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Words Described by "Retire"

  1. palace
  2. richard

Commonly Paired Adjectives

  1. bold
  2. mistrusting
  3. preparing

What Google Knows

Retirement is the withdrawal from one's position or occupation or from one's active working life. A person may also semi-retire by reducing work hours or workload.

Related Definition

  1. retire:

    v (intransitive) To stop working on a permanent basis, usually because of old age or illness.

    v (transitive, sometimes reflexive) To withdraw; to take away.

    v (transitive) To cease use or production of something.

    v (transitive) To withdraw from circulation, or from the market; to take up and pay.

    v (transitive) To cause to retire; specifically, to designate as no longer qualified for active service; to place on the retired list.

    v (intransitive, cricket, of a batsman) To voluntarily stop batting before being dismissed so that the next batsman can bat.

    v (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. Also, when such an event ends a team's turn at bat.

    v (intransitive) To go back or return; to withdraw or retreat, especially from public view; to go into privacy.

    v (intransitive) To retreat from action or danger; to withdraw for safety or pleasure.

    v (intransitive) To recede; to fall or bend back.

    v (intransitive) To go to bed.

    n (rare) The act of retiring, or the state of being retired.

    n A place to which one retires.

    n (dated) A call sounded on a bugle, announcing to skirmishers that they are to retire, or fall back.

    v (transitive, American spelling) To fit (a vehicle) with new tires.


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