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单词 defeat
释义
defeat1 noundefeat2 verb
defeatde‧feat1 /dɪˈfiːt/ ●●● W3 noun [countable, uncountable] Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • After his third successive election defeat he decided to retire from politics.
  • an election defeat
  • In the last game of the season they suffered a humiliating defeat, losing 7-0 to Real Madrid.
  • It was the Christian Democratic Party's fourth successive electoral defeat.
  • Mr Taylor blamed bad publicity for his defeat by Mr Jones.
  • Scotland's defeat of Spain
  • She retired from the sport after suffering a series of humiliating defeats.
  • the defeat of Napoleon at the battle of Waterloo
  • The captain offered no excuses for his team's humiliating defeat.
  • The New York Times described the withdrawal of troops as a resounding defeat for the government.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • A strike is a defeat - a defeat for all.
  • But they knew that it was a humiliating defeat.
  • In previous decades this would signify certain defeat for the revolution.
  • Once broken through, the door was not closed again until the defeat of the Huns at Chalons-sur-Marne in 451.
  • Religious grumbles continued, but the Government's only serious defeat was over equal pay for women teachers.
  • The Bob Jones issue was one of the keys to Bush's equally stunning defeat in Michigan only three days later.
  • They came back from the defeat in Texas to take the next four games.
  • They would wipe out the shame of their ignominious defeat!
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorto beat someone in a game, competition, election etc
to get more points, votes etc than an opposing team or political party: · Do you think the Socialists will beat the Liberals in the election?· Brazil beat Italy in the final.· Lewis was a tough boxer, and a hard man to beat.beat somebody at something: · My Father used to let me beat him at chess.beat somebody by 20 points/5 seconds/50 votes etc: · The Swedish runner beat the Canadian by just under two seconds.beat somebody 3-1/84 to 61/etc: · The Red Sox beat the Yankees 6-3.
especially written to get more points, votes etc than an opposing team, person, or political party. Defeat is more formal than beat .: · For the sixth consecutive year, Oxford defeated Cambridge today in the annual boat race.· Polk of California was defeated by a Democratic challenger in the last election.defeat somebody by 20 points/two goals to one etc: · Sanchez defeated Dornan by just 984 votes.
especially British, spoken to defeat an opponent or team in a game - use this especially about opponents or teams of a similar ability: · She's determined not to let Smith, her fiercest rival, get the better of her.
to easily beat your opponent in a game, especially when people were not expecting you to: · I thought I might beat Tracy at tennis but she was more than a match for me.· The Russian president has once again proved more than a match for his political adversaries.
to beat someone very easily in a game, competition, election etc
informal to completely beat someone in a game, competition, election etc: · Wow, the Raiders just slaughtered the Seahawks again.· The party strategy was to form an alliance to crush the communists.
informal also cream American spoken to beat someone very easily in a game, competition, election etc: · We've been clobbered twice now by Central High's basketball team.· Chicago hammered Boston in an away game on Saturday.· "How'd the game go?" "We creamed 'em!"
especially British to beat an opposing team or political party easily and completely: · The Australians have once again routed the English cricket team.
informal to defeat someone completely in an argument or competition: · I'd think twice before I started a fight with him - he'd wipe the floor with me!
to play much better than an opponent or team in a game and beat them easily: · Ohio outplayed Michigan, especially in the fourth quarter, winning by 14 points.
to defeat an enemy in war
to completely defeat an enemy's army because your armed forces are much larger, have better equipment etc: · The army was well-trained and well-armed, and had little difficulty defeating the rebels.heavily defeat: · The Republicans were heavily defeated in the Spanish Civil War.
to completely defeat an enemy's army because your armed forces are much larger, have better equipment etc: · Napoleon's army was strong enough to overwhelm nearly any potential enemy.· With its greatly superior technology, the government forces completely overwhelmed the rebels.
to completely defeat an enemy's army in a war and to destroy all their armed forces: · After a long and bloody battle the army succeeded in annihilating Seged's forces.· In 1945 Japan was helpless, with its military power annihilated.
to completely defeat an enemy's army in battle: · The general was killed and his armies were routed in a magnificent cavalry charge.
to cause the final defeat of an enemy, especially after a long war, so that they are too weak to fight back: · The disastrous Battle of the Boyne finally brought the Catholics to their knees.· After years of trench warfare, the Kaiser's army had finally been brought to its knees.
