Retired

Word RETIRED
Character 7
Hyphenation re tired
Pronunciations /ɹɪˈtʌɪəd/

Definitions and meanings of "Retired"

What do we mean by retired?

Withdrawn from one's occupation, business, or office; having finished one's active working life. adjective

Received by a person in retirement. adjective

Withdrawn; secluded. adjective

Retired people considered as a group. Used with the. noun

Secluded from society or from public notice; apart from public view.

Withdrawn from public comprehension or knowledge; private; secret.

Withdrawn from business or active life; having given up business: as, a retired merchant.

Given to seclusion; inclining to retirement; also, characteristic of a retired life.

Private; secluded; quiet adjective

Withdrawn from active duty or business adjective

A flank bent inward toward the rear of the work. adjective

A list of officers, who, by reason of advanced age or other disability, are relieved from active service, but still receive a specified amount of pay from the government. adjective

Simple past tense and past participle of retire. verb

No longer active in your work or profession adjective

To stop working on a permanent basis, usually because of old age or illness.

(sometimes reflexive) To withdraw; to take away.

To cease use or production of something.

To withdraw from circulation, or from the market; to take up and pay.

To cause to retire; specifically, to designate as no longer qualified for active service; to place on the retired list.

(of a batsman) To voluntarily stop batting before being dismissed so that the next batsman can bat.

(of a fielder) To make a play which results in a runner or the batter being out, either by means of a put out, fly out or strikeout.

To go back or return; to withdraw or retreat, especially from public view; to go into privacy.

To retreat from action or danger; to withdraw for safety or pleasure.

To recede; to fall or bend back.

To go to bed.

To remove or cease to use.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Retired

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The word "retired" in example sentences

Jefferson felt keenly the situation, and at the expiration of his term retired to Monticello, humiliated and overwhelmed by unjust criticism and undeserved censure. ❋ Unknown (1906)

There is a reserve corps consisting of 22,233 men who have served in the regular army and are now upon what we call the retired list. ❋ William Eleroy Curtis (1880)

George McSwain retired from the United States Navy as a Lt Commander. ❋ Unknown (1990)

Edward Martin retired from the United States Navy as a Vice Admiral in 1989. ❋ Unknown (1977)

Ronald Martin retired from the United States Air Force Reserve as a Lt. Colonel. ❋ Unknown (1977)

Donat Gouin retired from the Unites States Army as a Master Sergeant. ❋ Unknown (1977)

[word retired] is the only word that has been officially retired from the English language, barring its usage in all contexts. ❋ Got Medieval (2009)

Finding: 20% of U.S. workers over 50 years old have fully retired from a job and are now working. ❋ Ellen Galinsky (2010)

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Donald Trump, Vice-President Dick Cheney, and dozens of others on the long-running sketch series, tells GossipCop. com that “retired from the show last year.” ❋ Unknown (2009)

I have a friend that recently retired from a top bureaucratic position in Relaciones Exteriores. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Leno first got the gig, over rival David Letterman, when Johnny Carson retired from the show in 1992. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Babe Ruth retired from the Boston Braves in June 1935 with 714 career home runs, a record that was broken by Hank Aaron in 1974. ❋ Unknown (2010)

According to his online autobiography, Mr. Unger recently retired from the practice of cosmetic dentistry and decided to devote his life to painting in oil, acrylic and watercolor, which he called his “passion and first love.” ❋ Unknown (2010)

He was recently retired from the Marines at 100%disabled. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He retired from the ring in 1972, having won 55 of 64 fights. ❋ Unknown (2010)

We still have a professional basketball team – just like we did before LeBron graduated high school – and just like we would have had after he retired from the NBA if he decided to stay. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The quarterback making all those throws was George Blanda, who had retired from the Chicago Bears after the 1958 season because he was being used almost solely as a kicker. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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