to retire
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2.8
- verb
- /rɪˈtaɪər/
:
retirar
- After a long career, they chose to retire the old fire truck that had served the community well.
- retire debt
Their dog needs to be washed, retired, isn't a good fit for service.
- Their dog needs to be washed, retired, isn't a good fit for service.
- Will they just retire and leave it there as space trash?
- So if one API in the chain is broken or is retired, it may affect entire chain.
- The Jets sucked so the coach brought in anybody and his number was retired last year.
- So this curling iron, our IP is being retired.
- I've kind of since retired this camera too, just an extremely special keepsake.
- You did it when they when they retired the Shamrock shake at at at McDonald's or something.
- If people can accept Taco Bell retiring the Mexican pizza, which is an outrage, I'm pretty sure they can accept this.
Examples
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The Eisenhower administration retired the Ferdinand Magellan due to lack of use in 1958.
Blog text (4) -
Beginning in the late 1980s, U.S. farmers systematically retired roughly 10 percent of the most erodible cropland.
Academic text (2003) -
I just say we retire it for now, okay?
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I wanna retire this year whether we win the Open or not.
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The term should be retired from analysis.
Academic text (2015) -
After it was retired from the fleet, the government elected not to scrap it.
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In the 1990s, nine nuclear units retired prematurely in the US; see Table 1.
Academic text (2000) -
And Apple has announced that they are retiring the iPod as a discrete device.
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The airline decided to retire the old aircraft after years of service.
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The city plans to retire the outdated streetlights and replace them with energy-efficient models.
Synonyms
477
1.8
To get rid of something you do not want, for example by putting it in the bin
130
2.7
To throw something away because you no longer want or need it
31
4.2
To stop using something slowly over time
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6.3
To stop using something because you do not need it
22
6.5
To officially take a ship, factory, or machine out of use
5
2.0
To throw something away because you no longer want or need it
4
7.9
Mark a software feature as no longer recommended and likely to be removed
2
7.2
To stop a product or service gradually
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6.0
Make something no longer useful because something newer replaces it
To make something no longer useful when something newer replaces it
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Retire comes from the parts re- 'back' and tract 'pull' (think tractor). So to retire something is to 'pull it back' from use or service and stop using it.