retire

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

1. To stop working on a permanent basis, usually because of old age or illness.
2. To stop playing their sport and in competitions a sports player.
3. To withdraw; to take away.
4. To cease use or production of something.
5. To withdraw from circulation, or from the market; to take up and pay.
6. To cause to retire; specifically, to designate as no longer qualified for active service; to place on the retired list.
7. To voluntarily stop batting before being dismissed so that the next batsman can bat.
8. 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. To go back or return; to withdraw or retreat, especially from public view; to go into privacy.
10. To retreat from action or danger; to withdraw for safety or pleasure.
11. To recede; to fall or bend back.
12. To go to bed.

Noun

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

Concepts

se retirer

retirer

prendre sa retraite

abandonner

se coucher

reculer

retraite

baisser

pendre

tomber

démissioner

quitter

démissionner

partir

mettre à la retraite

lit

pieuter

décéder

ajourner

fermer

mouvoir

reporter

pensionner

Coupé comme

re‧tire

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɹəˈtaɪə(ɹ)/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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.