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re·tire
(rĭ-tīr′)v. re·tired, re·tir·ing, re·tires
v.intr.
1. To withdraw from one's occupation or position, especially upon reaching a certain age; stop working.
2.
a. To move away or withdraw, as for rest or seclusion: The guests retired to the living room.
b. To fall back or retreat, as from battle.
3. To go to bed.
v.tr.
1.
a. To cause to withdraw from one's usual field of activity: The board must retire all executives at 65.
b. To withdraw from use or active service: retire an old battleship.
2.
a. To take out of circulation: retired the bonds.
b. To pay off: retire one's debts.
3. To lead (troops, for example) away from action; withdraw.
4. 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.]
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retire
(rɪˈtaɪə)vb (mainly intr)
1. (Industrial Relations & HR Terms) (also tr) to give up or to cause (a person) to give up his or her work, a post, etc, esp on reaching pensionable age
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. (General Sporting Terms) to withdraw from a sporting contest, esp because of injury
6. (Military) (also tr) to pull back (troops, etc) from battle or an exposed position or (of troops, etc) to fall back
7. (Banking & Finance) (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 to pull, draw]
reˈtirer n
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re•tire
(rɪˈtaɪər)v. -tired, -tir•ing. v.i.
1. to withdraw or go away to a place of privacy, shelter, or seclusion: She retired to her study.
2. to go to bed.
3. to give up or withdraw from an office, occupation, or career, usu. because of age.
4. to fall back or retreat, as from battle.
5. to withdraw from view: After announcing the guests, the butler retired.
v.t. 6. to withdraw from circulation by taking up and paying, as bonds or bills.
7. to withdraw (troops, ships, etc.), as from battle.
8. to remove from an office or active service, as an army officer.
9. to withdraw (a machine, ship, etc.) permanently from its normal service.
10. Sports. to put out (a batter, side, etc.).
[1525–35; < Middle French retirer to withdraw =re- re- + tirer to draw, < Vulgar Latin *tīrāre]
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retire
- From French retirer, from re-, "back" and tirer, "throw," its first sense was "withdraw to a place of safety or seclusion."See also related terms for withdraw.
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resign
– retire1. 'resign'
If someone resigns from their job, they leave it after saying that they do not want to do it any more. You can resign from your job at any age, and perhaps start another job soon afterwards.
A hospital administrator has resigned over claims he lied to get the job.
2. 'retire'
When someone retires, they leave their job and stop working, often because they have reached the age when they can get a pension. When professional sportsmen and women stop playing sport as their job, you can also say that they retire, even if they are fairly young.
At the age when most people retire, he is ready to face a new career.
I have decided to retire from Formula One racing at the end of the season
retire
– retiring1. 'retire'
When someone retires, they leave their job and stop working, usually because they have reached the age when they can get a pension.
Gladys retired at the age of sixty-eight.
They had decided to retire from farming.
2. 'retiring'
The adjective retiring has two meanings.
You use it in front of a noun such as MP or chairman to indicate that someone will soon give up their present job and be replaced by someone else.
...Jim Dacre, the retiring Labour MP.
...the retiring President of the Methodist Conference.
You also use it to describe someone who is very quiet and avoids meeting other people.
She was a shy, retiring girl.
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retire
Past participle: retired
Gerund: retiring
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| 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" 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" back away, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, back out, retreat, pull back, withdraw - make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity; "We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"; "He backed out of his earlier promise"; "The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns" 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" retreat, retrograde - move back; "The glacier retrogrades" | |
| 4. | retire - withdraw from circulation or from the market, as of bills, shares, and bonds recall - 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"seclude, sequestrate, sequester, withdraw - keep away from others; "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book" 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" | |
| 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" bow out, chicken out, back down, back off, pull out - remove oneself from an obligation; "He bowed out when he heard how much work was involved" | |
| 9. | retire - cause to be out on a fielding play 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!" | |
| 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" |
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retire
verb
1. stop working, give up work, reach retirement age, be pensioned off, (be) put out to grass (informal) In 1974 he retired.
2. withdraw, leave, remove, exit, go away, depart, absent yourself, betake yourself He retired from the room with his colleagues.
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) She retires early most nights.
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retire
verb1. To move or proceed away from a place:
Idioms: hit the road, take leave.
3. To withdraw from business or active life:
Idioms: call it quits, hang up one's spurs, turn in one's badge.
4. To remove from active service:
pension (off), superannuate.
Idiom: put out to pasture.
5. To move back in the face of enemy attack or after a defeat:
Idioms: beat a retreat, give ground.
