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retired

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re·tired  (r-trd)
adj.
1. Withdrawn from one's occupation, business, or office; having finished one's active working life.
2. Received by a person in retirement: retired pay.
3. Withdrawn; secluded.
n. (used with a pl. verb)
Retired people considered as a group. Used with the.

re·tired·ly adv.
re·tiredness n.

retired [rɪˈtaɪəd]
adj
1. (Business / Industrial Relations & HR Terms)
a.  having given up one's work, office, etc., esp on completion of the normal period of service a retired headmistress
b.  (as collective noun; preceded by the) the retired
2. withdrawn; secluded a retired life a retired cottage in the woods
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.retired - no longer active in your work or profession
inactive - not engaged in full-time work; "inactive reserve"; "an inactive member"

retired
adjective pensioned, former, in retirement, pensioned off, superannuated, ex- a seventy-three-year-old retired teacher
the retired retired people, pensioners, old people, the elderly, senior citizens, OAPs the skills and energies of the retired
Translations
retired [rɪˈtaɪəd] ADJ (from work, gen) → jubilado, retirado (esp Mil) → retirado
I've been retired since 1996me jubilé en 1996
a retired personun jubilado/una jubilada
a lot of retired people come hereaquí vienen muchos jubilados

retired [rɪˈtaɪərd] adj [person] → à la retraite, retraité(e)
She's retired → Elle est retraitée.
a retired teacher → un professeur à la retraite

retired
adj
(= no longer working) worker, employeeaus dem Arbeitsleben ausgeschieden (form); civil servant, military officerpensioniert, im Ruhestand; soldieraus der Armee ausgeschieden; he is retireder arbeitet nicht mehr; (soldier) → er ist nicht mehr in der Armee; retired peopleLeute, die im Ruhestand sind; a retired worker/teacher/soldierein Rentner/pensionierter Lehrer/ehemaliger Soldat; “occupation - retiredBeruf - Rentner/Pensionär/Veteran“
(= secluded) lifezurückgezogen

retired [rɪˈtaɪəd] adj
a. (no longer working) → in pensione, pensionato/a
a retired person → un(a) pensionato/a
b. (liter) (quiet, secluded) → ritirato/a, appartato/a

retired [rɪˈtaɪəd] adj
a. (no longer working) → in pensione, pensionato/a
a retired person → un(a) pensionato/a
b. (liter) (quiet, secluded) → ritirato/a, appartato/a

retired متقاعد v důchodu pensioneret pensioniert συνταξιούχος jubilado eläkkeellä oleva retraité umirovljen pensionato 退職した 퇴직한 gepensioneerd pensjonert emerytowany aposentado, reformado находящийся на пенсии pensionerad ปลดเกษียน emekli đã về hưu 已退休的


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Vanstone's hearty laughter could escape his lips, she bowed to them with imperturbable gravity; ascended the house-steps, for the first time in her life, at a walk instead of a run, and retired then and there to the bedroom regions.
The wax doll Queen spoke prettily to Dorothy and the others, and sent her loving greetings to Ozma before she retired to the rooms prepared for her.
So the Sun retired behind a cloud, and the Wind began to blow as hard as it could upon the traveller.
 
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