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Results for: "retreat"

Translating from English to Japanese

Translations:

retreat — to withdraw military forces
→ 退却する (taikyaku suru)
→ 後退する (kōtai suru)
retreat — act of pulling back or withdrawing
→ 後退 (kōtai)
→ 退却 (taikyaku)
→ 撤退 (tettai)

More translations:

retreat
→ 退く
retreat
→ 引っ込む
retreat
→ 退却
retreat
→ 退却合図
retreat
→ 黙想会

English definitions WordNet

NOUN 7

  1. (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”

  2. a place of privacy; a place affording peace and quiet

  3. (military) a signal to begin a withdrawal from a dangerous position

Show 4 more meanings

  1. (military) a bugle call signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset

  2. an area where you can be alone

    Synonymshideaway

  3. withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation

    • “the religious retreat is a form of vacation activity”
    Synonymsretirement

  4. the act of withdrawing or going backward (especially to escape something hazardous or unpleasant)

VERB 4

  1. pull back or move away or backward

    • “The enemy withdrew”
    • “The limo pulled away from the curb”
    Synonymswithdrawpull awaydraw backrecedepull backretiremove back

  2. move away, as for privacy

    • “The Pope retreats to Castelgondolfo every summer”

  3. move back

    • “The glacier retrogrades”
    Synonymsretrograde

  4. make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity

    • “We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him”
    • “He backed out of his earlier promise”
    • “The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns”
    Synonymspull backback outback awaycrawfishcrawfish outpull in one's hornswithdraw