RETIRE vs ADJOURN: NOUN
- The act of retiring; withdrawal.
- Retreat, especially in war.
- Retirement; withdrawal into privacy or seclusion; hence, a state of retirement.
- A place of retirement or withdrawal.
- The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; also, a place to which one retires.
- A call sounded on a bugle, announcing to skirmishers that they are to retire, or fall back.
- Repair; resort.
- N/A
RETIRE vs ADJOURN: VERB
- Lose interest
- Cause to be out on a fielding play
- Cause to retire
- Withdraw from circulation or from the market, as of bills, shares, and bonds
- Make (someone) retire
- Withdraw from active participation
- Dispose of; as of old clothes
- Go to bed in order to sleep
- Break from a meeting or gathering
- Move back and away from
- Pull back or move away or backward
- Go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position
- Break from a meeting or gathering
- Close at the end of a session
- To postpone.
- Temporarily ending an event with intentions to complete it at another time or place.
- Of an event: To end or suspend
RETIRE vs ADJOURN: INTRANSITIVE VERB
- To cause (the opposing team) to end a turn at bat.
- To go to bed.
- To cause to withdraw from one's usual field of activity.
- To withdraw from use or active service.
- To withdraw from one's occupation or position, especially upon reaching a certain age; stop working.
- To take out of circulation.
- To withdraw from a public station, or from business.
- To move away or withdraw, as for rest or seclusion.
- To fall back or retreat, as from battle.
- To pay off.
- To lead (troops, for example) away from action; withdraw.
- To recede; to fall or bend back.
- To retreat from action or danger; to withdraw for safety or pleasure.
- To go back or return; to draw back or away; to keep aloof; to withdraw or retreat, as from observation; to go into privacy
- To put out (a batter).
- To suspend business for a time, as from one day to another, or for a longer period, or indefinitely; usually, to suspend public business, as of legislatures and courts, or other convened bodies
- To move from one place to another.
- To suspend proceedings to another time or place.
- To suspend until a later stated time.
RETIRE vs ADJOURN: TRANSITIVE VERB
- To withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used reflexively.
- To withdraw from circulation, or from the market; to take up and pay
- To cause to retire; specifically, to designate as no longer qualified for active service; to place on the retired list.
- To put off or defer to another day, or indefinitely; to postpone; to close or suspend for the day; -- commonly said of the meeting, or the action, of convened body
RETIRE vs ADJOURN: OTHER WORD TYPES
- In the law of negotiable instruments: To take up (a bill or note) from a prior transferee and thereafter hold (it) with all remedies intact: said of an indorser.
- To withdraw; separate; abstract.
- To retire (a bill or note) by taking (it) up at maturity, with all remedies on it extinguished: said of an acceptor.
- To draw back; take or lead back; cause to move backward or retreat.
- To take away; withdraw: remove.
- Dispose of (something no longer useful or needed)
- Cause to get out
- Prepare for sleep
- Go into retirement
- To lead apart from others; bring into retirement; remove as from a company or a frequented place into seclusion: generally with a reflexive pronoun.
- To slope back; recede; retreat.
- Specifically, to go to bed.
- To withdraw from business or active life.
- To withdraw; go away or apart; depart; especially, to betake one's self, as from a company or a frequented place, into privacy; go into retirement or seclusion; in the army or navy, to go voluntarily on the retired list.
- To draw back; fall back; retreat, as from battle or danger.
- To draw back; go back; return.
- To recover; redeem; regain by the payment of a sum of money; hence, specifically, to withdraw from circulation by taking up and paying: as, to retire the bonds of a railway company; to retire a bill.
- Specifically, to remove from active service; place on the retired list, as of the army or navy.
- Synonyms and To depart, recede. See retreat.
- To put off or defer, properly to another day, but also till a later period indefinitely.
- Specifically To suspend the meeting of, as a public or private body, to a future day or to another place; also, defer or postpone to a future meeting of the same body: as, the court adjourned the consideration of the question.
- To suspend a sitting or transaction till another day, or transfer it to another place: usually said of legislatures, courts, or other formally organized bodies: as, the legislature adjourned at four o'clock; the meeting adjourned to the town hall.
RETIRE vs ADJOURN: RELATED WORDS
- Hit the sack, Pension off, Go to bed, Go to sleep, Crawl in, Kip down, Hit the hay, Move back, Put out, Pull back, Pull away, Recede, Retreat, Adjourn, Withdraw
- Discontinue, Cancel, Interrupt, Terminate, Shelve, Suspend, Delay, Postponement, Defer, Postpone, Adjournment, Break up, Retire, Withdraw, Recess
RETIRE vs ADJOURN: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Pension, Leave, Resign, Quit, Retirement, Fall back, Sack out, Move back, Go to sleep, Go to bed, Put out, Pull back, Pull away, Recede, Adjourn
- Deferment, Halt, Waive, Break, Deferred, Cancel, Interrupt, Terminate, Shelve, Suspend, Delay, Defer, Adjournment, Break up, Retire
RETIRE vs ADJOURN: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- Please retire if the rope is beyond repair.
- And that change may happen once you retire.
- Maintain comprehensive worker information from hire to retire.
- So, how much do you need to retire?
- How We Determined the Best Places to Retire.
- In retire the retire the proceeds to be used to bonds given to the RFC.
- NEED to retire early they are CHOSING to retire early.
- If you decide that you want to retire, but only to retire from teaching, you have plenty of options.
- After this love scene, Deckard wants to retire with Rachael, not retire her.
- You can retire an asset, partially retire an asset, or retire a group of assets.
- I move that the Debate do now adjourn.
- Motion to adjourn, ST, second DB, so voted.
- To adjourn the meeting, the president or other officer makes a motion to adjourn, the motion requires a second, and then the board votes.
- Board, but a lesser number may adjourn the meeting from time to time until a quorum is obtained, or may adjourn sine die.
- Bob said with no other business, need to make a motion to adjourn the meeting, Nate motioned to adjourn and Dana seconded.
- The motion to adjourn should be distinguished from a resolution to adjourn both houses of Congress.
- ADJOURN There being no further business, motion by Meehlhause, seconded by Rivera, to adjourn the meeting.
- Adjourn A motion to adjourn was made by Bernie Erickson and seconded by Ron Antonneau.
- Important Dates Motion Meeting Adjourn That the Board of Directors Adjourn.
- ADJOURN Director Gilbert made a motion to adjourn the meeting.
RETIRE vs ADJOURN: QUESTIONS
- Will Hayao Miyazaki ever retire from making movies?
- When did Jorg Albertz retire from professional football?
- Why did Christian Christensen retire from Parliament?
- When did Fabianski retire from international football?
- Should retirees retire where their grandchildren live?
- What percentage of aircraft mechanics retire early?
- Why did Mbokani retire from international football?
- Should you retire internationally for good weather?
- What rank do you retire at if you voluntarily retire?
- When did Neil Armstrong retire and why did he retire?
- When is a motion to adjourn considered a privileged motion?
- Who has the power to adjourn the Lok Sabha sine die?
- When does a court grant time and adjourn a hearing?
- When might a corporate board adjourn a meeting sine die?
- When does the court have to adjourn for a RJ hearing?
- When does the South Carolina General Assembly adjourn sine die?
- Why was Judge Berman forced to adjourn the Patel case?
- Why is it important to adjourn the House of Representatives?
- When did the House of Representatives adjourn in 1874?
- What time does the Senate adjourn in December 2021?