retire
/rɪˈtɑɪər/ v [I/T] (STOP WORKING)Definition
› to leave your job or stop working because of having reached a particular age or because of ill health, or to cause someone or something to stop being employed or used: [I] He worked in television after retiring from baseball. [I] I’ll be retiring soon. [T] The aircraft was retired in 1990. retired /rɪˈtɑɪərd/ adj [not gradable] › He is a retired airline pilot.
(Definition of retire v (STOP WORKING) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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