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/rɪˈtaɪr/ 
| present tense | |
| I/you/we/they | retire |
| he/she/it | retires |
| present participle | retiring |
| past tense | retired |
| past participle | retired |
- 2[intransitive] formal to leave a place, position, or way of life in order to go somewhere quieter or to live a less active life
The committee will now retire in order to discuss these issues.
retire from:At the age of 83, she finally retired from public life.
retire to:In the evenings, Lloyd retired to his study to write.
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