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postretirement

postretirement adjective: occurring after the moment or event of retiring (retirement), during the period or era of retirement.

Adjective

postretirement (not comparable)

  1. Occurring after the moment or event of retiring (retirement), during the period or era of retirement.
    • It was not a situation that Rahlves, 34, one of the most accomplished World Cup downhill racers in American skiing history, would have imagined for his postretirement career.2008 January 27, Matt Higgins, “For Rahlves, No Longer Man Against Mountain”, in New York Times
    Antonyms:
    preretirement

Antonyms of postretirement

Origin of postretirement

From post- + retirement.

Questions about postretirement

What does postretirement mean?
Postretirement means occurring after the moment or event of retiring (retirement), during the period or era of retirement.
What part of speech is postretirement?
Postretirement is an adjective.

Words near postretirement in the dictionary

  1. postresuscitative
  2. postretinal
  3. postretinally
  4. postretiree
  5. postretirees
  6. postretirement
  7. postretraction
  8. postretrieval
  9. postrevascularization
  10. postrevival
  11. postrevolution

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