to completely defeat the armed forces of an enemy country, with the result that you have complete control over it: · Sailors travelled to the New World with the urge to conquer and explore.· Julius Caesar conquered Gaul, which we know today as France.
to beat someone by using your intelligence
to get an advantage over someone that you are fighting or competing against, by using clever tricks and planning rather than by force: · We can't fight them. We'll just have to try and outsmart them.· None of the thieves wanted to admit that they had been outwitted by a couple of teenagers.
also be too smart for especially American if you are too clever or too smart for someone, they have tried to trick you but you realized what they were doing and stopped them succeeding: · Molly tried to hide the presents but the children were too clever for her and found them within minutes.
when someone is beaten
a situation in which a person, army, political party etc is defeated: · After his third successive election defeat he decided to retire from politics.suffer a defeat: · In the last game of the season they suffered a humiliating defeat, losing 7-0 to Real Madrid.
a situation in which a person, army, political party etc is easily defeated: · The game was a rout, with the home team winning by 10 goals to nil.
a situation in which a person, team, political party etc is defeated badly: · Gramm's drubbing by Davis in the California primary has badly hurt his campaign.take a drubbing: · The Lions took a drubbing from the Eagles last night, losing 58-37.
to lose a game, argument, election, war etc
to lose a game, competition, fight, or war: · I always lose when I play tennis with my sister.lose a game/fight/election etc: · Everyone expected the Democrats to lose the election.· The Chicago Bears lost their eighth game in a row (=they lost eight games, one after the other).lose to: · England lost to Brazil in the final.· He lost his title unexpectedly to a man who is virtually unknown outside boxing circles.lose 3-2/by 1 goal/by 10 votes/by 20 points etc: · The Springboks lost by only three points to the All Blacks.· The match was lost 3 to 1.lose somebody the game/competition/election etc (=be the reason that someone lost): · Many people think that the Democrats' tax policies lost them the election.
to lose a game, competition, or race, often by a large amount or when you were expecting to win: · In 37 fights, Lewis has only been beaten once.· Jake sure doesn't like being beaten.be beaten by: · The Barbarians were beaten in the quarter-finals by the Korean side.get beaten: · We always seems to get beaten when we play in Europe.
to lose an important or difficult battle, election, or game: · Government forces took control of the town after the rebel forces were defeated.be defeated by: · Last night, the Raiders were defeated by a superior team.be badly/heavily/decisively defeated (=be very badly defeated): · He ran for Congress last year, but was decisively defeated.be narrowly defeated (=to lose but be very close to winning): · The Democratic Party was narrowly defeated in the general election, and will form a coalition with the Congress party.
when a person, team, or army is defeated in a game, competition, election, battle etc: · It was the Christian Democratic Party's fourth successive electoral defeat.defeat of: · the defeat of Napoleon at the battle of Waterloosomebody's defeat of somebody (=the fact that one person or team defeats another): · Scotland's defeat of Spainsomebody's defeat by somebody (=the fact that one person or team is defeated by another): · Mr Taylor blamed bad publicity for his defeat by Mr Jones.a crushing/humiliating/resounding defeat: · The captain offered no excuses for his team's humiliating defeat.· The New York Times described the withdrawal of troops as a resounding defeat for the government.suffer a defeat: · She retired from the sport after suffering a series of humiliating defeats.
if a very good player, team etc meets their match , they are beaten by an even better player, team etc, especially after a long period during which they were never beaten: · She's a good player but she'll meet her match when she plays Sara.meet your match in: · I slowly started to realize I had met my match in Nigel.
to lose very badly in a game of football, tennis etc: · `I hear you took a bit of a beating last night.' 'Yeah, we lost 12 -2.'
to stop trying to win
to stop playing, fighting, or trying to succeed because you know you will lose, especially after you have struggled to succeed for a long time: · The four climbers were eventually forced to admit defeat when weather conditions made it impossible to continue.· She simply refuses to accept defeat, no matter how bad things seem.
to stop playing, fighting, arguing etc because you know that you are not good enough to win: · Marie's stubborn, and she doesn't give in easily.give in to: · I figured if we gave in to them this time, they'd be back for another fight. · In the end, I had to give in to dad -- he's usually right anyway.
