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semiretirement en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Latin sēmi-bor. English semi- English retirement English semiretirement From semi- + retirement.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable, usually) A state of partial retirement, working only part-time or occasionally
    • In 1957, tired of traveling on the concert circuit and beginning to experience insecurity about memorization, Reisenberg went into semiretirement. 2009 January 5, Anthony Tommasini, “Reopening a Pianist's Treasury of Chopin”, in New York Times:

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