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R0194300 (rĭ-tīr′)v. re·tired, re·tir·ing, re·tires v.intr.1. To withdraw from one's occupation or position, especially upon reaching a certain age; stop working.2. a. To move away or withdraw, as for rest or seclusion: The guests retired to the living room.b. To fall back or retreat, as from battle.3. To go to bed.v.tr.1. a. To cause to withdraw from one's usual field of activity: The board must retire all executives at 65.b. To withdraw from use or active service: retire an old battleship.2. a. To take out of circulation: retired the bonds.b. To pay off: retire one's debts.3. To lead (troops, for example) away from action; withdraw.4. Baseball a. To put out (a batter).b. To cause (the opposing team) to end a turn at bat.

[French retirer, to retreat, from Old French, to take back : re-, re- + tirer, to draw; see tier¹.]

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(rɪˈtaɪə) vb (mainly intr) 1. (Industrial Relations & HR Terms) (also tr) to give up or to cause (a person) to give up his or her work, a post, etc, esp on reaching pensionable age2. to go away, as into seclusion, for recuperation, etc3. to go to bed4. to recede or disappear: the sun retired behind the clouds. 5. (General Sporting Terms) to withdraw from a sporting contest, esp because of injury6. (Military) (also tr) to pull back (troops, etc) from battle or an exposed position or (of troops, etc) to fall back7. (Banking & Finance) (tr) a. to remove (bills, bonds, shares, etc) from circulation by taking them up and paying for themb. to remove (money) from circulation[C16: from French retirer, from Old French re- + tirer to pull, draw] reˈtirer n

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v. -tired, -tir•ing. v.i. 1. to withdraw or go away to a place of privacy, shelter, or seclusion: She retired to her study. 2. to go to bed. 3. to give up or withdraw from an office, occupation, or career, usu. because of age. 4. to fall back or retreat, as from battle. 5. to withdraw from view: After announcing the guests, the butler retired. v.t. 6. to withdraw from circulation by taking up and paying, as bonds or bills. 7. to withdraw (troops, ships, etc.), as from battle. 8. to remove from an office or active service, as an army officer. 9. to withdraw (a machine, ship, etc.) permanently from its normal service. 10. Sports. to put out (a batter, side, etc.). [1525–35; < Middle French retirer to withdraw =re- re- + tirer to draw, < Vulgar Latin *tīrāre]

retire

- From French retirer, from re-, "back" and tirer, "throw," its first sense was "withdraw to a place of safety or seclusion."See also related terms for withdraw.

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retire1. 'resign'

If someone resigns from their job, they leave it after saying that they do not want to do it any more. You can resign from your job at any age, and perhaps start another job soon afterwards.

A hospital administrator has resigned over claims he lied to get the job.2. 'retire'

When someone retires, they leave their job and stop working, often because they have reached the age when they can get a pension. When professional sportsmen and women stop playing sport as their job, you can also say that they retire, even if they are fairly young.

At the age when most people retire, he is ready to face a new career.I have decided to retire from Formula One racing at the end of the season

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retiring">retiring1. 'retire'

When someone retires, they leave their job and stop working, usually because they have reached the age when they can get a pension.

Gladys retired at the age of sixty-eight.They had decided to retire from farming.2. 'retiring'

The adjective retiring has two meanings.

You use it in front of a noun such as MP or chairman to indicate that someone will soon give up their present job and be replaced by someone else.

...Jim Dacre, the retiring Labour MP....the retiring President of the Methodist Conference.

You also use it to describe someone who is very quiet and avoids meeting other people.

She was a shy, retiring girl.

retire

Past participle: retired
Gerund: retiring

Imperative
retire
retire

Present
I retire
you retire
he/she/it retires
we retire
you retire
they retire

Preterite
I retired
you retired
he/she/it retired
we retired
you retired
they retired

Present Continuous
I am retiring
you are retiring
he/she/it is retiring
we are retiring
you are retiring
they are retiring

Present Perfect
I have retired
you have retired
he/she/it has retired
we have retired
you have retired
they have retired

Past Continuous
I was retiring
you were retiring
he/she/it was retiring
we were retiring
you were retiring
they were retiring

Past Perfect
I had retired
you had retired
he/she/it had retired
we had retired
you had retired
they had retired

Future
I will retire
you will retire
he/she/it will retire
we will retire
you will retire
they will retire

Future Perfect
I will have retired
you will have retired
he/she/it will have retired
we will have retired
you will have retired
they will have retired

Future Continuous
I will be retiring
you will be retiring
he/she/it will be retiring
we will be retiring
you will be retiring
they will be retiring

