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 General (31 matching dictionaries)
- retreat: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
- retreat: Collins English Dictionary [home, info]
- retreat: Vocabulary.com [home, info]
- retreat, retreat: Macmillan Dictionary [home, info]
- retreat: Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, 11th Edition [home, info]
- Retreat, retreat: Wordnik [home, info]
- retreat: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary [home, info]
- Retreat: Wiktionary [home, info]
- retreat: Compact Oxford English Dictionary [home, info]
- retreat: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed. [home, info]
- retreat: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus [home, info]
- retreat: Dictionary.com [home, info]
- retreat (n.): Online Etymology Dictionary [home, info]
- Retreat, retreat: UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]
- retreat: Cambridge Dictionary of American English [home, info]
- retreat: Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms [home, info]
- Retreat (Buffy comic), Retreat (Cries My Heart), Retreat (Metrorail station), Retreat (The Rakes song), Retreat (military), Retreat (religious), Retreat (song), Retreat (spiritual), Retreat (survivalism), Retreat, The Retreat: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia [home, info]
- Retreat: Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
- retreat: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition [home, info]
- retreat: Rhymezone [home, info]
- retreat: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info]
- retreat: Webster's 1828 Dictionary [home, info]
- Retreat: 1911 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica [home, info]
- retreat: Free Dictionary [home, info]
- retreat: Mnemonic Dictionary [home, info]
- retreat: WordNet 1.7 Vocabulary Helper [home, info]
- retreat: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info]
- retreat: Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info]
- retreat: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations [home, info]
Art (1 matching dictionary)
- Retreat: Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary [home, info]
Business (4 matching dictionaries)
- Retreat: MoneyGlossary.com [home, info]
- retreat: INVESTORWORDS [home, info]
- retreat: Glossary of Legal Terms [home, info]
- retreat: Legal dictionary [home, info]
Computing (1 matching dictionary)
- retreat: Encyclopedia [home, info]
Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
- retreat: online medical dictionary [home, info]
Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
- RETREAT: Navajo Code Talkers' Dictionary [home, info]
- retreat: Idioms [home, info]
Slang (1 matching dictionary)
- Retreat: Urban Dictionary [home, info]
Sports (1 matching dictionary)
- retreat: Hickok Sports Glossaries [home, info]
Tech (1 matching dictionary)
- Retreat: Glossary of Coal Mining Terms [home, info]
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Quick definitions from WordNet (retreat)
▸ noun: (military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat ( "The disorderly retreat of French troops")
▸ noun: (military) a bugle call signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset
▸ noun: (military) a signal to begin a withdrawal from a dangerous position
▸ noun: a place of privacy; a place affording peace and quiet
▸ noun: withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation ( "A religious retreat")
▸ noun: an area where you can be alone
▸ verb: move away, as for privacy ( "The Pope retreats to Castelgondolfo every summer")
▸ verb: make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
▸ verb: pull back or move away or backward
▸ verb: move back
▸ Word origin
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