re·tire (r -t r )v. re·tired, re·tir·ing, re·tires v.intr.1. To withdraw, as for rest or seclusion. 2. To go to bed. 3. To withdraw from one's occupation, business, or office; stop working. 4. To fall back or retreat, as from battle. 5. To move back or away; recede. v.tr.1. To cause to withdraw from one's usual field of activity: retired all executives at 55. 2. To lead (troops, for example) away from action; withdraw. 3. To take out of circulation: retired the bonds. 4. To withdraw from use or active service: retiring an old battleship. 5. 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.] |
retire Verb [-tiring, -tired] 1. to give up or to cause (a person) to give up work, esp. on reaching pensionable age 2. to go away into seclusion 3. to go to bed 4. to withdraw from a sporting contest, esp. because of injury 5. to pull back (troops) from battle or (of troops) to fall back [French retirer] retired adj
retirement n
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms | 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 infirmity bow 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"retire, 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" | | 3. | retire - pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"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" | | 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"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 inability give 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"fatigue, 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" | | 9. | retire - cause to be out on a fielding playbaseball, 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"baseball, 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" |
retire verb 1. stop working, give up work, be pensioned off, (be) put out to grass (informal) verb 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)  Translations retire [rɪˈtaɪəʳ] vi (= give up work) → jubilarse (= withdraw); retirarse (= go to bed); acostarse
 retire [rɪˈtaɪəʳ] vi (= give up work) → prendre sa retraite (= withdraw); se retirer, partir (= go to bed); (aller) se coucher
 retire [rɪˈtaɪəʳ] vi ( give up work) → in den Ruhestand treten;
 retire [rɪˈtaɪəʳ] vi (= give up work) → andare in pensione (= withdraw); ritirarsi, andarsene (= go to bed); andare a letto, ritirarsi
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