superannuates

Meaning of superannuates

verb, 3rd person present
  1. retire (someone) with a pension.
    his pilot's licence was withdrawn and he was superannuated

mid 17th century: back-formation from superannuated, from medieval Latin superannuatus, from Latin super- ‘over’ + annus ‘year’.

Information about superannuates

  • It is a verb.
  • The singular form of superannuates is: superannuate.
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Hyphenation of superannuates

su-per-an-nu-ates

  • It consists of 5 syllables and 13 chars.
  • superannuates is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables

superannuates synonyms

Meaning having left one's job and ceased to work:

retired

Meaning dismiss someone from employment, typically because of age or ill health, and pay them a pension:

pensioned

Meaning (of a person) old or ageing:

elderly

Meaning having lived for a long time; no longer young:

old

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