retired
pronunciation
How to pronounce retired in British English:
UK [rɪˈtaɪəd]
How to pronounce retired in American English:
US [rɪˈtaɪərd]
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- Adjective:
- no longer active in your work or profession
- honorably retired from assigned duties and retaining your title along with the additional title `emeritus' as in `professor emeritus'; `retired from assigned duties' need not imply that one is inactive
- not allowed to continue to bat or run
- (of a ship) withdrawn from active service
- discharged as too old for use or work; especially with a pension
Word Origin
- retired (adj.)
- 1580s, "separated from society or public notice," past participle adjective from retire (v.). Meaning "having given up business" is from 1824. Abbreviation ret'd. attested from 1942.
Example
- 1. So more retired people drive now than ever before .
- 2. My brother retired to florida .
- 3. And that was before most of them had retired .
- 4. Yang interviewed retired senior officials , too .
- 5. With the pleasure of being retired comes passion .