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English

Etymology

From French retirement, from retirer (“withdraw, retire”); corresponding to retire +? -ment.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???ta??(?).m?nt/

Noun

retirement (countable and uncountable, plural retirements)

1. An act of retiring; withdrawal. [from 16th c.]
2. (uncountable) The state of being retired; seclusion. [from 17th c.]
3. (now rare) A place of seclusion or privacy; a retreat. [from 17th c.]
   • 1788, Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary, Oxford 2009, p. 12:

     When her mother frowned, and her friend looked cool, she would steal to this retirement, where human foot seldom trod […] .

4. The state of having permanently left one's employment, now especially at reaching pensionable age; the portion of one's life after retiring from one's career. [from 17th c.]
5. The act of leaving one's career or employment permanently. [from 17th c.]
   • 2012, Chelsea 6-0 Wolves [1]

     The Chelsea captain was a virtual spectator as he was treated to his side's biggest win for almost two years as Stamford Bridge serenaded him with chants of "there's only one England captain," some 48 hours after he announced his retirement from international football.

Synonyms

• (act of retiring): departure, withdrawment
• (state of being retired): privacy, seclusion, solitude
• (place of seclusion or privacy): retreat

Derived terms

Related terms

• retire

Translations

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.