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retiring

/ɹəˈtaɪ(ə)ɹɪŋ/

retiring adjective: introverted, liking privacy and seclusion. Also the present participle and gerund of retire.

Adjective

retiring

  1. introverted, liking privacy and seclusion.
    • I don't really know him well, since he's so shy and retiring.
    • My uncle, as I can remember, was retiring in his disposition, scarcely ever visiting any one and not more frequently receiving any visitors.1861, E. J. Guerin, Mountain Charley, page 10

Noun

retiring (plural retirings)

  1. retirement
    • One day of those his retirings ^([sic]), giving out that he was sick, his father Antigonus came on the sudden to visit him, and met a fair dainty youth coming out of his chamber.1625, Francis [Bacon], Apophthegmes New and Old. […], London: […] Hanna Barret, and Richard Whittaker, […], →OCLC

Also used as

retiring is also the present participle and gerund of retire.

retiring meaning in Marathi, Telugu, Kannada and Nepali

retiring in Marathi

निवृत्त होत आहे, निवृत्त होत आहेत

retiring in Telugu

పదవీ విరమణ చేస్తున్నాం

retiring in Kannada

ನಿವೃತ್ತರಾಗುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾರೆ, ನಿವೃತ್ತಿಯಾಗುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾರೆ

retiring in Nepali

सेवानिवृत्त हुँदै

Examples of retiring in a sentence

  • She was with Acme for twenty years before retiring last fall.
  • After retiring, Bob and Judy moved to Arizona to live out their golden years.
  • Despite retiring, he still tries to keep a finger on the pulse of the industry.

All 36 example sentences with retiring

Forms of retiring

pluralretirings

Words formed from retiring

Phrases with retiring

Words that rhyme with retiring

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Questions about retiring

What does retiring mean?
Retiring means introverted, liking privacy and seclusion.
What is retiring in Marathi?
Retiring in Marathi is निवृत्त होत आहे, निवृत्त होत आहेत. See Retiring meaning in Marathi.
What part of speech is retiring?
Retiring can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce retiring?
Retiring is pronounced /ɹəˈtaɪ(ə)ɹɪŋ/.

Words near retiring in the dictionary

  1. retirer
  2. retirers
  3. retires
  4. retirest
  5. retireth
  6. retiring
  7. retiring room
  8. retiring rooms
  9. retiringly
  10. retiringness
  11. retirings

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Adapted from Wiktionary: retiring (page history and authors); retiring (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); retiring (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); retiring (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); retiring (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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