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How to pronounce retirement in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms retreat
Type of withdrawal
Type Words
Type of position, status
Derivation retire
Type Words
Type of conclusion, ending, termination
Has types hibernation, rustication
Derivation retire

Examples of retirement

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Agosto and Belbin announced their retirement from competitive skating last June.
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Incentives also will be offered those five years from retirement to leave early.
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Snow is now fighting to have his medical benefits and retirement pay reinstated.
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Let's review how each option could mix with the rest of your retirement savings.
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Just over one-quarter of Vanguard's assets are linked to these retirement plans.
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In the past few years, the pressure on retirement has gotten dramatically worse.
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As he was nearing retirement, they got to live in England for a couple of years.
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Those who did often had midlevel jobs on Wall Street or were nearing retirement.
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The two men distrusted each other thereafter until Stanton's retirement in 1973.
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More examples
  • The state of being retired from one's business or occupation
  • Withdrawal from your position or occupation
  • Withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation; "the religious retreat is a form of vacation activity"
  • (retire) go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position; "He retired at age 68"
  • (retire) withdraw: pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"
  • (retire) withdraw from circulation or from the market, as of bills, shares, and bonds
  • Retirement is the point where a person stops employment completely (or decides to leave the labor force if he or she is unemployed). A person may also semi-retire by reducing work hours. ...
  • The retirement of a Beanie Baby or a product from any line of Ty Inc., the manufacturer of Beanie Babies and other lines of collectibles, is its withdrawal from production. This has occurred in varying amounts of time following its introduction, depending on Ty's goals for that particular item. ...
  • An act of retiring, or the state of being retired; withdrawal; seclusion; as, the retirement of an officer; the portion of one's life after retiring from one's career; : A place of seclusion or privacy; a place to which one withdraws or retreats; a private abode