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retire
1[ ri-tahyuhr ]
verb (used without object)
- to withdraw from one's career, occupation, or office, usually because of age:
to retire at the age of sixty.
- to withdraw, or go away or apart, to a place of privacy, shelter, or seclusion:
He retired to his study.
- to go to bed:
He retired at midnight.
- to fall back or retreat in an orderly fashion and according to plan, as from battle, an untenable position, danger, etc.
- to withdraw or remove oneself:
After announcing the guests, the butler retired.
Synonyms: ,
verb (used with object)
- to withdraw from circulation by taking up and paying, as bonds, bills, etc.; redeem.
- to withdraw or lead back (troops, ships, etc.), as from battle or danger; retreat.
- to remove from active service or the usual field of activity, as an army officer or business executive.
- to withdraw (a machine, ship, etc.) permanently from its normal service, usually for scrapping; take out of use.
- Baseball, Cricket. to put out or end the offensive play of (a batter, runner, side, etc.):
The pitcher’s on fire, retiring the last five hitters with strikeouts.
With two runners stranded on base, the side is retired.
noun
- a place of withdrawal; retreat:
a cool retire from summer's heat.
- retirement or withdrawal, as from worldly matters or the company of others.
پé
2[ French ruh-tee-rey ]
noun
- a movement in which the dancer brings one foot to the knee of the supporting leg and then returns it to the fifth position.
retire
/ ɪˈٲɪə /
verb
- also tr to give up or to cause (a person) to give up his work, a post, etc, esp on reaching pensionable age (in Britain and Australia usually 65 for men, 60 for women)
- to go away, as into seclusion, for recuperation, etc
- to go to bed
- to recede or disappear
the sun retired behind the clouds
- to withdraw from a sporting contest, esp because of injury
- also tr to pull back (troops, etc) from battle or an exposed position or (of troops, etc) to fall back
- tr
- to remove (bills, bonds, shares, etc) from circulation by taking them up and paying for them
- to remove (money) from circulation
Derived Forms
- ˈپ, noun
Other Word Forms
- ·پ· noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of retire1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Mr Modry, a retired heart surgeon, is a co-leader of the Alberta Prosperity Project, a grassroots organisation pushing for an independence referendum.
Years later, when he finally retired from decades of operating his bike shop, we hit the road again.
Sometimes that means keeping order in a courtroom, said Stephen Monier, a retired former U.S. marshal for the district of New Hampshire.
The visual is “absolutely sharp from edge to edge on a 90-foot screen,” said Bill Counter, a theater historian and retired projectionist.
After retiring, he didn’t stop feeding into being a basketball sicko — his words — or a full-on basketball psycho — his and his peers’ words.
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