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Retire Retired Retiring Company Age Stop Early Recently

Word3 retire
WordType (verb)
Phonetic /rɪˈtaɪə(r)/ /rɪˈtaɪər/
Example
  • he is retiring next year after 30 years with the company.
  • the company's official retiring age is 65.
  • lots of teachers like me expected to retire on a full pension.
  • she was forced to retire early from teaching because of ill health.
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retire

(verb)/rɪˈtaɪə(r)/ /rɪˈtaɪər/

    Verb Forms

  1. to leave your job and stop working, especially because you have reached a particular age or because you are ill; to tell somebody they must stop doing their job
    • He is retiring next year after 30 years with the company.
    • The company's official retiring age is 65.
    • Lots of teachers like me expected to retire on a full pension.
    • She was forced to retire early from teaching because of ill health.
    • She retired from politics after her second term in office.
    • My dream is to retire to a villa in France.
    • He has no plans to retire as editor of the magazine.
    • She was retired on medical grounds.

    Extra Examples

    • As for me, I am quite ready to retire.
    • He is hoping to retire early on medical grounds.
    • He recently retired as CEO of the company.
    • He recently retired as head teacher of their school.
    • I'm hoping to retire in about five years.
    • In a few years, I'll be eligible to retire.
    • Most employees retire at 60.
    • Mr McNeil is due to retire later this month.
    • She recently retired from teaching.
    • She has decided to retire from international tennis.
    • He officially retired from the day-to-day operations of his company.
    • She retired from the bank last year.
    • She simply couldn't afford to retire at sixty.
    • She's on course to retire quite comfortably by the time she's 55.
    • a newly retired couple
    • He was medically retired at the age of 55.
  2. to stop competing during a game, race, etc., usually because you are injured
    • She fell badly, spraining her ankle, and had to retire.
    • He retired hurt in the first five minutes of the game.
  3. to leave a place, especially to go somewhere quieter or more private
    • The jury retired to consider the evidence.
    • After dinner he likes to retire to his study.
  4. to move back from a battle in order to organize your soldiers in a different way
  5. to go to bed
    • I retired late that evening.
    • to retire to bed/for the night
  6. to make a player or team have to stop their turn at batting
    • He retired twelve batters in a row.

    Word Origin

    • mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘withdraw to a place of safety or seclusion’): from French retirer, from re- ‘back’ + tirer ‘draw’.
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