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- Dictionaryretired/rɪˈtʌɪəd/
adjective
- 1. having left one's job and ceased to work: "a retired headmaster"
- 2. (of a place) quiet and secluded: archaic "this retired corner of the world"
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RETIRED definition: 1. If someone is retired, they have stopped working permanently, usually because of age: 2. If…. Learn more.
The meaning of RETIRED is secluded. How to use retired in a sentence. secluded; withdrawn from one's position or occupation : having concluded one's working or professional career…
to leave your job or stop working, usually because of your age or ill health: She has no plans to retire. retire from sth Jenkins retires from the firm this year. retire as sth Elkin has retired as a director after 12 years on the board.
1. : to withdraw from action or danger : retreat. 2. : to withdraw especially for privacy. retired to her room. 3. : to move back : recede. 4. : to withdraw from one's position or occupation : conclude one's working or professional career. 5. : to go to bed. transitive verb. 1. : withdraw: such as. a.
Retired definition: withdrawn from or no longer occupied with one's business or profession. See examples of RETIRED used in a sentence.
A retired person is an older person who has left his or her job and has usually stopped working completely.
[intransitive, transitive] to leave your job and stop working, especially because you have reached a particular age or because you are ill; to tell somebody they must stop doing their job. He is retiring next year after 30 years with the company. The company's official retiring age is 65.
Someone who's retired has stopped working permanently. A retired teacher who misses his job might volunteer at an after-school program. Most retired people in the U.S. are over the age of 65, although some are able to retire earlier, and some continue working well into their 70s or 80s.
Definition of retired adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
to withdraw from one's career, occupation, or office, usually because of age: to retire at the age of sixty. to withdraw, or go away or apart, to a place of privacy, shelter, or seclusion: He retired to his study. to go to bed: He retired at midnight.
