retire

verb

US /rɪˈtaɪr/

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/they	retire
he/she/it	retires
present participle	retiring
past tense	retired
past participle	retired

1
intransitive to stop working, especially when you reach the age when you are officially too old to work
retire from:
He retired from the army last month.
retire as:
Mr. Garroway retired as chairman of the historical society in May.
Synonyms and related words
Leaving a job
resign
retire
stand down
1. 1a
  intransitive to stop playing a sport as a professional player because you are too old
  Synonyms and related words
  Leaving a job
  resign
  retire
  stand down
2. 1b
  transitive to force someone to leave their job, especially before they reach the age when they are officially too old to work
  Synonyms and related words
  Forcing someone and being forced to leave a job
  fire
  lay off
  retire
2
intransitive formalto leave a place, position, or way of life in order to go somewhere quieter or to live a less active life
The committee will now retire in order to discuss these issues.
retire from:
At the age of 83, she finally retired from public life.
retire to:
In the evenings, Lloyd retired to his study to write.
Synonyms and related words
To leave a place to live elsewhere
move out
emigrate
move
3
intransitive/transitive to stop taking part in a game or sports competition because you are injured or sick, or to make someone do this
He retired hurt with a bloody nose.
Synonyms and related words
Sports management and team selection
bench
be relegated
call up
4
transitive Americanin baseball, to end a batter’s or team’s turn at batting by getting the batter out
The pitcher retired eight batters before the eighth inning.
Synonyms and related words
To perform an action in baseball
balk
bat
baulk
5
transitive to remove machines or equipment from a place because they are old and no longer useful
My printer was three years old, so I retired it.
Synonyms and related words
To make a machine or piece of machinery stop working
break
brick
cannibalize
1. 5a
  Americanto stop using a particular number on a team’s uniforms after the player who used to wear that number stops playing
  Synonyms and related words
  Sports management and team selection
  bench
  be relegated
  call up
6
intransitive mainly literaryto go to bed at the end of the day in order to sleep
Synonyms and related words
Going to bed, getting up and staying in bed
abed
an early/late night
an early/late riser

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