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Retire Pronunciation

Pronounce Retire as R EH T IY R EH.

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    Retire phonetic transcription:

    When you start learning English, it's important to become familiar with the typical sounds of the language. The best way to do this is by studying phonetics. Below is the UK transcription for the word 'retire'. Get the right phonetic representation for any word using our free Phonetic Transcription Tool.

    • Traditional IPA representation of retire: /rɛtɪrɛ/
    • Modern IPA representation of retire: /rɛtɪrɛ/

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    List of meaning for retire

    to withdraw from a place

    retire(verb)

    go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position

    "He retired at age 68"

    retire, withdraw(verb)

    withdraw from active participation

    "He retired from chess"

    withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back(verb)

    pull back or move away or backward

    "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"

    retire(verb)

    withdraw from circulation or from the market, as of bills, shares, and bonds

    adjourn, withdraw, retire(verb)

    break from a meeting or gathering

    "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library"

    retire(verb)

    make (someone) retire

    "The director was retired after the scandal"

    retire(verb)

    dispose of (something no longer useful or needed)

    "She finally retired that old coat"

    retire, withdraw(verb)

    lose interest

    "he retired from life when his wife died"

    put out, retire(verb)

    cause to be out on a fielding play

    retire, strike out(verb)

    cause to get out

    "The pitcher retired three batters"; "the runner was put out at third base"

    go to bed, turn in, bed, crawl in, kip down, hit the hay, hit the sack, sack out, go to sleep, retire(verb)

    prepare for sleep

    "I usually turn in at midnight"; "He goes to bed at the crack of dawn"

    to go to one's bed in order to sleep

    I'm exhausted, so I think I'll retire for the evening

    to let go from office, service, or employment

    as a part of its restructuring, the company has begun to retire its older employees

    to move back or away (as from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable)

    the insurgents have retired to the outskirts of the city, but appear to be readying themselves for another offensive

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    retire in sentence

    1. Trying to teach the scampering 5-year olds in the hustle and bustle of a boisterous kindergarten classroom would cause any teacher to retire early.

    2. I am working hard now so I can retire and live the latter part of my life on the beach.

    3. After several hours of drinking and socializing, the debutante decided to retire to her bedroom.

    4. If the fighter remains victorious, he will retire from boxing having never lost a fight.

    5. With the ecologist in agreement, the elephant’s trainer pushed the circus to retire the exhausted beast to a better atmosphere.

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    Quotes and sayings containing the term retire

    Having success every level of the way, each time it felt like another smile inside of The Dutchess '' singer, and another kind of exhale, like,' wow, I can retire my mom,' and' wow, I can build my dad a house.' Just different things that I can help out with and with the family.

    – The Dutchess '' singer

    China believes in having their animals retire back in their country, or be repatriated, so Bai Yun and Xiao Liwu are now going back home to China.

    – Dallas Dumont

    We're going to have to retire the word 'unprecedented' during Trump's presidency, it's becoming the new normal. And disgraceful, of course.

    – Larry Sabato

    Don't simply retire from something have something to retire to.

    – Harry Emerson Fosdick

    We rarely find anyone who can say he has lived a happy life, and who, content with his life, can retire from the world like a satisfied guest.

    – Horace

    The cost of care is dramatically outpacing what the country is putting into research, arthritis can rob people of their lives, and as a leading cause of disability, it is why people retire and go into assisted living, and it's a dramatic cost to our national economy. We can't fix health care if we can't fix arthritis.

    – Guy Eakin

    Therefore I decided in agreement with the chancellery that I will ask the president to retire him.

    – Justice Minister Heiko Maas

    It is with an element of sadness but a lot of pride that I have decided to retire from the Socceroos, playing for my country in the sport I love has been an amazing experience and something I have cherished but never taken for granted.

    – Veteran Australia midfielder Mark Bresciano

    He told me in 2012 that with the money he had he could retire and we would be able to live comfortably for the rest of our lives, [The show] is not about money. That's about promoting himself -- his fame.

    – Elizabeth Kennedy

    I believe that all of us ought to retire relatively young.

    – Fidel Castro, Playboy Interview - January 1967

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