retirement
noun (retirement, retirements)
Everyday
- Retirement is the time when a person stops working for good, usually because they are older. tree →
- Retirement is the time of life after someone has stopped working. tree →
- In sport, retirement is when a player stops playing. tree →
In the lessons
In everyday life a person gets a pension in retirement and may enjoy hobbies or grandchildren. A retirement party says goodbye to someone leaving work. In maths problems people save money for retirement. Phrases: take early retirement, retirement age, retirement home.
Examples
- Grandpa enjoys his retirement by fishing every day. tree →
- We had a retirement party for our head teacher. tree →
- She took early retirement to travel the world. tree →
- The footballer announced his retirement. tree →
- Nan moved into a retirement home near the sea. tree →
- People often save money for their retirement. tree →
- As for the Hippogriff, he accepted the position of the King's Own Rocking Horse--a situation left vacant by the retirement of the wooden one. tree →
Note
Noun from «retire». Usually uncountable; countable when talking about separate events (several retirements). A retirement home is a place where older people live with some help.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «retirement» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «retirement» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
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