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- [ri-tahyuh rd]
- /rɪˈtaɪərd/
- /rɪˈtaɪəd/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [ri-tahyuh rd]
- /rɪˈtaɪərd/
Definitions of retired word
- adjective retired withdrawn from or no longer occupied with one's business or profession: a retired banker. 1
- adjective retired due or given a retired person: retired pay. 1
- adjective retired secluded or sequestered: a retired little village. 1
- verb without object retired to withdraw, or go away or apart, to a place of privacy, shelter, or seclusion: He retired to his study. 1
- verb without object retired to go to bed: He retired at midnight. 1
- verb without object retired to withdraw from office, business, or active life, usually because of age: to retire at the age of sixty. 1
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Origin of retired
First appearance:
before 1580 One of the 35% oldest English words
First recorded in 1580-90; retire + -ed2
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Retired
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
retired popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% 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".
retired usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for retired
adj retired
- anti-social — Someone who is anti-social is unwilling to meet and be friendly with other people.
- awol — If someone in the Armed Forces goes AWOL, they leave their post without the permission of a superior officer. AWOL is an abbreviation for 'absent without leave'.
- backdoor — You can use backdoor to describe an action or process if you disapprove of it because you think it has been done in a secret, indirect, or dishonest way.
- been around — in a circle, ring, or the like; so as to surround a person, group, thing, etc.: The crowd gathered around.
- blockaded — the isolating, closing off, or surrounding of a place, as a port, harbor, or city, by hostile ships or troops to prevent entrance or exit.
verb retired
- abdicated — Simple past tense and past participle of abdicate.
- dematerialized — Simple past tense and past participle of dematerialize.
- demilitarized — Declared free of all military activity.
- demobbed — When soldiers are demobbed, they are released from the armed forces.
- demobilized — Simple past tense and past participle of demobilize.
adjective retired
- apart — When people or things are apart, they are some distance from each other.
- elderly — (of a person) old or aging.
- enigmatical — Pertaining to an enigma.
- eremetic — Of or pertaining to eremites, reclusive, isolated.
- ex — (of goods) sold direct from.
Antonyms for retired
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