# retreats

Pronunciation: say "ri-TREETS" /ɹɪˈtɹiːts/

## Noun

1. Plural of retreat. — plural of retreat
   - Simple: Plural of retreat. Use this form when talking about more than one.
   - _The company schedules its leadership retreats at a lodge in the mountains._
   - _Historians traced the army's hurried retreats across three separate campaigns._

## Verb

2. Third-person singular simple present of retreat. — third-person singular simple present indicative of retreat
   - Simple: Form of retreat used with he, she, it, or one person or thing.
   - _The glacier retreats a little farther up the valley each warm summer._
   - _Whenever the debate turns personal, she retreats into careful silence._

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