retired

English

Etymology

From retire +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈtʌɪəd/

Adjective

retired (comparative more retired, superlative most retired)

1. Secluded from society (of a lifestyle, activity etc.); private, quiet. [from 16th c.]
2. Of a place: far from civilisation, not able to be easily seen or accessed; secluded. [from 16th c.]
   • 1910, ‘Saki’, "The Saint and the Goblin", Reginald in Russia:

     The little stone Saint occupied a retired niche in a side aisle of the old cathedral.

3. (of people) Having left employment, especially on reaching pensionable age. [from 16th c.]

   The retired workers are a major expense due to their pensions.

4. No longer in use or production.

   Following Jackie Robinson's success, his uniform number, 42, became a retired number across all major league teams.

Translations

secluded from society

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far from civilization, secluded

• Finnish: syrjäinen (fi)
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having left employment

• Asturian: xubiláu
• Bulgarian: пенсионѝран (bg) (pensionìran)
• Catalan: jubilat (ca)
• Finnish: eläkkeellä oleva; eläkeläinen (fi) (retired person)
• French: retraité (fr), à la retraite
• Galician: xubilado
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• Italian: pensionato (it) m, pensionata (it) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: avgått

• Polish: emerytowany (pl) m, emeryt (pl) m, emerytura (pl) f
• Portuguese: aposentado (pt), reformado (pt)
• Spanish: jubilado (es)

Verb

retired

1. simple past and past participle of retire

Anagrams

• retried, tireder