how to pronounce retirement

/ɹɪˈtaɪə.mənt/

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retirement is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of retirement in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… first president until his retirement in …”

meaning of retirement

Retirement is the process of leaving one's job or career in order to live a life of leisure.

retirement frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word retirement occurs in english on average 34.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.