preretirement

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adjective

Occurring or existing before retirement, or in preparation for retirement.

Opposite
postretirement
OriginEnglish retirement ← Middle English pre- ← Latin prae- →
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Meanings

adjectivepreretirement (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOccurring or existing before retirement, or in preparation for retirement.

    The crux of the economists’ arguments was that financial services companies were overestimating the percentage of preretirement income needed to live well when no longer working.

    2007 March 17, Damon Darlin, “Some More Numbers to Juggle in Figuring Out Retirement”, in New York Times

    Antonyms: postretirement

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveOccurring or existing before retirement, or in preparation for retirement.

Opposite
postretirement

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  4. Proto-Italic*prai
  5. Proto-Italic*prai-
  6. Latinprae-
  7. Middle Englishpre-
  8. Englishpre-
  9. Englishretirement
  10. Englishpreretirement

From pre- + retirement.

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APA

preretirement. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preretirement

MLA

“preretirement.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preretirement. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “preretirement,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preretirement.

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