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defeat

Noun CEFR B1 Frequent

dɪˈfiːt

Definitions

The act or instance of being defeated, of being overcome or vanquished; a loss.
countable, uncountable
To overcome in battle or contest
The act or instance of defeating, of overcoming, vanquishing.
countable, uncountable
To reduce, to nothing, the strength of
The act of defeating or the condition of being defeated:beating, drubbing, overthrow, rout, thrashing, vanquishment.
Frustration (by prevention of success), stymieing; (law) nullification.
countable, uncountable
To nullify
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...
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
Destruction, ruin.
countable, obsolete, uncountable
To prevent (something) from being achieved
(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
The act or instance of being defeated, of being overcome or vanquished; a loss
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...
(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...
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).
To prevent the success of; thwart: Internal strife defeats the purpose of teamwork.
Law a. To frustrate the enforcement of (a motion, for example).
Law
To dishearten or dispirit: The last setback defeated her, and she gave up.

Conjugation

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Equivalents

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Afrikaansverslaan

العربيةالهزيمة اندحار انهزامغلب مغلوبية هزم هزيمة

Azərbaycan diliməğlubiyyət yenmək

Беларускаяпаражэнне перамага́ць перамагчы́

Българскипобедя побеждавам

বাংলাহারা হারানো

Bosanskibate curo porazslom пораз слом

Catalàbatre derrota derrotardesfeta vèncer venciment

Češtinaanulovat nátěr porážetporazit porážka vítězit vítězství zvítězit

Cymraegcuro gorchfygu maeddutrechu

Danskbesejre nederlag overvinde

Ελληνικάαποτυχία ήττα καταρρέωματαιώνω νικώ συντριβή συντρίβω τσακίζω

Esperantomalvenko venki

Eestikaotus lüüasaamine võitma

Euskaragaraitu porrot

فارسیشکست دادن مغلوب کردن

Suomihäviö kumota mitätöidäpäihittää poistaa tappio työhäviö voittaa voitto

Gaeilgeclóigh

Gàidhligmì-bhuaidh

Galegobater derrota desfeitavencer

עבריתהֵבִיס תבוסה

हिन्दीख़म ज़क जीतनाधर्षण पछाड़पराजय भंग मात शिकस्त हराना हार

Hrvatskibate curo porazslom пораз слом

Magyarlegyőz megsemmisít vereség

Հայերենհաղթել պարտություն

Bahasa Indonesiakekalahan mengalahkan

Íslenskasigra vinna

Italianobattere disfatta sconfiggeresconfitta vincere

日本語やっつける倒す儡打倒打破敗北負かす負け贁蹶

ქართულიდამარცხება

Қазақ тіліжеңіліс

ភាសាខ្មែរការចាញ់ឈ្នះ

한국어격파 이기다 짐패 패배 패배시키다 패전

Kurdîhezîmet شکست

Кыргызчажеңилиш

Latinaincommodum kadamitas stragesvinco

Lietuviųnugalėti

Latviešusakāve uzvarēt

Malagasyfaharesena

Te Reo Māorihinga hinganga

Македонскипобеди победува поразпорази поразува

Монголдийлэх ялагдал ялах

Bahasa Melayukekalahan

မြန်မာအရှုံး

नेपालीपराजित गर्नु हराउनु

Nederlandsnederlaag overwinnen verslaan

Polskiklęska pokonać pokonywaćporażka

Portuguêsderrota derrotar vencer

Românăbate înfrânge înfrângereînvinge

Русскийпобедить побеждать поражатьпоражение поразить разбивать разби́ть

Shqiphumbje mund

Српскиbate curo porazslom пораз слом

Svenskabesegra nederlag övervinna

தமிழ்இழப்பு தோற்கடி தோல்வி

తెలుగుఓడించు

ไทยการปราชัย ความปราชัย ชนะปราชัย ปราบ เอาชนะ

Türkçebozgun hezimet mağlubiyetmağlup etmek yenilgi yenmek

ئۇيغۇرچەمەغلۇبىيەت

Українськаперемага́ти перемогти́поражатипоразити пора́зка про́граш

اردوشکست ہار

Tiếng Việtđánh bại 勝

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”

CEFR level

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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