retired A2 Topic:Time 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. Thesaurus Word family Derived forms nonretiredpreretiredretiredlyretirednesssemiretiredunretired Common collocations retired person Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From retire + -ed. Topics Time External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # 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 - Time markdown