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1. (v.t.) defeat
to overcome in a contest; vanquish.
2. defeat
to frustrate; thwart.
3. defeat
to deprive of something expected:
to defeat one's hopes.
4. defeat
Law. to annul.
5. (n.) defeat
the act of overcoming in a contest.
6. defeat
an instance of defeat; setback.
7. defeat
an overthrow or overturning; downfall; abolition.
8. defeat
Archaic. destruction; ruin.
Etymology: (1325–75; ME < AF, OF desfait, ptp. of desfaire to undo, destroy < ML disfacere= L dis-dis-1+facere to do)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) defeat, licking
an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest
"it was a narrow defeat"; "the army's only defeat"; "they suffered a convincing licking"
2. (verb) frustration, defeat
the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals
3. (verb) get the better of, overcome, defeat
win a victory over
"You must overcome all difficulties"; "defeat your enemies"; "He overcame his shyness"; "He overcame his infirmity"; "Her anger got the better of her and she blew up"
4. (verb) kill, shoot down, defeat, vote down, vote out
thwart the passage of
"kill a motion"; "he shot down the student's proposal"
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1. (verb) defeat
to win a game, war, election, etc.; = beat
Brazil defeated Mexico, 3-1.; easily defeated by the Romans
2. defeat
to stop from succeeding or working
an effort to defeat the treaty
3. (noun) defeat
failure to win
their 5-4 defeat of the Red Sox; a battle that ended in defeat for the French
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. Defeat
an undoing or annulling; destruction
2. Defeat
frustration by rendering null and void, or by prevention of success; as, the defeat of a plan or design
3. Defeat
an overthrow, as of an army in battle; loss of a battle; repulse suffered; discomfiture; -- opposed to victory
4. (verb) Defeat
to undo; to disfigure; to destroy
5. (verb) Defeat
to render null and void, as a title; to frustrate, as hope; to deprive, as of an estate
6. (verb) Defeat
to overcome or vanquish, as an army; to check, disperse, or ruin by victory; to overthrow
7. (verb) Defeat
to resist with success; as, to defeat an assault
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Sense: to win a victory over
They defeated our team by three goals; We will defeat the enemy eventually.
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 Afrikaans: verslaan, oorwin, klop |
 Arabic: يَتَغَلَّب عَلى، يَفوز، ي |
 Bulgarian: побеждавам |
 Brazilian: derrotar |
 Czech: porazit |
 German: besiegen |
 Danish: slå; besejre |
 Greek: νικώ |
 Spanish: vencer, derrotar |
 Estonian: (kedagi) võitma |
 Farsi: شکست دادن؛ مغلوب کردن |
 Finnish: voittaa |
 French: battre |
 Hebrew: לְהָבִיס |
 Hindi: हराना, विजय पाना |
 Croatian: potući, poraziti |
 Hungarian: legyőz |
 Indonesian: mengalahkan |
 Icelandic: sigra |
 Italian: sconfiggere |
 Japanese: 負かす |
 Korean: 패배 시키다 |
 Lithuanian: nugalėti |
 Latvian: sakaut |
 Malay: mengalahkan |
 Dutch: verslaan |
 Norwegian: beseire, vinne over |
 Polish: pokonać |
 Persian: شکست دادن؛ مغلوب کردن |
 Pashto: ماتې وركول، نا اميده كول، |
 Portuguese: derrotar |
 Romanian: a obţine o victorie; a |
 Russian: наносить поражение |
 Slovak: poraziť |
 Slovenian: premagati |
 Serbian: poraziti |
 Swedish: besegra, slå |
 Thai: เอาชนะ |
 Turkish: yenmek |
 Taiwanese: 戰勝，擊敗 |
 Ukrainian: розбивати; завдавати пора |
 Urdu: ہرانا |
 Vietnamese: đánh bại |
 Chinese: 战胜，击败 |
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