0 to leave your job or stop working because of old age or ill health:
1 to leave a room or group of people and go somewhere quiet or private:
2 to leave your job or stop working because of having reached a particular age or because of ill health, or to cause someone or something to stop being employed or used:
3 to leave a room or group of people and go somewhere quiet or private:
4 to leave your job or stop working, usually because of your age or ill health:
5 if an employer retires an employee, they make the employee leave their job, usually because they are near the age at which they would normally stop working, or because they are ill:
6 to pay back a debt or loan completely:
7 to take a machine or piece of equipment out of use because it is old and no longer useful:
Most female models have to retire around the age of 25, whereas a well-preserved man can go on working into his forties.
He'll get £50 000 from the company when he retires, which is a tidy sum.
She became Emeritus Professor of Linguistics when she retired.
While some retired to a comfortable country-scholar life, others devoted themselves to research and education.
Much of the research on retirement has focused on loss of identity and self-esteem by the retiring individual.
Figure 9 illustrates what such a system might look like for those retiring in 2018.
中文繁体
停止工作, 退休, 退職…
More中文简体
停止工作, 退休, 退职…
MoreEspañol
jubilarse, retirarse…
MorePortuguês
aposentar-se…
More日本語
退職する…
MoreTürk dili
emekli olmak, emekliye ayrılmak, yalnız…
MoreFrançais
prendre sa retraite, se retirer, partir…
MoreCatalan
jubilar-se…
More