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verb (used without object)
1.
to withdraw, or go away or apart, to a place of privacy, shelter, or seclusion: He retired to his study.
2.
to go to bed: He retired at midnight.
3.
to withdraw from office, business, or active life, usually because of age: to retire at the age of sixty.
4.
to fall back or retreat in an orderly fashion and according to plan, as from battle, an untenable position, danger, etc.
5.
to withdraw or remove oneself: After announcing the guests, the butler retired.
verb (used with object)
6.
to withdraw from circulation by taking up and paying, as bonds, bills, etc.; redeem.
7.
to withdraw or lead back (troops, ships, etc.), as from battle or danger; retreat.
8.
to remove from active service or the usual field of activity, as an army officer or business executive.
9.
to withdraw (a machine, ship, etc.) permanently from its normal service, usually for scrapping; take out of use.
10.
Sports. to put out (a batter, side, etc.).
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11.
a place of withdrawal; retreat: a cool retire from summer's heat.
12.
retirement or withdrawal, as from worldly matters or the company of others.
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| —vb | |
| 1. | (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) |
| 2. | to go away, as into seclusion, for recuperation, etc |
| 3. | to go to bed |
| 4. | to recede or disappear: the sun retired behind the clouds |
| 5. | to withdraw from a sporting contest, esp because of injury |
| 6. | (also tr) to pull back (troops, etc) from battle or an exposed position or (of troops, etc) to fall back |
| 7. | (tr) |
| a. to remove (bills, bonds, shares, etc) from circulation by taking them up and paying for them | |
| b. to remove (money) from circulation | |
| [C16: from French retirer, from Old French | |
| re'tirer | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
retire
1533, of armies, "to retreat," from M.Fr. retirer "to withdraw (something)," from re- "back" + O.Fr. tirer "to draw" (see tirade). Meaning "to withdraw to some place for the sake of seclusion" is recorded from 1538; sense of "leave an occupation" first attested 1648 (implied
in retirement). Meaning "to leave company and go to bed" is from 1670. Baseball sense of "to put out" is recorded from 1874. Retiree is attested from 1945.
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Example sentences
Some have deemed it prudent to retire for a time from practice.
If you retire early, the monthly benefit amounts will be smaller to take into account the longer period you will receive them.
The step is really great if you work at the building and have a rooftop garden to retire to during breaks and lunch.
Many workers would be saving for retirement, despite the fact that few would be able to actually retire.
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