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Translations
يأوي إلى فِراشِهيَتَقاعَدُيَعْتَزِل، يَتَقاعَد
odejít do důchodustáhnout seodejít
gå i senggå på pension
jäädä eläkkeelle
umiroviti
nyugdíjba megy
draga sig í hléláta af störfum, fara á eftirlaun
退職する
퇴직하다
išeiti į atsargąišeiti į pensijąišėjęs į atsargąišėjęs į pensijąišėjimas į atsargą
aizietaiziet pensijāatkāptiesnošķirties
odísť do dôchodku
odstopitiumakniti seupokojiti se
pensionera sig
เกษียณ
nghỉ hưu
retire
[rɪˈtaɪəʳ]A. VI
1. (= give up work) [worker] → retirarse; (at age limit) → jubilarse, retirarse; [professional sportsperson, military officer] → retirarse
she is retiring from professional tennis this year → se retira del tenis profesional este año
she retired on a good pension → se jubiló or se retiró con una buena pensión
he retired to the South of France → se jubiló or se retiró y se fue a vivir al sur de Francia
she is retiring from professional tennis this year → se retira del tenis profesional este año
she retired on a good pension → se jubiló or se retiró con una buena pensión
he retired to the South of France → se jubiló or se retiró y se fue a vivir al sur de Francia
2. (frm) (= withdraw) → retirarse
the jury has retired to consider its verdict → el jurado se ha retirado a deliberar para dar su veredicto
to retire from public life → retirarse de or abandonar la vida pública
the jury has retired to consider its verdict → el jurado se ha retirado a deliberar para dar su veredicto
to retire from public life → retirarse de or abandonar la vida pública
3. (frm) (= go to bed) → acostarse, retirarse (frm)
to retire to bed; retire for the night → ir a dormir, ir a acostarse
to retire to bed; retire for the night → ir a dormir, ir a acostarse
4. (Sport) [competitor] → abandonar, retirarse; [horse] → retirarse
he retired in the fifth lap with engine trouble → abandonó or se retiró en la quinta vuelta debido a problemas con el motor
he retired in the fifth lap with engine trouble → abandonó or se retiró en la quinta vuelta debido a problemas con el motor
5. (Mil) [troops, army] → retirarse
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
retire
[rɪˈtaɪər] vi (= give up work) → prendre sa retraite
He retired last year → Il a pris sa retraite l'an dernier.
to retire from teaching → prendre sa retraite de l'enseignement
to retire from cricket → abandonner le cricket
to retire from football → raccrocher les crampons
to retire from rugby → raccrocher les crampons
to retire from tennis → raccrocher sa raquette
to retire from boxing → raccrocher les gants
to retire from politics → se retirer de la politique
to retire from the army → prendre sa retraite de l'armée
to retire from office → se retirer de ses fonctions
to retire from business → se retirer des affaires
He retired last year → Il a pris sa retraite l'an dernier.
to retire from teaching → prendre sa retraite de l'enseignement
to retire from cricket → abandonner le cricket
to retire from football → raccrocher les crampons
to retire from rugby → raccrocher les crampons
to retire from tennis → raccrocher sa raquette
to retire from boxing → raccrocher les gants
to retire from politics → se retirer de la politique
to retire from the army → prendre sa retraite de l'armée
to retire from office → se retirer de ses fonctions
to retire from business → se retirer des affaires
(SPORT) (= withdraw) (from competition, race) → abandonner
to retire from sth [+ match, game, race] → abandonner qch
to retire from sth [+ match, game, race] → abandonner qch
(= withdraw) → se retirer
I retired to my study upstairs → Je me suis retiré dans mon bureau à l'étage.
I retired to my study upstairs → Je me suis retiré dans mon bureau à l'étage.
[jury] → se retirer
(= go to bed) → aller se coucher, se coucher
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
retire
vi
(= give up work) → aufhören zu arbeiten; (civil servant, military officer) → in Pension gehen, sich pensionieren lassen, in den Ruhestand treten; (self-employed) → sich zur Ruhe setzen; (soldier) → aus der Armee ausscheiden; (singer, player etc) → (zu singen/spielen etc) aufhören; to retire from business → sich zur Ruhe setzen, sich aus dem Geschäftsleben zurückziehen
(= withdraw, Mil) → sich zurückziehen; (Sport) → aufgeben; (Ftbl, Rugby etc) → vom Feld gehen; (jury) → sich zurückziehen; to retire into one’s shell → sich in sein Schneckenhaus verkriechen; to retire from public life → sich aus dem öffentlichen Leben zurückziehen
(old, form: = go to bed) → sich zurückziehen
vt → aus Altersgründen entlassen; civil servant, military officer → pensionieren, in den Ruhestand versetzen; soldier → verabschieden; (Fin) bond → aus dem Verkehr ziehen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
retire
[rɪˈtaɪəʳ]1. vi
a. (give up work) → andare in pensione; (quit business) → ritirarsi
b. (withdraw, go to bed) (Sport) → ritirarsi
2. vt
a. (Fin) (bill of exchange) → ritirare
b. (person) → mandare in pensione
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
retire
(riˈtaiə) verb1. stop working permanently, usually because of age. He retired at the age of sixty-five.
2. to leave; to withdraw. When he doesn't want to talk to anyone, he retires to his room and locks the door; We retired to bed at midnight; The troops were forced to retire to a safer position.
reˈtired adjective having stopped working. My father is retired now; a retired professor.
reˈtirement noun1. the act of retiring from work. It is not long till his retirement.
2. a person's life after retiring from work. He's enjoying his retirement.
reˈtiring adjective shy. a very quiet, retiring person.
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retire
→ يَتَقاعَدُ odejít do důchodu gå på pension in den Ruhestand treten αποσύρομαι retirarse jäädä eläkkeelle prendre sa retraite umiroviti andare in pensione 退職する 퇴직하다 met pensioen gaan pensjonere (seg) zdymisjonować aposentar, reformar-se выходить на пенсию pensionera sig เกษียณ emekli olmak nghỉ hưu 退休Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009