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say it: ri-TAHYR
retire is a verb meaning "go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position". It is pronounced /ɹɪˈtaɪɹ/ — ri-TAHYR. It carries 11 recorded senses.
go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position
“He retired at age 68”
withdraw from circulation or from the market, as of bills, shares, and bonds
make (someone) retire
“The director was retired after the scandal”
lose interest
“he retired from life when his wife died”
cause to get out
“The pitcher retired three batters”
“the runner was put out at third base”
baseball
prepare for sleep
“I usually turn in at midnight”
“He goes to bed at the crack of dawn”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for retire come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.