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# retiring

«retiring» in Mova's school dictionary: **Adjective: shy and quiet; not liking to be noticed: a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (retiring); also the -ing form of retire (retire, retires, retired, retiring)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Adjective: shy and quiet; not liking to be noticed: a retiring person. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retiring/#m1)

2) Verb form: stopping work because of age: My grandad is retiring next month. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retiring/#m2)

3) Verb form (formal): going to bed, or going away to a quiet place. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retiring/#m3)

4) Verb form (sport): leaving a race or game early, often from injury. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retiring/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In stories «a shy, retiring girl» describes someone quiet. In everyday life people retire from work, often in their sixties, and get a pension. «Retiring age» is the age people stop work. In cricket a batter may «retire hurt».

### examples

- Our retiring head teacher got a big card from every class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retiring/#x1)
- She was a quiet, retiring child who loved books. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retiring/#x2)
- Grandma is retiring and plans to travel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retiring/#x3)
- The guests are retiring to bed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retiring/#x4)
- The driver is retiring from the race with a flat tyre. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retiring/#x5)
- The retiring age is going up in many countries. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retiring/#x6)
- The last sound Peter heard before he was quite alone were the mermaids retiring one by one to their bedchambers under the sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retiring/#x7)

### note

Noun: retirement; a person who retired: a retiree, a pensioner (UK). Do not confuse «retiring» (shy) with «tiring» (making you tired).

### In the corpora

- [Retiring means stopping paid work for good, usually in your sixties, and living on a pension and savings.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «retiring» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retiring/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.