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- [French ruh-tee-rey]
- /French rə tiˈreɪ/
- /rɪˈtaɪə(r)/
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- [French ruh-tee-rey]
- /French rə tiˈreɪ/
Definitions of retire word
- noun plural retire a movement in which the dancer brings one foot to the knee of the supporting leg and then returns it to the fifth position. 1
- intransitive verb retire stop working 1
- intransitive verb retire go to bed 1
- intransitive verb retire withdraw: to a place 1
- transitive verb retire stop using: sth old 1
- transitive verb retire cause to stop working 1
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Origin of retire
First appearance:
before 1525 One of the 28% oldest English words
< French, past participle of retirer to retire
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Retire
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
retire popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
retire usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for retire
verb retire
- abdicate — If a king or queen abdicates, he or she gives up being king or queen.
- absented — not in a certain place at a given time; away, missing (opposed to present): absent from class.
- absenting — not in a certain place at a given time; away, missing (opposed to present): absent from class.
- absents — not in a certain place at a given time; away, missing (opposed to present): absent from class.
- back — If you move back, you move in the opposite direction to the one in which you are facing or in which you were moving before.
Antonyms for retire
verb retire
- arise — If a situation or problem arises, it begins to exist or people start to become aware of it.
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