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📖 Определения и значения для слова retreat

📒 a movement away from a place or an enemy because of danger or defeat

  • Napoleon’s retreat from Moscow
  • The army was in full retreat (= retreating very quickly).
  • to sound the retreat (= to give a loud signal for an army to move away)

📒 an act of trying to escape from a particular situation to one that you think is safer or more pleasant

  • Is watching television a retreat from reality?
  • her retreat into a fantasy world of her own

📒 an act of changing a decision because of criticism or because a situation has become too difficult

  • The Senator made an embarrassing retreat from his earlier position.

📒 a quiet, private place that you go to in order to get away from your usual life

  • a country retreat
  • Camp David, the presidential retreat in Maryland
  • She plans to use it as a winter retreat.

📒 a period of time when somebody stops their usual activities and goes to a quiet place for prayer and thought; an organized event when people can do this

  • He went into retreat and tried to resolve the conflicts within himself.
  • He went on a Buddhist retreat.
  • He went into retreat at his country home to escape the attention of the media.

📒 to go away or back quickly, especially to avoid something unpleasant

  • I decided to beat a hasty retreat.
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