to officially say that you want to stop fighting in a war because you realize that you cannot win: · Finally, on April 16th, the enemy surrendered.surrender to: · 19 rebels hiding in the Czech embassy surrendered to the authorities.
to admit that you are not going to win a battle, argument, or game because you are not strong enough or good enough to win: · Eventually, the chairman was forced to concede and announce his resignation.· "Sam, you have to apologise to her" -- "I know," Sam conceded grudgingly.concede defeat (=admit you are defeated): · Matthew kept on arguing his point, unwilling to concede defeat.concede that: · Environmentalists concede that it will not be easy to persuade car drivers to use their vehicles less often.concede to: · We both had a point, but neither of us would concede to the other.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYverbs
(=be defeated)· The party suffered a defeat in the state elections.
(=defeat someone, especially easily)· The army inflicted a heavy defeat on the English.
· If I left my job, I would be admitting defeat.
· It can be very hard to accept defeat.
(=formally accept that you have lost in a game, election etc)· His opponent conceded defeat.
(=be likely to be defeated)· In May 1945 Germany faced defeat at the hands of the Allies.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + defeat
(also a heavy defeat British English) (=by a large amount)· The polls were forecasting a heavy defeat for the president.
(=a complete defeat, by a very large amount)· He quit as prime minister following a crushing defeat in regional elections.
(=very embarrassing)· They are still bitter about their humiliating defeat.
(=very big, and with a very bad result)· The party suffered a disastrous defeat in the 2006 election.
(=by a small amount)· The goalkeeper was blamed for the team’s narrow defeat.
· It was their worst general election defeat since 1982.
· The president resigned following a series of military defeats.
British English (=very unexpected)· Arsenal are now out of the competition, following their shock defeat by Torquay Town.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
 Silence is often interpreted as an admission of guilt.
· The survivors of his defeated army settled in Provence.
 In May 1949, Stalin conceded defeat and reopened land access to Berlin.
 Liverpool crashed to their worst defeat of the season.
 The Eighth Army had suffered a crushing defeat.
· The party suffered a devastating defeat in the local election.
 Many species are doomed to extinction.
· He became prime minister after a decisive election victory.
· We will never defeat our enemies unless we stop fighting each other.
 England’s heavy defeat in yesterday’s match
 a humiliating defeat
 The motion was defeated by 201 votes to 159.
· She came within three points of defeating her opponent.
 He would prefer not to risk another embarrassing defeat. Some people are prepared to risk imprisonment for what they believe.
 His extraordinary run of successes has been stopped.
· The team has now suffered five successive defeats.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· Swindon have suffered three consecutive defeats.· The Dukes are coming off a 73-69 loss to La Salle Monday, their fifth consecutive defeat.
· Formby suffered a crushing 10 wicket defeat at home to local rivals Southport.
· Members of congress increasingly came to believe that they could insulate themselves against electoral defeat by assiduous attention to constituency casework.· Carter suffered the worse electoral defeat of any incumbent President ever, including Herbert Hoover in 1932.
· He assailed other reactionary regimes sanctified by Napoleon's final defeat, prior to which he toured the Continent.· They could delay, but not prevent, the final defeat.· Sometimes you have to fail to become a winner and we did with League Cup final defeats to Leeds and Swindon.· He wanted to weep at this final defeat, but he was too tired for that.
· Tranmere Rovers went nap in front of their biggest gate of the season to inflict a heavy defeat on promotion chasing West Ham.· The Bears have had two of their scheduled fixtures washed out and suffered a heavy defeat at Edinburgh.· That junior may have to pay for the victory with a heavy defeat in the future.· After his party's heavy defeat in the subsequent general election, Ellis stayed on as chief whip.· Treloar defeated Hammer in an earlier round and, in the final, they inflicted a heavy 184-87 defeat on Eagles.
· But they knew that it was a humiliating defeat.· Politicians did not relish a repeat performance of the humiliating defeat they had suffered over the suspension and repeal of the acts.· It's always a good laugh watching him getting increasingly irritated with the interviewer after a humiliating defeat.· It was a humiliating defeat for Callaghan.· The referendum was a humiliating defeat for the unpopular Mr Khasbulatov.· But a humiliating defeat at Bradford last Sunday had the Leeds fans spitting fury in radio phone-ins.· The next levy proposed by Wolsey met with an even more humiliating defeat.· The vicious personal attack on him by Ernets Bevin and his humiliating defeat made it impossible for him to remain as leader.
