reassume

[US]/riːə'sjuːm/
[UK]/ˌriə'sʊm/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt.to assume again
to take on again
to undertake again

Phrases & Collocations

reassume duties

reassume control

reassume leadership

Example Sentences

he reassumed the title of Governor General.

it is important to reassume control

she had to reassume her role as leader

the team will reassume their positions

to reassume ownership of the company

he needs to reassume his authority

the government will reassume power

to reassume a previous position

she will reassume the lead role

to reassume control of the situation

Real-world Examples

Within the day after the impact the Earth had reassumed a basically spherical shape.

Source: The History Channel documentary "Cosmos"

And before leaving her arms, he had reassumed all that dignity which is proper to a man.

Source: The Red and the Black (Part Four)

Then, when your consciousness comes back to the manifested world, you reassume the form identity that you temporarily relinquished.

Source: The Power of Now

In these strange circumstances the great lines of his character, which had been formed by the events of his youth, reassumed all their original force. The misfortunes of the emigration had made him into an imaginative man.

Source: The Red and the Black (Part Four)

To come into the warm enclosed place after the pantheistic animal feeling without, was to reassume some absurd and impressive knightly name, as thunderous as spurred boots in war, as football cleats on the cement of a locker-room floor.

Source: The Night is Gentle (Part Two)

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