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re⋅tired
[ri-tahyuh
rd] 
–adjective
| 1. | withdrawn from or no longer occupied with one's business or profession: a retired banker. |
| 2. | due or given a retired person: retired pay. |
| 3. | secluded or sequestered: a retired little village. |
re⋅tire
[ri-tahyuhr] verb, -tired, -tir⋅ing, noun –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.). |
–noun Literary.
| 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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| re·tire (rĭ-tīr') v. re·tired, re·tir·ing, re·tires v. intr.
[French retirer, to retreat, from Old French, to take back : re-, re- + tirer, to draw; see tier1.] |
| re·tired (rĭ-tīrd') adj.
Retired people considered as a group. Used with the. re·tired·ly adv., re·tired'ness n. |
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Retired
Re*tired"\, a. 1. Private; secluded; quiet; as, a retired life; a person of retired habits. A retired part of the peninsula. --Hawthorne. 2. Withdrawn from active duty or business; as, a retired officer; a retired physician. Retired flank (Fort.), a flank bent inward toward the rear of the work. Retired list (Mil. & Naval), a list of officers, who, by reason of advanced age or other disability, are relieved from active service, but still receive a specified amount of pay from the government. -- Re*tired"ly, adv. -- Re*tired"ness, n.
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Language Translation for : retired
Spanish:
jubilado,
German:
pensioniert,
Japanese:
退職した
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