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retreat

retreat
Zelfstandig naamwoord
  • bocht in een rivier
  • withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation
"the religious retreat is a form of vacation activity"

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retreat
Zelfstandig naamwoord
  • tijdelijke afzondering
  • withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation
"the religious retreat is a form of vacation activity"

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retreat
Zelfstandig naamwoord
  • roversnest
  • an area where you can be alone

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retreat
Zelfstandig naamwoord
  • schuilplaats; haven voor noodgevallen; dat wat een toevlucht biedt
  • an area where you can be alone

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retreat
Zelfstandig naamwoord
    • (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"

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    retreat
    Zelfstandig naamwoord
      • the act of withdrawing or going backward (especially to escape something hazardous or unpleasant)

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      retreat
      Zelfstandig naamwoord
        • (military) a bugle call signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset

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        retreat
        Zelfstandig naamwoord
          • (military) a signal to begin a withdrawal from a dangerous position

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          retreat
          Zelfstandig naamwoord
            • a place of privacy; a place affording peace and quiet

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            to retreat
            Werkwoord
            • achteruit verplaatsen
            • pull back or move away or backward

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            to retreat
            Werkwoord
            • aftreden
            • pull back or move away or backward

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            to retreat
            Werkwoord
              • move away, as for privacy
              "The Pope retreats to Castelgondolfo every summer"

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              to retreat
              Werkwoord
              • teruggaan
              • move back

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              to retreat
              Werkwoord
              • intrekken, terugnemen
              • make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity

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              to retreat
              Werkwoord
              • achteruitschuiven
              • pull back or move away or backward

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              Voorbeeldzinnen

              1. The army had to retreat.
              2. They had no alternative but to retreat.
              3. The leader ordered the troops to retreat.
              4. The enemy behind us presently exists solely to cut off our retreat.
              5. BGB was planning to retreat only from those geographic markets in which it had not so far acquired considerable importance.
              6. On the other hand, should existing anti-dumping measures be repealed and new anti-dumping measures not be imposed, there will be further trade distortion which would lead to a progressive retreat of the Community industry from the market.