement; an abridgment or brief recapitulation.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A summary of education and employment experience.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[French, from past participle of résumer, to summarize, from Old French resumer, to resume; see resume.]

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