RETREAT
\ɹɪtɹˈiːt], \ɹɪtɹˈiːt], \ɹ_ɪ_t_ɹ_ˈiː_t]\
Definitions of RETREAT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"
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an area where you can be alone
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move away, as for privacy; "The Pope retreats to Castelgondolfo every summer"
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(military) a bugle call signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset
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(military) a signal to begin a withdrawal from a dangerous position
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a place of privacy; a place affording peace and quiet
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move back; "The glacier retrogrades"
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(military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat; "the disorderly retreat of French troops"
By Princeton University
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pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"
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an area where you can be alone
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move away, as for privacy; "The Pope retreats to Castelgondolfo every summer"
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(military) withdrawal to a more favorable position
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(military) a bugle call signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset
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(military) a signal to begin a withdrawal from a dangerous position
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a place of privacy; a place affording peace and quiet
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move back; "The glacier retrogrades"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The place to which anyone retires; a place or privacy or safety; a refuge; an asylum.
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The retiring of an army or body of men from the face of an enemy, or from any ground occupied to a greater distance from the enemy, or from an advanced position.
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The withdrawing of a ship or fleet from an enemy for the purpose of avoiding an engagement or escaping after defeat.
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A signal given in the army or navy, by the beat of a drum or the sounding of trumpet or bugle, at sunset (when the roll is called), or for retiring from action.
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A special season of solitude and silence to engage in religious exercises.
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A period of several days of withdrawal from society to a religious house for exclusive occupation in the duties of devotion; as, to appoint or observe a retreat.
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To make a retreat; to retire from any position or place; to withdraw; as, the defeated army retreated from the field.
By Oddity Software
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The place to which anyone retires; a place or privacy or safety; a refuge; an asylum.
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The retiring of an army or body of men from the face of an enemy, or from any ground occupied to a greater distance from the enemy, or from an advanced position.
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The withdrawing of a ship or fleet from an enemy for the purpose of avoiding an engagement or escaping after defeat.
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A signal given in the army or navy, by the beat of a drum or the sounding of trumpet or bugle, at sunset (when the roll is called), or for retiring from action.
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A special season of solitude and silence to engage in religious exercises.
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A period of several days of withdrawal from society to a religious house for exclusive occupation in the duties of devotion; as, to appoint or observe a retreat.
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To make a retreat; to retire from any position or place; to withdraw; as, the defeated army retreated from the field.
By Noah Webster.
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The act of with drawing or retiring; place of privacy; shelter; asylum; the retiring of troops from the face of an enemy; a bugle call which is a signal for retiring from an engagement, or to quarters.
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To go back or backward; withdraw to seclusion or to a place of safety; retire before an enemy.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A drawing back or retracing one’s steps: retirement: place of privacy: a place of security: a shelter: in the Catholic Church, a religious devotion observed by the clergy and ecclesiastical students, and usually lasting for a week, during which time prayer, exhortation, and meditation completely shut out worldly concerns: (mil.) the act of retiring in order from before the enemy, or from an advanced position: the signal for retiring from an engagement or to quarters.
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To draw back: to retire, esp. to a place of shelter or security: to retire before an enemy or from an advanced position.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [French] Act of retiring or withdrawing one’s self;—the place to which any one retires; place of seclusion or privacy: —place of safety or security;— the retiring of an army or body of men from the face of an enemy; the withdrawing of a ship or fleet from an enemy; retirement; solitude; asylum; shelter: refuge.
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