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been retiring
you have been retiring
he/she/it has been retiring
we have been retiring
you have been retiring
they have been retiring

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been retiring
you will have been retiring
he/she/it will have been retiring
we will have been retiring
you will have been retiring
they will have been retiring

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been retiring
you had been retiring
he/she/it had been retiring
we had been retiring
you had been retiring
they had been retiring

Conditional
I would retire
you would retire
he/she/it would retire
we would retire
you would retire
they would retire

Past Conditional
I would have retired
you would have retired
he/she/it would have retired
we would have retired
you would have retired
they would have retired

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	retire - go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position; "He retired at age 68"superannuate - retire or become ineligible because of old age or infirmitybow out, withdraw - retire gracefully; "He bowed out when he realized he could no longer handle the demands of the chairmanship"leave office, step down, quit, resign - give up or retire from a position; "The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal"
	2.	retire - withdraw from active participation; "He retired from chess"withdrawretire, withdraw - lose interest; "he retired from life when his wife died"bow out, withdraw - retire gracefully; "He bowed out when he realized he could no longer handle the demands of the chairmanship"drop out - withdraw from established society, especially because of disillusion with conventional values; "She hasn't heard from her brother in years--he dropped out after moving to California"cease, discontinue, lay off, quit, stop, give up - put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother"
	3.	retire - pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"draw back, move back, pull away, pull back, recede, retreat, withdrawback away, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, back out, retreat, pull back, withdraw - make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity; "We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"; "He backed out of his earlier promise"; "The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns"go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"fall back - move back and away from; "The enemy fell back"retreat, retrograde - move back; "The glacier retrogrades"back down, back off, back up - move backwards from a certain position; "The bully had to back down"
	4.	retire - withdraw from circulation or from the market, as of bills, shares, and bondsrecall - make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution; "The company recalled the product when it was found to be faulty"
	5.	retire - break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library"adjourn, withdrawseclude, sequestrate, sequester, withdraw - keep away from others; "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book"close down, close up, shut down, close, fold - cease to operate or cause to cease operating; "The owners decided to move and to close the factory"; "My business closes every night at 8 P.M."; "close up the shop"prorogue - adjourn by royal prerogative; without dissolving the legislative body
	6.	retire - make (someone) retire; "The director was retired after the scandal"superannuate - retire and pension (someone) because of age or physical inabilitygive notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, can, force out, displace, fire, dismiss, terminate - terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"
	7.	retire - dispose of (something no longer useful or needed); "She finally retired that old coat"chuck out, discard, cast aside, cast away, throw away, toss away, toss out, put away, throw out, cast out, dispose, fling, toss - throw or cast away; "Put away your worries"
	8.	retire - lose interest; "he retired from life when his wife died"withdrawfatigue, jade, tire, weary, pall - lose interest or become bored with something or somebody; "I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food"retire, withdraw - withdraw from active participation; "He retired from chess"bow out, chicken out, back down, back off, pull out - remove oneself from an obligation; "He bowed out when he heard how much work was involved"
	9.	retire - cause to be out on a fielding playput outbaseball, baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!"diddle, toy, fiddle, play - manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination; "She played nervously with her wedding ring"; "Don't fiddle with the screws"; "He played with the idea of running for the Senate"
	10.	retire - cause to get out; "The pitcher retired three batters"; "the runner was put out at third base"strike outbaseball, baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!"
	11.	retire - prepare for sleep; "I usually turn in at midnight"; "He goes to bed at the crack of dawn"crawl in, go to bed, go to sleep, hit the hay, hit the sack, kip down, sack out, turn in, bedbed down, bunk down - go to bed; "We bedded down at midnight"

retire

verb1. stop working, give up work, reach retirement age, be pensioned off, (be) put out to grass (informal) In 1974 he retired.2. withdraw, leave, remove, exit, go away, depart, absent yourself, betake yourself He retired from the room with his colleagues.3. go to bed, turn in (informal), go to sleep, hit the sack (slang), go to your room, kip down (Brit. slang), hit the hay (slang) She retires early most nights.4. retreat, withdraw, pull out, give way, recede, pull back, back off, decamp, give ground He was wounded, but did not retire from the field.

retire

verb1. To move or proceed away from a place:depart, exit, get away, get off, go, go away, leave, pull out, quit, run (along), withdraw.Informal: cut out, push off, shove off.Slang: blow, split, take off.Idioms: hit the road, take leave.2. To go to bed:bed (down).Informal: turn in.Slang: crash, flop.Idioms: call it a night, hit the hay.3. To withdraw from business or active life:step down.Idioms: call it quits, hang up one's spurs, turn in one's badge.4. To remove from active service:pension (off), superannuate.Idiom: put out to pasture.5. To move back in the face of enemy attack or after a defeat:draw back, fall back, pull back, pull out, retreat, withdraw.Idioms: beat a retreat, give ground.

