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superannuate

 
Dictionary: su·per·an·nu·ate   ('pər-ăn'yū-āt') pronunciation
tr.v., -at·ed, -at·ing, -ates.
  1. To allow to retire on a pension because of age or infirmity.
  2. To set aside or discard as old-fashioned or obsolete.

[Back-formation from SUPERANNUATED.]


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verb

  1. To remove from active service: pension (off), retire. Idioms: put out to pasture. See keep/release.
  2. To make or become obsolete: obsolesce, obsolete, outdate. See new/old, used/unused.

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to become retired; to become antiquated
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The verb has 4 meanings:

Meaning #1: retire and pension (someone) because of age or physical inability

Meaning #2: declare to be obsolete

Meaning #3: become obsolete

Meaning #4: retire or become ineligible because of old age or infirmity


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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - pensionere, lade gå med pension

Nederlands (Dutch)
met pensioen gaan, pensioneren, verouderen

Français (French)
v. tr. - mettre à la retraite

Deutsch (German)
v. - in Pension gehen, pensionieren

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - συνταξιοδοτώ (λόγω ορίου ηλικίας)

Italiano (Italian)
andare in pensione, mandare in pensione

Português (Portuguese)
v. - aposentar

Русский (Russian)
увольнять по старости, переводить на пенсию, стать переростком (о школьнике), исключать из школы как переростка, устареть, отжить свой век, отвергать (что-л.) как устаревшее, сдать в архив

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - jubilarse, pensionar, jubilar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - pensionera, avskeda, kassera, utrangera

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
使领养老金退休, 淘汰, 废弃, 解雇

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使領養老金退休, 淘汰, 廢棄, 解雇

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 고령때문에 퇴직시키다, 연금을 주어 퇴직시키다, 퇴학을 요구하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 退職させる, 時代遅れにする, 老齢のため退職させる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يحيل الى التقاعد , يصبح لاغيا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הוציא לגמלאות, פיטר‬


 
 
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