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# retirement

noun (retirement, retirements)

«retirement» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Retirement is the time when a person stops working for good, usually because they are older. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retirement/#m1)
2. Retirement is the time of life after someone has stopped working. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retirement/#m2)
3. In sport, retirement is when a player stops playing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retirement/#m3)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retirement/#x1)
- We had a retirement party for our head teacher. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retirement/#x2)
- She took early retirement to travel the world. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retirement/#x3)
- The footballer announced his retirement. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retirement/#x4)
- Nan moved into a retirement home near the sea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retirement/#x5)
- People often save money for their retirement. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retirement/#x6)
- 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retirement/#x7)

### 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](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retirement/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«retirement» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/retirement.html) on Mova free.