different between leave vs retire

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /li?v/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /liv/
• Rhymes: -i?v

Etymology 1

From Middle English leven, from Old English l?fan (“to leave”), from Proto-Germanic *laibijan? (“to let stay, leave”), causative of *l?ban? (“to stay, remain”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to stick; fat”). Cognate with Old Frisian l?va (“to leave”), Old Saxon l?vian, Old High German leiban (“to leave”), Old Norse leifa (“to leave over”) (whence Icelandic leifa (“to leave food uneaten”)), lifna (“to be left”) (whence Danish levne). More at lave, belive.

Verb

leave (third-person singular simple present leaves, present participle leaving, simple past and past participle left)

1. To have a consequence or remnant.
   1. (transitive) To cause or allow (something) to remain as available; to refrain from taking (something) away; to stop short of consuming or otherwise depleting (something) entirely.
   2. (transitive or intransitive, copulative) To cause, to result in.
   3. (transitive) To put; to place; to deposit; to deliver, with a sense of withdrawing oneself.

      • Leave there thy gift before the altar and go thy way.

      • The foot / That leaves the print of blood where'er it walks.

2. To depart; to separate from.
   1. To let be or do without interference.

   2. (transitive) To depart from; to end one's connection or affiliation with.
   3. (transitive) To end one's membership in (a group); to terminate one's affiliation with (an organization); to stop participating in (a project).
      • 2018, The Independent, "Brexit: Theresa May 'not bluffing' in threat to leave EU without a deal, Tory minister Liam Fox says"

        If we were to leave, the economic impact on a number of European countries would be severe.

   4. (intransitive) To depart; to go away from a certain place or state.

3. To transfer something.
   1. (transitive) To transfer possession of after death.

   2. (transitive) To give (something) to someone; to deliver (something) to a repository; to deposit.

   3. (transitive) To transfer responsibility or attention of (something) (to someone); to stop being concerned with.

4. (intransitive, obsolete) To remain (behind); to stay.
   • Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, […]. Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either.

5. (transitive, archaic) To stop, desist from; to "leave off" (+ noun / gerund).
   • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Luke V:

     When he had leeft speakynge, he sayde vnto Simon: Cary vs into the depe, and lett slippe thy nette to make a draught.

   • 1716 Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, The Basset-Table. An Eclogue.[1]

     Now leave Complaining, and begin your Tea.

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (to end one's connection with): depart, forget, leave behind

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

Formed in English by conversion (anthimeria) of the transitive verb leave (“cause or allow to remain available”). Attested since the 19th century, with earliest references to billiards.

Noun

leave (plural leaves)

1. (cricket) The action of the batsman not attempting to play at the ball.
2. (billiards) The arrangement of balls in play that remains after a shot is made (which determines whether the next shooter — who may be either the same player, or an opponent — has good options, or only poor ones).

Etymology 3

From Middle English leve, from Old English l?af (“permission, privilege”), from Proto-Germanic *laub?, *laub? (“permission, privilege, favour, worth”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewb?- (“to love, hold dear”). Cognate with obsolete German Laube (“permission”), Swedish lov (“permission”), Icelandic leyfi (“permission”). Related to Dutch verlof, German Erlaubnis. See also love.

Noun

leave (countable and uncountable, plural leaves)

1. Permission to be absent; time away from one's work.

3. (dated or law) Permission.
4. (dated) Farewell, departure.

Synonyms

• (permission to be absent): annual leave, holiday; see also Thesaurus:vacation
• (permission): authorisation, consent

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 4

From Middle English leven, from Old English l?efan (“to allow, grant, concede; believe, trust, confide in”), from Proto-Germanic *laubijan? (“to allow, praise”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewb?- (“to love, hold dear”). Cognate with German lauben (“to allow, believe”), Icelandic leyfa (“to allow”).

Verb

leave (third-person singular simple present leaves, present participle leaving, simple past and past participle leaved or left)

1. (transitive) To give leave to; allow; permit; let; grant.

Etymology 5

From Middle English leven, from lef (“leaf”). More at leaf.

Verb

leave (third-person singular simple present leaves, present participle leaving, simple past and past participle leaved)

1. (intransitive, rare) To produce leaves or foliage.
   • 1868, Edward Fitzgerald, The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, 2nd edition:

     Each Morn a thousand Roses brings, you say:

     Yes, but where leaves the Rose of Yesterday?

Synonyms

• leaf (verb)

Translations

Etymology 6

From French lever. Compare levy. Compare also Middle English leve, a variant of levy that may have been monosyllabic.

Verb

leave (third-person singular simple present leaves, present participle leaving, simple past and past participle leaved)

1. (obsolete) To raise; to levy.

References

• leave in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• leave in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Veale, veale

English

Etymology 1

From Middle French retirer (“draw back”), from prefix re- (“back”), + verb tirer (“draw, pull”), from Old French tirer, tirier (“to draw out, arrange, adorn”), from tire, tiere (“row, rank, order, dress”) of Germanic origin, akin to Old English and Old Saxon Old Saxon t?r (“fame, glory, ornament”), Old English t?er (“rank, row”), Old High German ziari, z?ri (“ornament”), German German Zier (“ornament, adornment”), zieren (“to adorn”). More at tier.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???ta??(?)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???ta??/
• Rhymes: -a??(?)
• Hyphenation: re?tire

Verb

retire (third-person singular simple present retires, present participle retiring, simple past and past participle retired)

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

2. (transitive, sometimes reflexive) To withdraw; to take away.

   • He […] retired himself, his wife, and children into a forest.

   • 1592, John Davies, The Original, Nature, and Immortality of the Soul

     As when the sun is present all the year, / And never doth retire his golden ray.

3. (transitive) To cease use or production of something.
4. (transitive) To withdraw from circulation, or from the market; to take up and pay.

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

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

7. (transitive, baseball, 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.

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

9. (intransitive) To retreat from action or danger; to withdraw for safety or pleasure.

10. (intransitive) To recede; to fall or bend back.

11. (intransitive) To go to bed.

12. (transitive) To remove or cease to use.

Derived terms

Related terms

• tirer

Translations

Noun

retire (plural retires)

1. (rare) The act of retiring, or the state of being retired.
2. A place to which one retires.

   Synonym: retreat

3. (dated) A call sounded on a bugle, announcing to skirmishers that they are to retire, or fall back.

Etymology 2

From re- +? tire.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?i?ta??/

Alternative forms

• retyre

Verb

retire (third-person singular simple present retires, present participle retiring, simple past and past participle retired)

1. (transitive, American spelling) To fit (a vehicle) with new tires.

Anagrams

• Terrie, reiter, retier, étrier

French

Verb

retire

1. first-person singular present indicative of retirer
2. third-person singular present indicative of retirer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of retirer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of retirer
5. second-person singular imperative of retirer

Anagrams

• étirer, étrier, itérer

Portuguese

Verb

retire

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of retirar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of retirar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of retirar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of retirar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /re?ti?e/, [re?t?i.?e]

Verb

retire

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of retirar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of retirar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of retirar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of retirar.