retire

retire
[[t]rɪta͟ɪ͟ə(r)[/t]]
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retires, retiring, retired
1) VERB When older people retire, they leave their job and usually stop working completely.

At the age when most people retire, he is ready to face a new career...

Although their careers are important many said they plan to retire at 50...

[V from n] In 1974 he retired from the museum.

2) VERB When a sports player retires from their sport, they stop playing in competitions. When they retire from a race or a match, they stop competing in it.

[V from n] I have decided to retire from Formula One racing at the end of the season...

[V from n] One of the most serious injuries was to Simon Littlejohn, who was forced to retire from the race with a leg injury. [Also V]

3) VERB If you retire to another room or place, you go there. [FORMAL]

[V to n] Eisenhower left the White House and retired to his farm in Gettysburg.

4) VERB When a jury in a court of law retires, the members of it leave the court in order to decide whether someone is guilty or innocent.

The jury will retire to consider its verdict today.

5) VERB When you retire, you go to bed. [FORMAL]

She retires early most nights, exhausted...

[V to n] Some time after midnight, he retired to bed.

6) See also , retiring

English dictionary. 2008.

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  • retiré — retiré, ée (re ti ré, rée) part. passé de retirer. 1°   Ramené en tirant. Un homme retiré vivant de dessous les décombres. 2°   Tiré en arrière, contracté. •   Ma peau est toute sèche et toute retirée, SACI Bible, Job, VII, 5. •   Les pattes… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • retire — re·tire vb re·tired, re·tir·ing vi: to withdraw from an action the jury retired for deliberations vt: to withdraw from circulation or from the market retire a loan retire stock Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law …   Law dictionary

  • Retire — Re*tire , v. i. 1. To go back or return; to draw back or away; to keep aloof; to withdraw or retreat, as from observation; to go into privacy; as, to retire to his home; to retire from the world, or from notice. [1913 Webster] To Una back he cast …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Retire — Re*tire , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Retired}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Retiring}.] [F. retirer; pref. re re + tirer to draw. See {Tirade}.] 1. To withdraw; to take away; sometimes used reflexively. [1913 Webster] He . . . retired himself, his wife, and… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Retire — Re*tire , n. 1. The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; also, a place to which one retires. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The battle and the retire of the English succors. Bacon. [1913 Webster] [Eve] discover d soon the place of her retire.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • retire — [ri tīr′] vi. retired, retiring [Fr retirer < re , back + tirer, to draw < VL * tirare] 1. to go away, retreat, or withdraw to a private, sheltered, or secluded place 2. to go to bed 3. to give ground, as in battle; retreat; withdraw 4. to… …   English World dictionary

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  • retire — (v.) 1530s, of armies, to retreat, from M.Fr. retirer to withdraw (something), from re back (see RE (Cf. re )) + O.Fr. tirer to draw (see TIRADE (Cf. tirade)). Meaning to withdraw to some place for the sake of seclusion is recorded from 1530s;… …   Etymology dictionary

  • retire — withdraw, *go, leave, depart, quit Analogous words: *recede, retreat: recoil, *rebound, resile: *relinquish, yield, surrender, abandon …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • retire — [v] leave a place or responsibility absent oneself, decamp, deny oneself, depart, draw back, ebb, exit, fall back, get away, get off, give ground, give up work, give way, go, go away, go to bed, go to one’s room*, go to sleep, hand over, hit the… …   New thesaurus

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