retire

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position
  2. verb withdraw from active participation
  3. verb pull back or move away or backward

Etymology

From Middle French retirer (“draw back”), from Old French retirer, built from re- (“back”) + tirer (“draw, pull”), the latter from Vulgar Latin *tīrāre, of highly uncertain origin.

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