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retire English

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retire Verb

— If you retire, you stop working, usually because of your age. She recently retired after 25 years with the company. With me is Colonel David Hunt, military analyst and retired U.S. Army commander. Horner retired at age 63 and has been painting full time ever since. — If you retire something, you stop using it. NASA will soon be retiring the space shuttles. — If you retire, you go to a quiet place, often to bed. After dinner she retired to her bedroom with a head cold.

retire

— verb go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position He retired at age 68 — verb (= withdraw) withdraw from active participation He retired from chess — verb (= withdraw, pull away, pull back) pull back or move away or backward The enemy withdrew The limo pulled away from the curb — verb make (someone) retire The director was retired after the scandal — verb withdraw from circulation or from the market, as of bills, shares, and bonds — verb dispose of (something no longer useful or needed) She finally retired that old coat — verb (= adjourn) break from a meeting or gathering We adjourned for lunch The men retired to the library — verb lose interest he retired from life when his wife died — verb cause to get out The pitcher retired three batters the runner was put out at third base — verb (= put out) cause to be out on a fielding play — verb (= go to bed, turn in, bed) prepare for sleep I usually turn in at midnight He goes to bed at the crack of dawn

Synonyms retire synonyms

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retire English » English

withdraw retreat resign leave quit go to bed go away turn in pull back go to sleep superannuate retract recede move back hit the sack hit the hay strike out sleep put out pull away give up draw back depart sack out run away return retrograde rest quote pull out move off move away kip down introduce guide forsake fire fall back escape crawl in call it a day bed backpedal back down attract adjourn urticate trash toss away toss

Topics retire topics

What do people use retire to talk about?
Person Life Stage of life

Old person
Person Sense, perceive See Visible

Appear
Physical actions Move Move in a direction

Turn

Conjugation retire conjugation

How do you conjugate retire?

retire · verb

Examples retire examples

How do I use retire in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Why did Tom retire early?
Tom was forced to retire.
Such a judge may as well retire from his job.
The man held on to his job stubbornly and would not retire.
Such a teacher may as well retire from his work.
Jim's uncle is due to retire next year.
I have decided to retire.
Once I retire, I will dedicate my whole time to Tatoeba.
When do you plan to retire from your job?
My wife and I are preparing to retire.
My father is going to retire soon.
I never want to retire.
I wanted to retire three years ago.
We retire at eleven o'clock.
Such a judge should retire from his job before retirement age.
His decision to retire surprised all of us.
She announced her intention to retire.
My father will retire at the age of sixty.
Tom wished that he had enough money to retire.

Movie subtitles

I like privacy when I retire.
What makes you think we're gonna retire?
Well, it's time for the triangle to retire from family circle.
You know, retire young and work old.
Captain Swanson, you'll retire to your quarters.
So when you boys retire to consider a verdict. stay out for a while.
Have you ever thought you would like to retire?
I don't want to retire.
I'm not going to retire.
He told Chips he's got to retire. but Chips said he wouldn't.
Says he's got to retire.
A few years of that, and I'll have to retire.
Five years ago this summer. when I was new to Brookfield I ventured to suggest to Mr. Chipping that it was time for him to retire.
Gentlemen, I shall now retire until fate has chosen the liberator.
Retire.
Would Your Lordships like to retire now?
Your Imperial Majesty. before the bridal pair retire, I wish to propose a toast. to Her Imperial Highness, the grand duchess Catherine.
You may retire.
You'll retire at 30.
So I retire from the race.
You can retire.
He'll retire comfortably.
And when I've beaten and ruined you then I can retire in peace.
I'd like to retire, crime no longer amuses me.
Billy's studying to take over my duties when I retire, Miss Brandon.
The lady wants to retire.
Still I have not given you permission to retire.
I should worry. If I get too fat I'll get married and retire.
Pardon. Gentlemen, retire.
The jury will now retire to reach a verdict.
Your Honor.. there is no need for us to retire.
I often wonder what it would be like to retire to the country. Have a nice little place with a few acres of shooting.
I merely said I hoped to give up selling cars and retire into the country.
I'm not exactly prepared to retire yet.
I can now retire permanently and write my memoirs.
You know, he plans to marry that girl. Settle down here and retire.

News and current affairs

Some people love their work, and never want to retire; for them, saving is less important.
In sum, an incumbent vice president who loses with an economy such as exists in America today should retire to private life.
Young people in the US who opt for it would see most of the traditional pension benefit replaced when they retire decades from now with proceeds from personal accounts that they would be free to allocate among a range of investments, including stocks.
The European Central Bank's chief economist, Otmar Issing, may not be scheduled to retire until May 2006.
It was and remains much more profitable to retire earlier in Europe than in the US.
With half of all current civil servants set to retire over the next ten years, Sarkozy has pledged to replace only one of every two.
When President Jacques Chirac's first government attempted such a reform in 1995, railroad workers, who can retire at age 50 or 55, spearheaded the resistance.
And there would be other compensations; German pensioners could retire to Spain and live like kings, helping Spanish real estate to recover.
And when taxes are levied to retire the added debt induced by the stimulus, they will be levied at some time at which nominal interest rates are not stuck at zero.
As the population ages and shrinks, more people will retire and start selling those government bonds that they are now lapping up.
I was 14 then, old enough to understand how unusual it was for an incumbent African president to retire willingly.
They can retire earlier and earlier on their smaller and smaller savings.
With higher risk, there is a chance that, 40 years from now, many individuals will find themselves with less than they need to retire.
But in today's world, only national governments are large enough to be able to do so with any assurance that the pension assets will actually be there when workers retire.
Think of the soon-to-retire office worker.
She saved because she wanted enough money to retire.
In the US, a wise constitutional amendment forces even popular presidents to retire after two terms.
The European Central Bank's chief economist, Otmar Issing, may not be scheduled to retire until May 2006. But behind the scenes, maneuvering and politicking over his replacement are already in full swing.
Yet, at the same time, as its baby boomers retire en masse in the coming decade, Europe will need workers at all skill levels.
Similarly, in 2003, Nigeria's president offered asylum to his Liberian counterpart, Charles Taylor, on the condition that Taylor retire from politics, thereby helping to end the rebellion against him.
Kirchner, too, is not going to retire and put his slippers on in 2007 or 2011 if Cristina heads the government.
Unless we come to terms with the lethal combination of declining saving rates and falling birthrates, many more people may retire poor than we ever imagined.
There is a considerable degree of heterogeneity in any population, so it is neither fair nor desirable that everyone should be forced to retire at the same age.

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