transcription, транскрипция: [ rɪtaɪə(r) ]
( retires, retiring, retired)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
When older people retire , they leave their job and usually stop working completely.
At the age when most people retire, he is ready to face a new career...
In 1974 he retired from the museum.
VERB : V , V from n
2.
When a sports player retires from their sport, they stop playing in competitions. When they retire from a race or a match, they stop competing in it.
I have decided to retire from Formula One racing at the end of the season...
VERB : V from n
3.
If you retire to another room or place, you go there. ( FORMAL )
Eisenhower left the White House and retired to his farm in Gettysburg.
VERB : V to n
4.
When a jury in a court of law retires , the members of it leave the court in order to decide whether someone is guilty or innocent.
The jury will retire to consider its verdict today.
VERB : V
5.
When you retire , you go to bed. ( FORMAL )
She retires early most nights, exhausted...
Some time after midnight, he retired to bed.
VERB : V , V to n
6.
see also retired , retiring