a specially designed place where retired people live
a healthy retiree living in a retirement community in an independent unit
retirement community in American English
noun
a group of houses in a suburban area or a town designed primarily for retired persons
Word origin
[1975–80]This word is first recorded in the period 1975–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: family therapy, gravitational lens, gridlock, noogie, videotex
Examples of 'retirement community' in a sentence
retirement community
It is a retirement community.
Houston Chronicle (2003)
The sociability of a retirement community - not to mention having a gym or pool on hand - has big health benefits, too.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Five years ago, bored and alone in her too-big family home, she sold up and bought a flat in a retirement community.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
You may want to choose a property or retirement community where there is the option for 24-hour nursing care on hand.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Looking and sounding the part as you pootle through a vast retirement community is important, but there has to be more.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Typically, properties in retirement communities have fewer than four bedrooms.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Retirement communities first gained popularity in the 1960s.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Planning authorities could make it easier to build retirement communities where elderly people can mix happily.