retire
verb/rɪˈtaɪə(r)/
/rɪˈtaɪər/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they retire | /rɪˈtaɪə(r)/ /rɪˈtaɪər/ |
| he / she / it retires | /rɪˈtaɪəz/ /rɪˈtaɪərz/ |
| past simple retired | /rɪˈtaɪəd/ /rɪˈtaɪərd/ |
| past participle retired | /rɪˈtaɪəd/ /rɪˈtaɪərd/ |
| -ing form retiring | /rɪˈtaɪərɪŋ/ /rɪˈtaɪərɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] 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.
- retire from something She was forced to retire early from teaching because of ill health.
- She retired from politics after her second term in office.
- retire to something My dream is to retire to a villa in France.
- retire as something He has no plans to retire as editor of the magazine.
- retire somebody She was retired on medical grounds.
Extra ExamplesTopics Life stagesb1, Jobsb1- 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.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- early
- recently
- officially
- …
- be forced to
- be obliged to
- have to
- …
- as
- at
- from
- …
- newly retired
- recently retired
- be medically retired
- …
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- [intransitive] to stop competing during a game, race, etc., usually because you are injured
- retire (from something) She fell badly, spraining her ankle, and had to retire.
- + adj. He retired hurt in the first five minutes of the game.
- [intransitive] (formal) to leave a place, especially to go somewhere quieter or more private
- The jury retired to consider the evidence.
- retire to something After dinner he likes to retire to his study.
- [intransitive] (formal) to move back from a battle in order to organize your soldiers in a different way
- [intransitive] (literary) to go to bed
- I retired late that evening.
- to retire to bed/for the night
- [transitive] retire somebody to make a player or team have to stop their turn at batting
- He retired twelve batters in a row.
from job
in sport
from/to a place
of army
go to bed
in baseball
Word Originmid 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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