retired
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- adjective
- /rɪˈtaɪrd/
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jubilado
- After a long and fulfilling career, he finally decided to relax and enjoy life as a retired engineer.
- Retired Persons
- Retired Teachers Association
- retired officers
It was snowy field and he was a retired state trooper.
- It was snowy field and he was a retired state trooper.
- I know people who are retired, Kevin, and they are so happy.
- The Governor's bio was referring to him as a retired Command Sergeant Major.
- She's not very She's a retired school teacher.
- So he is a retired physicist, professor at UCSD.
- Turns out people who are retired don't like to hear that.
- I remember somebody telling me once that and he was a retired KGB officer.
- I hang out with all the people that are retired, too, that just left.
- He's quite fond of using Black Cube, the retired Mossad mercenaries.
- So, Tom Satterly, you were a command Sergeant major retired at Delta Force.
Examples
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Comparing officer and enlisted retirees, retired officers fare somewhat better.
Academic text (1994) -
I know people who are retired, Kevin, and they are so happy.
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I hang out with all the people that are retired, too, that just left.
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I attended a National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association meeting when she was in Congress.
Blog text (19) -
Yeah, I'm retired, but I work part time.
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Turns out people who are retired don't like to hear that.
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The fact that retired generals led two of the tickets competing in the July 5 election reinforced this view.
Academic text (2004) -
Retiree participants were members of the Retired Teachers Association or the American Association of Retired Persons.
Academic text (1995) -
AskTOP is a blog that connects you to a network of active and retired military leaders who answer your Army leadership questions.
Blog text (16) -
It is my great pleasure to welcome John Bentley, now retired from Bell Labs.
Antonyms
Compounds
An American organization that helps older people by giving advice and speaking for them
How Retired
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Retired comes from an old verb made with re- meaning 'back' and a word meaning 'to move away', and it shares the same idea as retreat, which means 'to go back'. So to be retired is to have 'moved away' from work into a quieter life.