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