retired

A2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ɹɪˈtaɪəɹd/ UK /ɹɪˈtaɪəd/ See IPA manual

Freq #4092

Meanings

1

adj
No longer working, especially because of having reached old age.

My neighbour is a retired teacher who now spends her days gardening.
2

verb
Past tense of retire: stopped working permanently.

He retired from the army after thirty years of service.
3

adj
No longer in use.

Jackie Robinson's number 42 is a retired number across all major league teams.

Verb forms

Verb forms are not available for this word yet.

Thesaurus

Word family

Derived forms nonretiredpreretiredretiredlyretirednesssemiretiredunretired

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Phrases (1)

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retired person
a person who has stopped their regular working career

Adjective + noun

Etymology

From retire + -ed.

Topics

Describing Qualities

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# retired

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** adj, verb
**IPA (US):** /ɹɪˈtaɪəɹd/
**IPA (UK):** /ɹɪˈtaɪəd/
**Frequency rank:** 4092

## Meanings
1. No longer working, especially because of having reached old age.
2. Past tense of retire: stopped working permanently.
3. No longer in use.

## Examples
- My neighbour is a retired teacher who now spends her days gardening.
- He retired from the army after thirty years of service.
- Jackie Robinson's number 42 is a retired number across all major league teams.

## Derived Forms
- nonretired
- preretired
- retiredly
- retiredness
- semiretired
- unretired

## Etymology
From retire + -ed.

## AI Etymology
Retired comes from retire + -ed. Modern senses include no longer working, especially because of having reached old age. and past tense of retire: stopped working permanently.. The wider word family includes derivatives such as nonretired, preretired, retiredly, retiredness, semiretired, and unretired.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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