Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to retreat
Participle: retreated
Gerund: retreating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | retreat |
| you | retreat |
| he;she;it | retreats |
| we | retreat |
| you | retreat |
| they | retreat |
Perfect
| I | have retreated |
| you | have retreated |
| he;she;it | has retreated |
| we | have retreated |
| you | have retreated |
| they | have retreated |
Past
| I | retreated |
| you | retreated |
| he;she;it | retreated |
| we | retreated |
| you | retreated |
| they | retreated |
Pluperfect
| I | had retreated |
| you | had retreated |
| he;she;it | had retreated |
| we | had retreated |
| you | had retreated |
| they | had retreated |
Future
| I | will retreat |
| you | will retreat |
| he;she;it | will retreat |
| we | will retreat |
| you | will retreat |
| they | will retreat |
Future Perfect
| I | will have retreated |
| you | will have retreated |
| he;she;it | will have retreated |
| we | will have retreated |
| you | will have retreated |
| they | will have retreated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | retreat |
| you | retreat |
| he;she;it | retreat |
| we | retreat |
| you | retreat |
| they | retreat |
Perfect
| I | have retreated |
| you | have retreated |
| he;she;it | have retreated |
| we | have retreated |
| you | have retreated |
| they | have retreated |
Imperfect
| I | retreated |
| you | retreated |
| he;she;it | retreated |
| we | retreated |
| you | retreated |
| they | retreated |
Pluperfect
| I | had retreated |
| you | had retreated |
| he;she;it | had retreated |
| we | had retreated |
| you | had retreated |
| they | had retreated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would retreat |
| you | would retreat |
| he;she;it | would retreat |
| we | would retreat |
| you | would retreat |
| they | would retreat |
Perfect
| I | would have retreated |
| you | would have retreated |
| he;she;it | would have retreated |
| we | would have retreated |
| you | would have retreated |
| they | would have retreated |
Imperative
| you | retreat |
| we | Let's retreat |
| you | retreat |
Verbs conjugated like 'retreat'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'retreat'
detreat,
pretreat,
retread,
cotreat,
detrect,
entreat,
estreat,
intreat,
recheat,
recreate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to withdraw from a position
- back away, back down, balk, beat a retreat, bug out, crawfish, decline, draw back, fall back, pull out, recede, regrade, retire, retrograde, revert, shrink, sound a retreat, turn tail, withdraw
- withdraw
- depart, recoil, retract, leave, abandon, disengage, evacuate
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1300, from O.Fr. retret, noun use of pp. of retrere "draw back," from L. retrahere "draw back," from re- "back" + trahere "to draw" (see tract (1)). Meaning "place of seclusion" is from 1423; sense of "establishment for mentally ill persons" is from 1797. The verb is first attested 1422.
2. From Middle English retret, from Old French retrait or retret, from Latin retractus, from retraho. Doublet of retract, retrait, and ritratto.
Sample Sentences
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[...] time seen the ideal presentment of this chamber which has since gratified me so much, but I observed that one of our friends who had made the arrangements for our voyage, turned pale on entering, retreated on the friend behind him, smote his forehead involuntarily, and said below his breath, ‘Impossible ! it cannot be!’ or words to that effect. He recovered himself however by a great effort, and [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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CHAPTER III The Husband and Father Mrs. Shelby had gone on her visit, and Eliza stood in the verandah, rather dejectedly looking after the retreating carriage, when a hand was laid on her shoulder. She turned, and a bright smile lighted up her fine eyes.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] After glancing at me for a moment, as if to be quite sure that I was serious in my respectful air, she sidled back some paces; sidled forward again; made a sudden skip (at which I precipitately retreated a step or two ); and said:
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] bringing them in with his own hands, and resisting, pertinaciously, all offers from the various servants to relieve him of them. He looked round the barroom with rather an anxious air, and, retreating with his valuables to the warmest corner, disposed them under his chair, sat down, and looked rather apprehensively up at the worthy whose heels illustrated the end of the mantel-piece, who was [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] our footsteps are heard upon the planks, a fat negress, particularly favoured by nature in respect of bustle, emerges from some dark stairs, and marshals my wife towards the ladies ’ cabin, to which retreat she goes, followed by a mighty bale of cloaks and great-coats. I valiantly resolve not to go to bed at all, but to walk up and down the pier till morning.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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Rosa suddenly retreated, and Topsy came forward and laid her offering at the feet of the corpse; then suddenly, with a wild and bitter cry, she threw herself on the floor alongside the bed, and wept, and moaned aloud.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ I say, all on ye, ” he said retreating a pace or two back, “ look at me,—look at me,—look me right in the eye,—_straight_, now ! ” said he, stamping his foot at every pause.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ What de devil you here for, den ? ” said the man, evidently cowed, and sullenly retreating a step or two. “ Didn't mean no harm, Misse Cassy ! ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ Don't you bring me any more of your devilish things ! ” said he, shaking his fist at Sambo, who retreated hastily towards the door; and, picking up the silver dollar, he sent it smashing through the window-pane, out into the darkness.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)