# retired

Pronunciation: US say "ri-TY-urd" /ɹɪˈtaɪəɹd/; UK say "ri-TY-uhd" /ɹɪˈtaɪəd/

## Adjective

1. Having permanently left paid work, especially after reaching the age for a pension.
   - Simple: No longer working at a job, usually because of age.
   - _The retired teacher volunteers at the local library twice a week._
   - _After forty years on the force, she is finally retired._
2. Taken out of active service or no longer being produced.
   - Simple: No longer used or made anymore.
   - _The team raised the retired jersey number to the rafters._
   - _Several retired locomotives are preserved at the railway museum._
4. Withdrawn from society; private and quiet, as a way of life or activity.
   - Simple: Quiet and private, away from other people.
   - _He spent his later years in retired contemplation, seeing few visitors._
   - _Their retired existence in the countryside suited her love of solitude._
5. Of a place, far from settled areas and not easily seen or reached; secluded.
   - Simple: Far from towns and people, hidden and hard to reach.
   - _The monastery stood in a retired corner of the hills, miles from any road._
   - _They built their home in a retired spot far from the highway._

## Verb

3. Simple past and past participle of retire. — simple past and past participle of retire
   - Simple: Past tense of retire. Use this form for something that already happened.
   - _He retired after thirty years at the factory._
   - _The general had retired before the war broke out._

## Origin

Formed from the verb "retire" with the suffix "-ed".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/retired (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).