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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : ree-treet |
| Phonetic Transcription : riˈtrit |
Definition of retreated
Origin :- c.1300, "a step backward;" late 14c., "act of retiring or withdrawing; military signal for retiring from action or exercise," from Old French retret, noun use of past participle of retrere "draw back," from Latin retrahere "draw back, withdraw, call back," from re- "back" (see re-) + trahere "to draw" (see tract (n.1)). Meaning "place of seclusion" is from early 15c.; sense of "establishment for mentally ill persons" is from 1797. Meaning "period of retirement for religious self-examination" is from 1756.
- verb pull back, go away
- Mrs. McKee knew herself routed, and retreated to the kitchen.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- As they retreated, many took refuge in the village of Jalalkot.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
- He went nearer to her, and as he did so, she retreated further into the shadow.
- Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
- But the British have retreated, you say, and there was a sortie from the fort?
- Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
- The driver closed the window again as he retreated, and they were alone.
- Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- Philip bowed and retreated to the door, followed obsequiously by his uncle.
- Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- Lucy Ann retreated before them into the house, and they all trooped in after her.
- Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
- Amelia had retreated, until she stood now with one hand on the table.
- Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
- I retreated, saying that I would not hear any secret from her.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 9 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- But he flung it wide open suddenly, and with a noise; then retreated.
- Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
Synonyms for retreated
- abandon
- avoid
- back
- back away
- back down
- back off
- back out
- backtrack
- beat it
- cave in
- decamp
- depart
- disengage
- draw back
- ebb
- elude
- escape
- evacuate
- evade
- fall back
- fold
- give ground
- go
- go along with
- go back
- hand over
- hide
- keep aloof
- keep apart
- lay down
- leave
- move back
- opt out
- pull out
- quail
- quit
- recede
- recoil
- reel
- regress
- relinquish
- resign
- retire
- retrocede
- retrograde
- reverse
- run
- seclude oneself
- sequester
- shrink
- start back
- turn tail
- vacate
- withdraw
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