retreat
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: board-games
chess
games
government
military
politics
war
Etymology: From Middle English retret, from Old French retrait or retret, from Latin retractus, from retraho. Doublet of retract, retrait, and ritratto.
Inflected forms:
form: retreats
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: retreats
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: retreating
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: retreated
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: retreated
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: The act of pulling back or withdrawing, as from something dangerous, or unpleasant.
pos: noun
examples: In a retreat he outruns any lackey.
gloss: The act of pulling back or withdrawing, as from something dangerous, or unpleasant.
pos: noun
gloss: The act of pulling back or withdrawing, as from something dangerous, or unpleasant.
pos: noun
examples: The general opted for a swift retreat because he saw his troops were vastly outnumbered.
gloss: A peaceful, quiet place affording privacy or security.
pos: noun
examples: a mountain retreat
"[…] But come, Lady, we are too near the mouth of the cavern; let us seek its inmost recesses. […]" "Though all your actions are noble, […] is it fitting that I should accompany you alone into these perplexed retreats? Should we be found together, what would a censorious world think of my conduct?"
[…] he built his son a house of pleasure, on purpose to keep him out of harm's way; and spared neither art nor cost to make it a delicious retreat.
That pleasing shade they sought, a soft retreat / From sudden April showers, a shelter from the heat.
In a large bedroom upstairs, the window of which was thickly curtained with a great woollen shawl lately discarded by the landlady, Mrs. Rolliver, were gathered on this evening nearly a dozen persons, all seeking vinous bliss; all old inhabitants of the nearer end of Marlott, and frequenters of this retreat.
When Herbert Kochta first thought about designing a five-star alpine hotel just outside the Bavarian town of Berchtesgaden, a mere 300 yards from the ruins of the Berghof, Adolf Hitler's mountain retreat, the veteran Munich architect knew he could conceptualize a hotel on a hill in either of two ways.
gloss: A peaceful, quiet place in which to urinate and defecate: an outhouse; a lavatory.
pos: noun
tags: euphemistic
obsolete
rare
gloss: A period of retirement, seclusion, or solitude, especially for meditation, prayer, or study.
pos: noun
examples: We both need a week retreat after those two stressful years working in the city.
a Buddhist retreat
a company retreat
Obviously she is trying to blend in at the über–bachelor party that is the GoJo corporate retreat in Norway.
For example, Steve Jobs used to run an annual retreat for what he considered the 100 most important people at Apple, and these were not the 100 people highest on the org chart.
gloss: A signal for a military withdrawal.
pos: noun
gloss: A bugle call or drumbeat signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset, as on a military base.
pos: noun
examples: to-morrow the Royal Standard will be hoisted at Edinburgh Castle from reveille to retreat.
gloss: A military ceremony to lower the flag.
pos: noun
gloss: The move of a piece from a threatened position.
pos: noun
gloss: To withdraw from a position, go back.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To withdraw from a position, go back.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The general refused to order his soldiers to retreat, despite being vastly outnumbered.
gloss: To shrink back due to generally warmer temperatures. (of a glacier)
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To slope back.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: a retreating forehead
His face was a fair weakness, his chin retreated, and his hair lay in crisp, almost flaxen curls on his low forehead; his eyes were rather large, pale blue, and blankly staring.
Synonyms: back away
back down
balk
beat a retreat
bug out
crawfish
decline
fall back
draw back
pull out
recede
regrade
retire
retreat
retrograde
revert
roll back
shrink
sound a retreat
turn tail
withdraw
Antonyms: advance
charge
gain ground
forge ahead
lunge
storm
engage
fight
hold one's ground
stand one's ground
deadlock
draw
stand off
tie
Related words: retract
Derived words: beat a hasty retreat
beat a retreat
beat retreat
Beat Retreat
counterretreat
in retreat
managed retreat
reretreat
retreatal
retreatant
retreatful
retreatism
retreatist
retreatlike
Rural Retreat
duty to retreat
retreatingness
unretreating
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: تَرَاجُع
roman: tarājuʕ
lang: Arabic
word: اِنْسِحَاب
roman: insiḥāb
lang: Armenian
word: նահանջ
roman: nahanǰ
lang: Azerbaijani
word: geriyə çəkilmə
lang: Azerbaijani
word: geriçəkilmə
lang: Belarusian
word: адступле́нне
roman: adstupljénnje
lang: Belarusian
word: адступле́ньне
roman: adstupljénʹnje
lang: Belarusian
word: вы́вад
roman: vývad
lang: Bulgarian
word: отстъпле́ние
roman: otstǎplénie
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 後退 /后退
roman: hòutuì
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 退卻 /退却
roman: tuìquè
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 撤退
roman: chètuì
lang: Czech
word: ústup
lang: Dutch
word: terugtocht
lang: Dutch
word: aftocht
lang: Dutch
word: terugtrekking
lang: Esperanto
word: retiriĝo
lang: Finnish
word: perääntyminen
lang: French
word: retraite
lang: German
word: Rückzug
lang: Greek
word: υποχώρηση
roman: ypochórisi
lang: Hungarian
word: visszavonulás
lang: Indonesian
word: mundur
lang: Italian
word: ritirata
lang: Italian
word: arretramento
lang: Italian
word: ripiegamento
lang: Japanese
word: 後退
roman: kōtai
lang: Japanese
word: 退却
roman: taikyaku
lang: Japanese
word: 撤退
roman: tettai
lang: Korean
word: 후퇴
roman: hutoe
lang: Korean
word: 퇴각
roman: toegak
lang: Korean
word: 철수
roman: cheolsu
lang: Latin
word: recessus
lang: Macedonian
word: повлекување
roman: povlekuvanje
lang: Māori
word: taui
lang: Māori
word: tauitanga
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: retrett
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: tilbaketrekking
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: tilbaketrekning
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: retrett
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: tilbaketrekking
lang: Persian
word: عقبنشینی
roman: 'aqab-nešini
lang: Polish
word: odwrót
lang: Polish
word: wycofanie
lang: Portuguese
word: retirada
lang: Romanian
word: retragere
lang: Russian
word: отступле́ние
roman: otstuplénije
lang: Russian
word: вы́вод
roman: vývod
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: повла́че̄ње
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: povláčēnje
lang: Slovak
word: ústup
lang: Slovene
word: umik
lang: Spanish
word: retirada
lang: Spanish
word: repliegue
lang: Tajik
word: ақибнишинӣ
roman: aqibnišini
lang: Turkish
word: geri çekilme
lang: Ukrainian
word: ві́дступ
roman: vídstup
lang: Ukrainian
word: ви́ведення
roman: vývedennja