How to use retired in a sentence. If someone is retired, they have stopped working permanently, usually because of age Withdrawn from or no longer occupied with one's business or profession. See examples of retired used in a sentence. Stop working permanently, usually because of age. There are 12 meanings listed in oed's entry for the word retired, four of which are labelled obsolete
See ‘meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. To (cause to) give up or withdraw from a job or career, usually because of age [no object] dad retired from the fire department [~ + object] the navy decided to retire the old battleship.
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