retire

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

1. (intransitive) To stop working on a permanent basis, usually because of old age or illness.
2. (intransitive) To stop playing their sport and in competitions a sports player.
3. (reflexive, sometimes, transitive) To withdraw; to take away.
4. (transitive) To cease use or production of something.
5. (transitive) To withdraw from circulation, or from the market; to take up and pay.
6. (transitive) To cause to retire; specifically, to designate as no longer qualified for active service; to place on the retired list.
7. (intransitive) To voluntarily stop batting before being dismissed so that the next batsman can bat.
8. (transitive) To make a play which results in a runner or the batter being out, either by means of a put out, fly out or strikeout. Also, when such an event ends a team's turn at bat.
9. (intransitive) To go back or return; to withdraw or retreat, especially from public view; to go into privacy.
10. (intransitive) To retreat from action or danger; to withdraw for safety or pleasure.
11. (intransitive) To recede; to fall or bend back.
12. (intransitive) To go to bed.

Noun

1. (rare) The act of retiring, or the state of being retired.
2. A place to which one retires.
3. (dated) A call sounded on a bugle, announcing to skirmishers that they are to retire, or fall back.

Sinonieme

withdraw

retreat

resign

leave

quit

go to bed

go away

go to sleep

pull back

turn in

move back

hit the sack

superannuate

hit the hay

recede

retract

depart

sleep

😴

strike out

pull away

draw back

give up

put out

move off

back down

backpedal

bed

🛏️

crawl in

forsake

kip down

retrograde

fall back

return

quote

pull out

attract

run away

escape

move away

call it a day

introduce

adjourn

guide

rest

sack out

fire

🔥

discard

disappear

burn

desert

🏜️

Vertalings

retirar

se retirer

retirer

ritirarsi

retirarse

met pensioen gaan

retirar-se

zurücktreten

jubilar

retirar

prendre sa retraite

andare in pensione

αποχωρώ

retirar-se

sich zurückziehen

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ɹəˈtaɪə(ɹ)/

Etimologie (Engels)

From Middle French retirer (“draw back”), from Old French retirer, built from re- (“back”) + tirer (“draw, pull”), the latter from Vulgar Latin *tīrāre, of highly uncertain origin.