· The military defeat of Taylor appeared increasingly to be the only option for an end to the conflict.· And even when revolution or military defeat should have opened eyes, distorted versions of reality survive.· The new municipal councils worked only where troops were stationed and with military defeat the system collapsed.
· His inexcusable public blame of goalkeeper Eachus for the narrow defeat against Nicosia, when interviewed for television on arrival at Aldergrove.· Old Parkonians suffered the narrowest of defeats against Tattenhall in the third round of the Cheshire Cup yesterday.
· They suffered three successive defeats and it seemed their little party at the top was over.· Three successive defeats, the latest at Stirling, mean Hawick's worst League start.· The Gills were staring at a second successive defeat in the final with just seven minutes of extra time remaining.· They hit a good League run after the Cup knock-out, before two successive defeats checked their progress.· Bears have suffered five successive defeats, including a 47-43 home defeat by Peterborough last week.· Arsenal's second successive league defeat left them eight points behind the leaders and with a considerably inferior goal difference.· This was Wimbledon's eighth successive league defeat.· Darren Bazeley scored the Watford goals for Blackburn's fourth successive defeat.
NOUN
· New Zealand have already suffered one World Cup defeat.· As for Oxford in the next round - a chance to avenge that awful 4-1 League cup defeat from a few years back once and for all.
· It directly contributed to our election defeat.· Labour's election defeat has produced two contradictory responses, writes Bryan Gould.· V Out of office for the first time since 1951, the Conservatives threw themselves into policy making after the 1964 election defeat.· In the 60s and 70s the announcement would have been the start of the slippery slope to election defeat.· The Labour party showed little sign of recovering from its election defeat in 1979.· The likely shape of the leadership contest emerged yesterday as Labour began an inquest on its election defeat.· The man with the most to make from Major's election defeat.
· Newcastle ace Dyer aggravated a long-standing shin problem in Saturday's 1-0 home defeat to Manchester City.· But Penn State won that game, and two weeks later Wisconsin handed Michigan its third home defeat.· The Cowboys handed the Denver Broncos their first home defeat of the season in a 31-27 thriller.· Bears have suffered five successive defeats, including a 47-43 home defeat by Peterborough last week.· At the County Ground, Derby inflicted Swindon's first home defeat of the season.· Prestatyn saw their title ambitions mauled by a bleak home defeat at the hands of St Asaph.· His astonishing attack followed Saturday's 3-0 home defeat by Oxford United.· Pool need to avenge their home defeat to check an alarming slide down the Third Division.
· Last week the Cherry and Whites suffered their heaviest ever league defeat.· It was Milan's first league defeat since they lost 2-1 at Bari on 19 May, 1991.· Only one league defeat and only seven goals conceded by a mean defence gave Ipswich the crown.· Arsenal's second successive league defeat left them eight points behind the leaders and with a considerably inferior goal difference.· Peacock's strike condemned United to their first League defeat since March.· Given their league defeat at Rotherham the previous week, it represented as good a day as Saracens could have wished for.· This was Wimbledon's eighth successive league defeat.
VERB
· Hearts tried to muster a response but looked like a side that had already accepted defeat.· This was also carried on a division; the Government accepted their defeat and did not seek to reverse the decision.· He went to work on the President, telling him that to retreat now would be to accept humiliating defeat.· The two wings of authority had accepted defeat and then joined the workforce at the windows.· Not one to accept defeat so easily, she sent her son joe to the place where such records are kept.· He accepted disappointment and defeat with dignity.· Ulysses S.. Grant, also want Broussard to help them bring down those unwilling to accept defeat.
· He had already summed her up as some one who hated to admit defeat.· After half an hour she had to admit defeat.· Leafy and Obey stayed away for close to an hour, returning at last after midnight to admit defeat.· The Novartis team put up a valiant fight, but admit defeat.· To leave was to admit defeat in this peculiar ritual of making myself known.· He came wandering towards me, obviously having admitted defeat, and I fell in beside him, companionably in step.· He loathed the boot and complained about it constantly, but he wouldn't admit defeat.
