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rtd

rtd is the abbreviation of retired.

Meaning of retired

Adjective

retired (comparative more retired, superlative most retired)

  1. Secluded from society (of a lifestyle, activity etc.); private, quiet.
    • I lead a retired lifestyle.
  2. Of a place, far from civilization, not able to be easily seen or accessed; secluded.
    • The little stone Saint occupied a retired niche in a side aisle of the old cathedral.1910, ‘Saki’, “The Saint and the Goblin”, in Reginald in Russia
  3. Having left employment, especially on reaching pensionable age. (of people)
    • The retired workers are a major expense due to their pensions.
  4. No longer in use or production.
    • Following Jackie Robinson's success, his uniform number, 42, became a retired number across all major league teams.

Adjective capitalized: RTD

RTD (not comparable)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of ready-to-drink.

Noun capitalized: RTD

RTD (countable and uncountable, plural RTDs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of real-time detection.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of research and technological (or technical) development.
  3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of resonant-tunneling diode.
  4. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of resistance temperature device/detector.
  5. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of retard.
  6. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of round-trip delay.
  7. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of ready-to-drink.
    • RTDs cover a multitude of sips, including: “hard” or “spiked” teas, coffees, kombuchas and seltzers; […]. And although the sector was birthed in the ’30s by drinks like Campari Soda, and boomed in the ’90s with Bacardi Breezer and Smirnoff Ice, RTDs are now at a point of seemingly unsustainable...2022 July 4, Ben Schott, “Is There Anything That Gen Z Won’t Drink?”, in The Washington Post

Forms of rtd

pluralRTDs

Questions about rtd

What is rtd the abbreviation of?
Rtd is the abbreviation of retired.
What part of speech is rtd?
Rtd can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near rtd in the dictionary

  1. RTAF
  2. RTAs
  3. RTB
  4. RTC
  5. RTCs
  6. rtd
  7. RTDs
  8. RTE
  9. Rte.
  10. RTECS
  11. RTed

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rtd (page history and authors); RTD (page history and authors); retired (page history and authors). 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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