What does defeat mean?
Definitions for defeat
dɪˈfitde·feat
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word defeat.
Princeton's WordNet
defeat, lickingnoun
an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest
"it was a narrow defeat"; "the army's only defeat"; "they suffered a convincing licking"
frustration, defeatverb
the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals
get the better of, overcome, defeatverb
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"
kill, shoot down, defeat, vote down, vote outverb
thwart the passage of
"kill a motion"; "he shot down the student's proposal"
Wiktionary
defeatnoun
The act of defeating or being defeated
defeatverb
To overcome in battle or contest.
Wellington defeated Napoleon at Waterloo.
defeatverb
To destroy, ruin, undo, lay waste to.
defeatverb
To nullify; to reduce, to nothing, the strength of.
Etymology: from desfait, from the verb desfaire des + faciō (to unmake).
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
DEFEATnoun
Etymology: from defaire, French.
End Marlb’rough’s work, and finish the defeat. Addison.
A king, upon whose life
A damn’d defeat was made. William Shakespeare, Hamlet.To Defeatverb
Etymology: from the noun.
Ye gods, ye make the weak most strong;
Therein, ye gods, ye tyrants do defeat. William Shakespeare, Jul. Cæsar.They invaded Ireland, and were defeated by the lord Mountjoy. Francis Bacon, on the War with Spain.
To his accusations
He pleaded still not guilty, and alleg’d
Many sharp reasons to defeat the law. William Shakespeare, Henry VIII.Death,
Then due by sentence when thou did’st transgress,
Defeated of his seizure, many days,
Giv’n thee of grace. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. i. l. 254.Discover’d, and defeated of your prey,
You skulk’d. John Dryden, Virg. Past. 3.He finds himself naturally to dread a superior Being, that can defeat all his designs, and disappoint all his hopes. John Tillotson.
Webster Dictionary
Defeatverb
to undo; to disfigure; to destroy
Defeatverb
to render null and void, as a title; to frustrate, as hope; to deprive, as of an estate
Defeatverb
to overcome or vanquish, as an army; to check, disperse, or ruin by victory; to overthrow
Defeatverb
to resist with success; as, to defeat an assault
Defeat
an undoing or annulling; destruction
Defeat
frustration by rendering null and void, or by prevention of success; as, the defeat of a plan or design
Defeat
an overthrow, as of an army in battle; loss of a battle; repulse suffered; discomfiture; -- opposed to victory
Etymology: [Cf. F. dfaite, fr. dfaire. See Defeat, v.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Defeat
de-fēt′, v.t. to frustrate: to ruin.—n. a frustration of plans: ruin: overthrow, as of an army in battle.—n. Defeat′ure (Spens.), defeat: disfigurement, disguise. [O. Fr. defait, defaire, to undo—L. dis, neg. facĕre, to do.]
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
defeat
This word expresses the complete want of success of an army; a repulse signifying less, and a rout more, than defeat.
defeat
To resist with success; as, to defeat an assault.
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'defeat' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3245
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'defeat' in Nouns Frequency: #1306
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'defeat' in Verbs Frequency: #623
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of defeat in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of defeat in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of defeat in a Sentence
It's important to understand on the Senate Judiciary Committee, I was leading the fight along with Jeff Sessions to defeat this bill, the Gang of Eight bill. As a result, I was introducing a whole series of amendments, in part, to demonstrate the hypocrisy of the Democrats.
Lack of respect for the dignity and humanity of fellow members of the Department of Defense is unacceptable and counter to unit cohesion, we will not excuse or tolerate such behavior if we are to uphold our values and maintain our ability to defeat the enemy on the battlefield.
It's a shame that the politics, the pendulum of our political system, has swung so far to the other direction that our President and others are not prepared to take some modest steps to defeat a genuine threat, not the fake threat that was exaggerated 10 years ago.
Vice President Biden talked about how nothing was going to defeat Vice President Biden. How whether Vice President Biden walked again or not, Vice President Biden was not going to give up.
The goal is to win at the Olympics in Tokyo and to be extremely good on D-Day, this defeat is a failure but it will show me what I have to work on. It's also a relief because I had been under tremendous pressure to always win for 10 years.
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Translations for defeat
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- اندحار, غلب, انكسار, هزم, هزيمةArabic
- паражэ́ннеBelarusian
- унищожение, разбивам, побеждавам, поражениеBulgarian
- vèncer, derrota, vencimentCatalan, Valencian
- porazit, porážkaCzech
- tab, overvinde, besejre, usejrDanish
- Niederlage, besiegen, niederringen, schlagenGerman
- νικώ, ήτταGreek
- venki, malvenkoEsperanto
- derrotar, anular, vencimiento, derrota, vencerSpanish
- lüüasaamine, võitmaEstonian
- شکست دادنPersian
- häviö, tappio, päihittää, voittaaFinnish
- ósigurFaroese
- vaincre, défaire, défaiteFrench
- maidhm, cloígh, briseadh, faigh an lámh in uachtar ar, díomua, buaigh arIrish
- callScottish Gaelic
- vencer, derrotar, bater, vencemento, derrotaGalician
- הביס, תבוסהHebrew
- हरनाHindi
- vereség, kudarc, legyőzHungarian
- պարտությունArmenian
- kekalahanIndonesian
- vinna, ósigur, tap, sigraIcelandic
- battere, fallimento, sconfitta, disfatta, insuccesso, sconfiggereItalian
- 負かす, 敗北, 挫折, やっつける, 倒すJapanese
- ឈ្នះ, ការឈ្នះ, ការចាញ់Khmer
- 지우다Korean
- clades, vincereLatin
- nugalėti, įveikti, sukautiLithuanian
- uzvarēt, sakāve, sakaut, uzveiktLatvian
- हरनेMarathi
- verslaan, nederlaag, overwinnenDutch
- nederlag, beseire, overvinneNorwegian
- vencir, vencement, vencimentOccitan
- pokonać, porażkaPolish
- derrotar, vencimento, derrota, vencerPortuguese
- llalliyQuechua
- învinge, înfrânge, bateRomanian
- поражение, побеждать, победить, разбивать, разбить, пораRussian
- porazSerbo-Croatian
- porážkaSlovak
- övervinna, nederlag, besegra, förlustSwedish
- ఓటమి, ఓటు, ఓడించుTelugu
- ความปราชัยThai
- yenmek, mağlup etmek, yenilgi, mağlubiyetTurkish
- пора́зкаUkrainian
- đánh bạiVietnamese
- באַזיגןYiddish
- 败Chinese
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