· Pool need to avenge their home defeat to check an alarming slide down the Third Division.· Half a century later he has finally avenged that defeat.· In the last 16 matches tomorrow Duffy plays Dale and will be going out to avenge that defeat over fellow Ulsterman Sharpe.
· Ipswich v Sunderland Ipswich will put together their best run for five years if they avoid defeat against Sunderland.· They would probably have avoided defeat.· Jonathan Speelman must avoid defeat in his seventh game against Jan Timman to stay in the match.
· That would be to concede total defeat.· But scientists always say that: Advocates never concede defeat.· I get the impression that the Tories have already conceded defeat.· Swearing-in of new President On Nov. 1 Kaunda conceded defeat after about a third of the results had been publicly declared.· Whoever won would then gracefully concede defeat and accept the winners' roster.· The opposition, alleging fraud, had refused to concede defeat in Guanajuato.· Tyminski declined to concede defeat immediately and claimed that people had been intimidated into voting for Walesa.
· Eastwood's try four minutes later sent Leeds crashing to their sixth defeat in nine matches.
· There were similar warnings in the 1980s after a crushing defeat for the separatists in the1980 referendum.
· A horrible series of futile uprisings against impossible odds and always ending in butchery and defeat for the rebels.· First, Athens lost Boiotia in a rising which ended in an Athenian defeat at Coronea.· Rebellions have never succeeded in Ireland; always they have ended in butchery and defeat.
· No, he was not ready yet to face the defeat.· I stopped and slumped dazedly back on my heels, facing utter defeat.· Barak facing defeat Mr Barak used to argue that his peace policy was a political winner, whatever happened.· Nothing went right for Hallett during his fifth round match, and at 7-1 down, he is facing almost certain defeat.· He said that when the Government realised it faced defeat on amendment 27 it had produced a second legal opinion.
· Bruno Giorgi quit as manager of struggling Genoa following their 3-2 home defeat by Cagliari.· Forwards will be axed with a return to a packed midfield following the home defeat by Watford.· This was soon followed by a further defeat for the conservative faction in the Theological Commission.
· Irate residents helped defeat each proposal.· Residents there helped defeat a plan in the early 1980s for an off- road park in nearby Sycamore Canyon.
· He went to work on the President, telling him that to retreat now would be to accept humiliating defeat.
· Tranmere Rovers went nap in front of their biggest gate of the season to inflict a heavy defeat on promotion chasing West Ham.· You are going to inflict such a defeat on the enemy that he will never recover.
· The anniversary of his coronation seemed destined to be marked by ignominious defeat.
· The Chieftains rarely enjoy their trips to South London, where they suffered their heaviest defeat of the season 16-3 in December.· On 2 March, they suffered their worst defeat of the war outside of Sai-gon.· The 19-year-old from Inverurie has won seven world ranking titles and suffered only four defeats in the past ten months.· Maybe after suffering such a defeat, they would give up.· New Zealand have already suffered one World Cup defeat.· Constitutional discussions Walesa suffered two defeats in the Sejm during December.· Otago did manage to beat Auckland and Carisbrook in 1985, but suffered some solid defeats in later years.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
  • Haskill refuses to admit defeat and sell the restaurant.
  • After half an hour she had to admit defeat.
  • He came wandering towards me, obviously having admitted defeat, and I fell in beside him, companionably in step.
  • He had already summed her up as some one who hated to admit defeat.
  • He loathed the boot and complained about it constantly, but he wouldn't admit defeat.
  • Leafy and Obey stayed away for close to an hour, returning at last after midnight to admit defeat.
  • The Novartis team put up a valiant fight, but admit defeat.
  • To leave was to admit defeat in this peculiar ritual of making myself known.
  • But Warrington achieved an emphatic win over Widnes with a highly disciplined performance.
  • Cardiff recorded two emphatic victories in 24 hours, winning 9-2 against Whitley Warriors and 13-2 at Billingham.
  • It was an emphatic win and a remarkable turnaround in his fortunes.
  • The shocked priority of examining herself after escaping, literally, from the jaws of death, wore off.
  • Adjust the starting point so that you avoid a very narrow margin at the perimeter.
  • Crowds gathered in central Lima last Sunday night to cheer his narrow victory over former president Alan Garcia.
  • John F.. Kennedy that helped propel the handsome young Massachusetts Democrat to a narrow victory.
