Word: retreated
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: re
trea
ted
Definition: Simple past tense and past participle of retreat; withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat
Morphemes:
Affix: retreat
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Withdrawal by military force from a dangerous position or from enemy attack.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: retractus
Language: la
Decoded: retractus
PoS: Participle
Meaning: withdrawn
Affix: -ed
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form past tenses of (regular) verbs. In linguistics, it is used for the base form of any past form. See -t for a variant.