Meaning of defeat | Babel Free

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1. The act or instance of being defeated, of being overcome or vanquished; a loss.
   countable, uncountable
2. To overcome in battle or contest
3. The act or instance of defeating, of overcoming, vanquishing.
   countable, uncountable
4. To reduce, to nothing, the strength of
5. The act of defeating or the condition of being defeated:beating, drubbing, overthrow, rout, thrashing, vanquishment.
6. Frustration (by prevention of success), stymieing; (law) nullification.
   countable, uncountable
7. To nullify
8. to win a victory over. They defeated our team by three goals; We will defeat the enemy eventually. verslaan, oorwin, klop يَتَغَلَّب عَلى، يَفوز، يَقْهَر، يَهْزِم побеждавам derrotar porazit besiegen slå; besejre νικώvencer, derrotar (kedagi) võitma شکست دادن؛ مغلوب کردن voittaa battre לְהָבִיס हराना, विजय पाना potući, poraziti legyőz mengalahkan sigra sconfiggere 負かす 패배 시키다 nugalėti sakaut mengalahkan verslaanbeseire, vinne overpokonać ماتې وركول، نا اميده كول، برى موندل (پر): ويجاړول ورانول...
9. the loss of a game, battle, race etc. His defeat in the last race depressed him; We suffered yet another defeat. nederlaag هَزيمَه، إنْدِحار، إنْكِسار загуба derrota porážka die Niederlage nederlag ήτταderrota lüüasaamine, kaotus شکست؛ باخت tappio défaiteתבוסה हार, असफल करना poraz vereség kekalahan ósigur sconfitta 敗北 패배 pralaimėjimas sakāve kekalahan nederlaagtap, nederlagporażka بایلل derrota înfrângere поражение porážka poraz poraz nederlag, förlust ความพ่ายแพ้ yenilgi 戰勝，擊敗 поразка شکست s...
   etc
10. Destruction, ruin.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
11. To prevent (something) from being achieved
12. (negative undefeated). a defeated enemy. verslaan, oorwonne مَهْزوم، مَقْهور победен derrotado poražený besiegt slået; besejret ηττημένοςderrotado võidetud مغلوب؛ شکست خورده voitettu battu מוּבָס पराजित poražen, pobijeđen legyőzött dikalahkan sigraður sconfitto 負けた 패배한 nugalėtas sakauts dikalahkan verslagenslått, beseiret, overvunnetpokonany بایلل derrotado învins потерпевший поражение porazený poražen poražen besegrad, slagen ที่พ่ายแพ้ yenilmiş, mağlup 戰敗的 розбитий; той, що зазнав поразки ن...
    negative
13. The act or instance of being defeated, of being overcome or vanquished; a loss
14. a state of mind in which one expects and accepts defeat too easily. The defeatism of the captain affects the rest of the players. défaitisme, pessimisme إنْهِزامِيَّه пораженство derrotismo defétismus die Miesmacherei defatisme; selvopgivelse ηττοπάθειαderrotismo lüüasaamispoliitika شکست گرایی؛ یأس و بدبینی tappiomieliala défaitismeתבוסתנות पराजयवाद malodušnost kishitűség pesimisme uppgjafarandi disfattismo 敗北主義 패배주의 defetizmas, nesitikėjimas laimėti sakāvniecība pesimisme defaitismenederlags...
15. (of) a person who gives up too easily and is too easily discouraged. She is such a defeatist; She has a defeatist attitude to life. défaitis, pessimis, touopgooier إنْهِزامي пораженец derrotista der Miesmacher opgivende; defatist ηττοπαθήςderrotista allaandja شکست گرا؛ ناامید defaitisti défaitiste תְּבוּסתַן पराजयवादी malodušnik kishitű pesimis uppgjafarsinni disfattista 敗北主義者 패배주의자 pesimistinis sakāvnieks; pesimists; sakāvniecisks; pesimistisks orang yang berputus asa defaitistischselvoppgiv...
16. To do better than (another) in a competition or battle; win victory over; beat: "Whether we defeat the enemy in one battle, or by degrees, the consequences will be the same" (Thomas Paine).
17. To prevent the success of; thwart: Internal strife defeats the purpose of teamwork.
18. Law a. To frustrate the enforcement of (a motion, for example).
    Law
19. To dishearten or dispirit: The last setback defeated her, and she gave up.

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Examples

“Licking their wounds after a temporary defeat, they planned their next move.”

“Two defeats in five games coming into this contest, and a draw with Everton, ultimately cost Sir Alex Ferguson's side in what became the most extraordinary finale to the league championship since Arsenal beat Liverpool at Anfield in 1989.”

“The inscription records her defeat of the country's enemies in a costly war.”

“... is subsequently issued to him, in accordance with his perfect equity thus acquired, by a legal fiction which the law creates for the protection, but not for the defeat, of his title.”

“She could see no justice in being forced into a position that promised to end in further humiliation and defeat of her hopes.”

“and made defeat of her virginity”

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