English-Swedish translations for retire

Definition of retire

  • To stop working on a permanent basis, usually because of old age or illness
  • To withdraw; to take away
  • To cease use or production of something
  • To withdraw from circulation, or from the market; to take up and pay
  • To cause to retire; specifically, to designate as no longer qualified for active service; to place on the retired list
  • To voluntarily stop batting before being dismissed so that the next batsman can bat
  • 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
  • To go back or return; to withdraw or retreat, especially from public view; to go into privacy
  • To retreat from action or danger; to withdraw for safety or pleasure
  • To recede; to fall or bend back
  • To go to bed
  • To remove or cease to use
  • The act of retiring, or the state of being retired
  • A call sounded on a bugle, announcing to skirmishers that they are to retire, or fall back
  • To fit with new tires

Examples

  • Having made a large fortune, he retired
  • He wants to retire at 55
  • She decided to retire from her banking job due to stress
  • The steamship made thousands of trips over several decades before it was retired by the shipping company
  • The central bank retired those notes five years ago
  • The board retired the old major
  • Jones retired in favour of Smith
  • Jones retired Smith 6-3
  • I will retire to the study
  • to retire from the world
  • to retire from the public eye
  • to retire from battle
  • The regiment retired from the fray after the Major was killed
  • Past the point, the shore retires into a sequence of coves
  • I will retire for the night
  • When a hurricane becomes so deadly or destructive that future use would be insensitive, officials may retire the name of the hurricane
  • At the retire, the cavalry fell back

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