Translations

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retire

(riˈtaiə) verb1. stop working permanently, usually because of age. He retired at the age of sixty-five.退休2. to leave; to withdraw. When he doesn't want to talk to anyone, he retires to his room and locks the door; We retired to bed at midnight; The troops were forced to retire to a safer position. 退下，退出 reˈtired adjective having stopped working. My father is retired now; a retired professor.退休的reˈtirement noun1. the act of retiring from work. It is not long till his retirement.退休2. a person's life after retiring from work. He's enjoying his retirement.退休后的生活reˈtiring adjective shy. a very quiet, retiring person. 腼腆的，谦让的，孤独的孤僻的

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retire in (something or some place)

1. To relocate to some city, state, country, etc., when one retires. I know it's a cliché, but I'd love to retire in Florida. More and more people are retiring in Ireland, now that it's economy is back on track.2. To move into a particular kind of living arrangement when one retires. My parents sold our big family home and retire in a small apartment off the coast of Spain. I have no intention of retiring in some old folks' home, thank you very much.3. To enter into a particular situation or set of conditions upon one's retirement. I had the misfortune of retiring in a floundering economy, so my investments were either not making as much as I'd been counting on, or else were outright losing money. After working so hard all my life, I'm looking forward to retiring in a life of rest and relaxation.See also: retire

retire into (something or some place)

1. To move into a particular kind of living arrangement when one retires. My parents sold our big family home and retired into a small villa off the coast of Spain. I have no intention of retiring into some old folks' home, thank you very much.2. To enter into a particular situation or set of conditions upon one's retirement. I had the misfortune of retiring into a floundering economy, so my investments were either not making as much as I'd been counting on, or else were outright losing money. After working so hard all my life, I'm looking forward to retiring into a life of rest and relaxation.3. To withdraw to some location in order to rest or seek seclusion. Ah, what a wonderful meal. Shall we retire into the drawing room, everyone? He retired into a corner of the room, overwhelmed by the number of people at the party.See also: retire

retire to (something or some place)

1. To relocate to some city, state, country, etc., when one retires. I know it's a cliché, but I'd love to retire to Florida. More and more people are retiring to Ireland, now that it's economy is back on track.2. To move into a particular kind of living arrangement when one retires. My parents sold our big family home and retire to a small apartment off the coast of Spain. I have no intention of retiring to some old folks' home, thank you very much.3. Withdraw to some location in order to rest or seek seclusion. Ah, what a wonderful meal. Shall we retire to the drawing room, everyone? He retired to a corner of the room, overwhelmed by the number of people at the party.See also: retire

retire from (something)

To give up, withdraw from, or conclude one's office, profession, or career permanently, as due to one's age or health. I retired from my job when I turned 65, but I've been doing some consulting work for the company in my retirement to earn a little extra money. I retired from boxing years ago. I'm just a coach, now. He was forced to retire from public office after the scandal.See also: retire

retire on (some amount of money)

To have a certain amount of money in one's savings or pension on which one will survive during retirement. I've been putting together a sizable nest egg to retire on once I turn 65. More and more people are finding out that you can't realistically retire on the state-funded pension alone.See also: amount, of, on, retire

retire from something

to withdraw from something. (Usually to terminate a working career permanently.) I retired from the company early. When do you intend to retire from your job?See also: retire

retire (in)to something

to quit working and move into something or some place. Sam and Ella retired into a Florida condo. Joe did not want to retire to Florida.See also: retire

retire on something

to quit working and live on something or a particular amount of money. I already have enough money to retire on. I cannot retire on a sum like that!See also: on, retire

retire someone or something from something

to take someone or something out of service permanently. The company retired the vice president from the job and gave it to someone else. It is time to retire my automobile from service.See also: retire

retire to

some place to quit working permanently and move to a particular location. When I quit working, I want to retire to Florida. We will retire to our place in the country.See also: retire

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verb stop working

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verb withdraw

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verb go to bed

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verb retreat

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verb to move or proceed away from a place

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verb to go to bed

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verb to withdraw from business or active life

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verb to remove from active service

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verb to move back in the face of enemy attack or after a defeat

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verb go into retirement

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verb withdraw from active participation

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verb pull back or move away or backward

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verb withdraw from circulation or from the market, as of bills, shares, and bonds

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verb break from a meeting or gathering

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verb make (someone) retire

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verb dispose of (something no longer useful or needed)

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verb lose interest

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verb cause to be out on a fielding play

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verb cause to get out

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