The meaning of Retired

verb

Break off (a meeting, legal case, or game) with the intention of resuming it later.

Usage examples:

The meeting was adjourned until december 4

verb

To rest or pause during a meeting or trial

Usage examples:

[ t ] they adjourned the meeting until after lunch., [ c ] there was a two-day adjournment in the t…

verb

To temporarily end a meeting or trial

Usage examples:

Adjourn for sth the meeting adjourned for lunch., adjourn a case/hearing/trial/inquest/meeting the …

verb

Leave a place suddenly or secretly.

Usage examples:

Now he has decamped to hollywood

verb

To leave suddenly and unexpectedly, usually without telling anyone

Usage examples:

He decamped from the hotel with someone else's luggage.

verb

Leave, especially in order to start a journey.

Usage examples:

They departed for germany

verb

To go away from a place, esp. on a trip

Usage examples:

The last flight to cleveland departs at 8 p.m., he shook hands and then departed., on the last show…

adjective

(of a person) old or ageing.

Usage examples:

An elderly relative

adjective

Old

Usage examples:

William is nearly 50, and his parents are elderly., the city is building new housing for the elderly.

adjective

(of the former holder of an office, especially a university professor) having retired but allowed to retain their title as an honour.

Usage examples:

Emeritus professor of microbiology

adjective

Previously in the stated job or position

Usage examples:

Murphy is professor emeritus of international relations at wellesley college.

noun

A way out of a building, room, or passenger vehicle.

Usage examples:

She slipped out by the rear exit

verb

Go out of or leave a place.

Usage examples:

He exited from the changing rooms

verb

Move out of or depart from

adjective

Having previously been a particular thing.

Usage examples:

Her former boyfriend

noun

A person or thing that forms something.

Usage examples:

An opinion-former

adjective

Of an earlier time, but not now

Usage examples:

The former president lives on his ranch., of the two suggestions, i prefer the former.

noun

Abbreviation for old age pensioner

adjective

Gone by in time and no longer existing.

Usage examples:

The danger is now past

noun

The time before the moment of speaking or writing.

Usage examples:

She found it hard to make ends meet in the past

preposition

To or on the further side of.

Usage examples:

He rode on past the crossroads

verb

Dismiss someone from employment, typically because of age or ill health, and pay them a pension.

Usage examples:

He was pensioned off from the army after the war

noun

A regular payment made by the state to people of or above the official retirement age and to some widows and disabled people.

Usage examples:

Also british

noun

A small hotel or boarding house in france and other european countries.

Usage examples:

Of course, it's a typical beautiful austrian small town with lots of pensions, hotels and restauran…

noun

A person who receives a pension, especially the retirement pension.

Usage examples:

As pensioners on fixed incomes, we were amazed at the sum involved and would like to warn others to…

noun

Someone who receives a pension, especially from the government, when they have retired

Usage examples:

The government unveiled their plans for lifting millions of uk pensioners out of poverty.

verb

Restore (something damaged, faulty, or worn) to a good condition.

Usage examples:

Faulty electrical appliances should be repaired by an electrician

noun

The action of repairing something.

Usage examples:

The truck was beyond repair

noun

Frequent or habitual visiting of a place.

Usage examples:

She exhorted repair to the church

noun

A person who has retired from employment.

Usage examples:

Retirees with large pensions

noun

A person who has stopped working in regular paid employment because of their age

Usage examples:

Most retirees underestimate their actual financial needs., the airline's pension fund has been payi…

noun

A person who is a specified number of years older than someone else.

Usage examples:

She was only two years his senior

adjective

Of or for older or more experienced people.

Usage examples:

Senior citizens

adjective

High or higher in rank or status.

Usage examples:

He is a senior finance ministry official

adjective

(of a post or employee) belonging to a superannuation scheme.

Usage examples:

She is not superannuated and has no paid holiday

verb

Retire (someone) with a pension.

Usage examples:

His pilot's licence was withdrawn and he was superannuated

adjective

Old, and almost no longer suitable for work or use

verb

Remove or take away (something) from a particular place or position.

Usage examples:

Ruth withdrew her hand from his

verb

Pull back or move away or backward

verb

To take something back, or to remove something

Usage examples:

[ t ] he asked that his name be withdrawn from nomination for a golden globe award., [ t ] democrat…