/ rɪˈtaɪə(r); NAmE / verb
FROM JOB
1.
retire (from sth) | retire (as sth) to stop doing your job, especially because you have reached a particular age or because you are ill / sick; to tell sb they must stop doing their job :
[ v ]
She was forced to retire early from teaching because of ill health.
My dream is to retire to a villa in France.
He has no plans to retire as editor of the magazine.
The company's official retiring age is 65.
[ vn ]
She was retired on medical grounds.
IN SPORT
2.
retire (from sth) to stop competing during a game, race, etc., usually because you are injured :
[ v ]
She fell badly, spraining her ankle, and had to retire.
[ v - adj ]
He retired hurt in the first five minutes of the game.
FROM / TO A PLACE
3.
( formal ) to leave a place, especially to go somewhere quieter or more private :
The jury retired to consider the evidence.
After dinner he likes to retire to his study.
OF ARMY
4.
[ v ] ( formal ) to move back from a battle in order to organize your soldiers in a different way
GO TO BED
5.
[ v ] ( literary ) to go to bed :
I retired late that evening.
IN BASEBALL
6.
[ vn ] to make a player or team have to stop their turn at batting :
He retired twelve batters in a row.
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 16th cent. (in the sense withdraw to a place of safety or seclusion ): from French retirer , from re- back + tirer draw.