retired

«retired» in Mova's school dictionary: Retired describes a person who has stopped working… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (retired); verb past form of retire (retire, retires, retired, retiring)

meaning for a pupil

1) Retired describes a person who has stopped working, usually because they are older. tree →

2) (verb, past) Retired means stopped working for good. tree →

3) (formal) Retired can mean went to bed or went away to a quiet place. tree →

4) In sport, a player retired means stopped playing, sometimes because of injury. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life grandparents may be retired and get a pension. In stories «He retired to his room» means he went off quietly. In sport «retired hurt» means a player left the game injured. Phrases: a retired teacher, retired early, retired from.

examples

• My grandad is a retired teacher. tree →
• She retired from the police at sixty. tree →
• Nan has been retired for years and loves her garden. tree →
• (formal) After supper the guests retired to bed. tree →
• The batsman retired hurt. tree →
• The old ship was retired and turned into a museum. tree →
• My neighbour retired early and moved to the seaside. tree →
• Then he retired, without awaiting any reply from the princess. tree →

note

Past of «retire»; the noun is «retirement», a retired person is a «retiree» or «pensioner». «Retired» does not mean «tired again» — a common joke. Retired from a job, not «retired of».

In the corpora

• Some retired people miss the routine, their workmates and the feeling of being useful.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «retired» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.