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| re·tire [ ri tr ] (past and past participle re·tired, present participle re·tir·ing, 3rd person present singular re·tires) |
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1. intransitive verb stop working willingly: to leave a job or career voluntarily, at or near the usual age for doing so
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2. intransitive verb go to bed: to stop engaging in daily activities and go to bed
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3. intransitive verb withdraw: to leave a place, position, or way of life and go to a place of less activity
  retire from public life
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4. transitive verb make somebody stop working: to stop a person or animal performing some activity because of illness or an inability to continue
injuries so extensive that the horse was retired
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5. transitive verb withdraw something from service: to take a machine or piece of equipment out of service
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6. transitive and intransitive verb military go back or move troops back: to fall back, or move troops away from a position, action, or danger
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7. transitive verb baseball put somebody out: to end a batter's or team's turn at bat by getting batters out
The pitcher retired eight batters in a row.
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8. transitive and intransitive verb sports withdraw from sports contest: to withdraw from a sports contest, or withdraw somebody from a sports contest, because of an inability to continue
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9. transitive verb finance withdraw something from circulation: to take a loan, stock, bond, or other financial instrument out of circulation by paying for it
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| [Mid-16th century. < French retirer "retreat" < tirer "draw"] |
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| re·tir·er noun |
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