retire
Pronunciation Verb
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Pronunciation Verb
retire (retires, present participle retiring; past and past participle retired)
- (intransitive) To stop working on a permanent basis, usually because of old age or illness.
- Having made a large fortune, he retired.
- He wants to retire at 55.
- She decided to retire from her banking job due to stress.
- (transitive, sometimes, reflexive) To withdraw; to take away.
- He […] retired himself, his wife, and children into a forest.
- As when the sun is present all the year, / And never doth retire his golden ray.
- (transitive) To cease use or production of something.
- The steamship made thousands of trips over several decades before it was retired by the shipping company.
- (transitive) To withdraw from circulation, or from the market; to take up and pay.
- The central bank retired those notes five years ago.
- (transitive) To cause to retire; specifically, to designate as no longer qualified for active service; to place on the retired list.
- The board retired the old major.
- (transitive, cricket, of a batsman) To voluntarily stop batting before being dismissed so that the next batsman can bat.
- Jones retired in favour of Smith.
- (transitive, baseball, of a fielder) To make a play which results in a runner or the batter being out, either by means of a put out, fly out or strikeout.
- Jones retired Smith 6-3.
- (intransitive) To go back or return; to withdraw or retreat, especially from public view; to go into privacy.
- I will retire to the study.
- to retire from the world
- to retire from the public eye
- (intransitive) To retreat from action or danger; to withdraw for safety or pleasure.
- to retire from battle
- The regiment retired from the fray after the Major was killed.
- (intransitive) To recede; to fall or bend back.
- Past the point, the shore retires into a sequence of coves.
- (intransitive) To go to bed.
- I will retire for the night.
- (transitive) To remove or cease to use.
- When a hurricane becomes so deadly or destructive that future use would be insensitive, officials may retire the name of the hurricane.
- tirer
- French: retirer, prendre sa retraite
- German: in Pension gehen, in Rente gehen, in den Ruhestand gehen
- Italian: ritirarsi
- Portuguese: aposentar-se, reformar-se
- Russian: выходи́ть на пе́нсию
- Spanish: jubilar
- Portuguese: retirar-se
- Portuguese: retirar-se
- French: coucher
- Portuguese: ir dormir, recolher-se
retire (plural retires)
- (rare) The act of retiring, or the state of being retired.
- A place to which one retires.
- Synonyms: retreat
- (dated) A call sounded on a bugle, announcing to skirmishers that they are to retire, or fall back.
- At the retire, the cavalry fell back.
- (America) IPA: /ɹi.taɪ.əɹ/
retire (retires, present participle retiring; past and past participle retired)
- (transitive, American spelling) To fit (a vehicle) with new tires.
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