NOUN:
1. A movement away from danger or a confrontation, back along the original route.
2. A withdrawal from a position or point of view to one intended to lessen conflict.
3. A withdrawal of military forces following a defeat or preceding a change of position.
4. A signal, usually a bugle call or drumbeat, telling soldiers to perform a retreat.
5. A period of quiet rest and contemplation in a secluded place.
6. A quiet secluded place where people go for rest and privacy.
7. A place where people or animals go to avoid danger or capture.
8. A place for the long-term care and treatment of people who are incapable of caring for themselves.
9. Period of seclusion: A period away from normal activities, devoted to prayer and meditation, often spent in a religious community.
VERB:
1. To move back away from danger or a confrontation.
2. To withdraw from a position or point of view to one intended to lessen conflict.
3. To withdraw following a defeat or prior to a change of position.
4. To recede or fall back from a previous position
when the glaciers retreated.
5. To move a chesspiece back to an earlier position.
NOUN:
1. The bear had the hunters in full retreat.
2. Their retreat from a previously inflexible position.
3. The american army retreated.
4. The general ordered retreat.
5. An hour of retreat.
6. A safehouse or sanctuary.
7. Like I said: a sanctuary.
8. A retreat hospital.
VERB:
1. They retreated back into the house.
2. They fled to the river.
3. They retreated back from the enemy.
4. Run like hell.
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1. Beg somebody: To ask earnestly or beg somebody to do something.
2. Beg for something: To ask urgently for something.
It's pretty much the same as
implore.
1. I beseech you to think again.
2. Beseeching their aid.
1. Dark and gloomy: Lacking light or brightness and producing a dull, dark, or melancholy atmosphere.
2. Dark in color: Having a color or tone that is dark, dull, or suitable for a serious mood or occasion.
3. Serious and melancholy: Marked by or conveying strict seriousness combined with sadness or a troubled state of mind.
NOTE: Somber is the Canadian and UK spelling of this word. The American version is 'sombre'. The word originated from the Dutch word 'somber', which means about the same.
A somber song, depressing and without variety.
1. A fee charged for instruction at a school or university.
2. Teaching: instruction, especially when given individually or in a small group.
Like private schools or home teaching, tuition is charged. It isn't for free.
An official count of the population, carried out every 10 years. It includes details on every member of a household, e.g. name, age, occupation and place of birth.
Census is done every 10 years.
Short for Value Added Tax.
VAT is the tax put on products.
1. Restrict: To limit the power of something or somebody to act independently.
2. Enclose within geometric shape: To draw one geometric figure around another so that they touch at every corner vertex (corner) of the enclosed figure or at every side of the enclosing figure without cutting across each other.
To circumscribe someone.
