recommenced
Picked back up
Recommenced is the past tense of recommence, meaning to begin again after a pause or interruption.
Where resume suggests picking up where you left off, recommence emphasizes starting fresh: After the ceasefire collapsed, fighting recommenced.
The trial recommenced Monday morning.
sensename
Started again after stopping
- restartedInitiated once more
- picked upTook hold of
- continuedWent on without stopping
- renewedMade valid again
reopened · relaunched · reinitiated · reconvened · got back to · went back to · carried on · proceeded
resumed
Started again after stopping
renewed · reopened · relaunched · reinitiated · reconvened · got back to · went back to · carried on · proceeded · revived
continuation vs. cessation
recommencedstopped
Brought to a halt
ceased · ended · halted · terminated · discontinued