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ALL meanings of retired

re·tired
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  • adjective retired withdrawn from or no longer occupied with one's business or profession: a retired banker. 1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
  • verb without object retired to fall back or retreat in an orderly fashion and according to plan, as from battle, an untenable position, danger, etc. 1
  • verb without object retired to withdraw or remove oneself: After announcing the guests, the butler retired. 1
  • verb with object retired to withdraw from circulation by taking up and paying, as bonds, bills, etc.; redeem. 1
  • verb with object retired to withdraw or lead back (troops, ships, etc.), as from battle or danger; retreat. 1
  • verb with object retired to remove from active service or the usual field of activity, as an army officer or business executive. 1
  • verb with object retired to withdraw (a machine, ship, etc.) permanently from its normal service, usually for scrapping; take out of use. 1
  • verb with object retired Sports. to put out (a batter, side, etc.). 1
  • noun retired a place of withdrawal; retreat: a cool retire from summer's heat. 1
  • noun retired retirement or withdrawal, as from worldly matters or the company of others. 1
  • adjective retired no longer working 1
  • noun plural retired retired people 1
  • adjective retired A retired person is an older person who has left his or her job and has usually stopped working completely. 0
  • adjective retired having given up one's work, office, etc, esp on completion of the normal period of service 0
  • adjective retired (as collective noun; preceded by the) 0
  • adjective retired withdrawn; secluded 0
  • adjective retired withdrawn or apart from the world; in seclusion; secluded 0
  • adjective retired having given up one's work, business, career, etc., esp. because of advanced age 0
  • adjective retired of or for such retired persons 0
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