retired professor

collocation in English

meaningsofretiredandprofessor

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retired
adjective
uk
/rɪˈtaɪəd/us
/rɪˈtaɪrd/
If someone is retired, they have stopped working permanently, usually because ...
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professor
noun[C]
uk
/prəˈfes.ər/us
/prəˈfes.ɚ/
a teacher of the highest rank in a department of a British university, or a teacher of high rank in an American university ...
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(Definition ofretiredandprofessorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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That invitation comes from aretiredprofessorof materia medica.
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One of the things that happens to you when you are aretiredprofessoris that you perhaps see more of your students.
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I am a member of the all-party group on autism, and my father is a recentlyretiredprofessorof paediatrics.
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He is currently aretiredprofessorfrom three different institutes of technology and universities.
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He is aretiredprofessor, critic, biographer, editor, translator, journalist, orator, social activist and humanist.
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This allows theretiredprofessorto keep the title professor for life.
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The authors are retired professors of demography, and they start the central section of the book by defining the meanings of their discipline and uses of its terminology.
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A pair of retired professors of literature and maths, respectively, who offer to teach the girls.
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Her grandparents were retired professors who lived in a professors hostel in the university.
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This title is also given to retired professors who continue to teach and to be listed; they may also draw a very large percentage of their last salary as pension.
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The forum has access to campus facilities, despite attempts by local anti-hate campaigners to evict it, due to a university policy allowing retired professors to host meetings on campus.
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