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re·tired

(rĭ-tīrd′)

adj.

1. Withdrawn from one's occupation, business, or office; having finished one's active working life.

2. Received by a person in retirement: retired pay.

3. Withdrawn; secluded.

n. (used with a pl. verb)

Retired people considered as a group. Used with the.

re·tired·ly adv.

re·tired′ness n.

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retired

(rɪˈtaɪəd)

adj

1. (Industrial Relations & HR Terms)

a. having given up one's work, office, etc, esp on completion of the normal period of service: a retired headmistress.

b. (as collective noun; preceded by the): the retired.

2. withdrawn; secluded: a retired life; a retired cottage in the woods.

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re•tired

(rɪˈtaɪ^ərd)

adj.

1. withdrawn from an office, occupation, or career: a retired banker.

2. due or given a retired person: retired pay.

3. secluded or sequestered.

[1580–90]

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Adj.

retired - no longer active in your work or profession

inactive - not engaged in full-time work; "inactive reserve"; "an inactive member"

retired

adjective pensioned, former, in retirement, pensioned off, superannuated, ex- a seventy-three-year-old retired teacher

the retired retired people, pensioners, old people, the elderly, senior citizens, OAPs the skills and energies of the retired

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Translations

مُتَقاعِد

v důchodu

pensioneret

eläkkeellä oleva

umirovljen

hættur störfum, á eftirlaunum

pensionato a riposo

退職した

퇴직한

находящийся на пенсии

na dôchodku

upokojen

pensionerad

ปลดเกษียณ

emekli

đã về hưu

已退休的退休的

retired

[rɪˈtaɪəd] ADJ (from work, gen) → jubilado, retirado (esp Mil) → retirado
I've been retired since 1996 → me jubilé en 1996
a retired person → un jubilado/una jubilada
a lot of retired people come here → aquí vienen muchos jubilados

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

retired

[rɪˈtaɪə^rd] adj [person] → à la retraite, retraité(e)
She's retired → Elle est retraitée.
a retired teacher → un professeur à la retraite

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

retired

adj

(= no longer working) worker, employee → aus dem Arbeitsleben ausgeschieden (form); civil servant, military officer → pensioniert, im Ruhestand; soldier → aus der Armee ausgeschieden; he is retired → er arbeitet nicht mehr; (soldier) → er ist nicht mehr in der Armee; retired people → Leute, die im Ruhestand sind; a retired worker/teacher/soldier → ein Rentner/pensionierter Lehrer/ehemaliger Soldat; “occupation - retired” → „Beruf - Rentner/Pensionär/Veteran“

(= secluded) life → zurückgezogen

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retired

[rɪˈtaɪəd] adj

a. (no longer working) → in pensione, pensionato/a
a retired person → un(a) pensionato/a

b. (liter) (quiet, secluded) → ritirato/a, appartato/a

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retire

(riˈtaiə) verb

1. stop working permanently, usually because of age. He retired at the age of sixty-five.

2. to leave; to withdraw. When he doesn't want to talk to anyone, he retires to his room and locks the door; We retired to bed at midnight; The troops were forced to retire to a safer position.

reˈtired adjective

having stopped working. My father is retired now; a retired professor.

reˈtirement noun

1. the act of retiring from work. It is not long till his retirement.

2. a person's life after retiring from work. He's enjoying his retirement.

reˈtiring adjective

shy. a very quiet, retiring person.

retired

→ مُتَقاعِد v důchodu pensioneret pensioniert συνταξιούχος jubilado eläkkeellä oleva retraité umirovljen pensionato 退職した 퇴직한 gepensioneerd pensjonert emerytowany aposentado, reformado находящийся на пенсии pensionerad ปลดเกษียณ emekli đã về hưu 已退休的

retired

a. pp. de to retire, retirado-a; [from work] jubilado-a, retirado-a; [withdrawn] reservado-a; [secluded] alejado-a, apartado-a.

I'm retired → أَنا مُتَقَاعِدٌ → Jsem v důchodu → Jeg er pensioneret → Ich bin pensioniert → Έχω πάρει σύνταξη → Estoy jubilado → Olen eläkkeellä → Je suis à la retraite → Ja sam u mirovini → Sono in pensione → 私は定年退職しています → 퇴직했어요 → Ik ben met pensioen → Jeg er pensjonist → Jestem na emeryturze → Eu sou aposentado → Я на пенсии → Jag är pensionerad → Emekliyim → Tôi về hưu rồi → 我已退休

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