  • On election night, however, the team squeaked out a narrow victory.
  • Surprise! the seventh firm won the tender by a narrow margin.
  • Their relatively late arrival in the quarter coupled with their costs and the narrow margins on the surprise Model 20 impacted earnings.
  • Was Buzz Calkins' narrow victory over Tony Stewart enough to keep them interested?
  • While both developer subsidies passed, the narrow margin clearly indicates the voters of this valley are beginning to wise up.
  • Doesn't this defeat the purpose of producing fruit in the first place?
  • If they become a chore, they defeat the purpose of helping the child to want to interact with you.
  • Never remove them and forget to put them back, it defeats the purpose.
  • They are defeating the purpose of the Peace Corps and they are unhappy.
  • This also eliminates the need to scroll to find data, which would defeat the purpose of having a command centre.
  • This anxiety will cause tension which defeats the purpose of the exercise.
  • This obviously defeated the purpose of bail, which is to assure that the defendant will appear in court.
  • This, of course, defeats the purpose for which the medication is being given.
  • At $ 3. 99, a weekday all-you-can-eat lunch buffet proved a resounding success.
  • His foray into biography is also a resounding success.
  • It was his most resounding defeat in terms of lengths.
  • On the one hand, so many victories; on the other, resounding defeat at Trafalgar in 1805.
  • On the other hand, others have described the issue as a resounding success as all the shares were sold.
  • That resounding success, moreover, was followed by others.
  • The organisers claimed the conference was a resounding success.
  • The outcome - a resounding victory for the home team, not that they appeared particularly surprised.
  • In Hayward, a proposed library improvement tax was soundly defeated.
  • Synthonia are now the only side without a win after they were soundly beaten at Blackhall.
  • The Republicans were soundly defeated in the South, even in places where there were voting black majorities.
  • They were led by a fanatical chieftain named Yusuf and Alfonso was soundly defeated at the battle of Sagrajas.
  • When it came up for a vote in March, it was soundly defeated.
  • Ego takes great pleasure in wallowing in self-pity, and defending itself against all charges, whatever the cost to others.
  • Look at the criticism for any opportunity to learn from it and to change, without wallowing in self-pity.
  • What hope can they have, if they see you slumping about like a filleted herring, wallowing in self-pity?
Word family
WORD FAMILYnoundefeatdefeatismdefeatistadjectivedefeatistdefeated ≠ undefeatedverbdefeat
1failure to win or succeeddefeat in The socialist party suffered a crushing defeat in the elections. She was a woman who hated to admit defeat.2victory over someone or somethingdefeat of The defeat of the army was followed by the establishment of constitutional government.COLLOCATIONSverbssuffer a defeat (=be defeated)· The party suffered a defeat in the state elections.inflict a defeat on somebody (=defeat someone, especially easily)· The army inflicted a heavy defeat on the English.admit defeat· If I left my job, I would be admitting defeat.accept defeat· It can be very hard to accept defeat.concede defeat (=formally accept that you have lost in a game, election etc)· His opponent conceded defeat.face defeat (=be likely to be defeated)· In May 1945 Germany faced defeat at the hands of the Allies.ADJECTIVES/NOUN + defeata big/bad defeat (also a heavy defeat British English) (=by a large amount)· The polls were forecasting a heavy defeat for the president.a crushing/resounding defeat (=a complete defeat, by a very large amount)· He quit as prime minister following a crushing defeat in regional elections.a humiliating defeat (=very embarrassing)· They are still bitter about their humiliating defeat.a disastrous defeat (=very big, and with a very bad result)· The party suffered a disastrous defeat in the 2006 election.a narrow defeat (=by a small amount)· The goalkeeper was blamed for the team’s narrow defeat.an election/electoral defeat· It was their worst general election defeat since 1982.a military defeat· The president resigned following a series of military defeats.a shock defeat British English (=very unexpected)· Arsenal are now out of the competition, following their shock defeat by Torquay Town.
defeat1 noundefeat2 verb
defeatdefeat2 ●●● W3 verb [transitive] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINdefeat2
Origin:
1300-1400 Anglo-French defeter ‘to destroy’, from Medieval Latin disfacere, from Latin facere ‘to do’
Verb Table
VERB TABLE
defeat
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theydefeat
he, she, itdefeats
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theydefeated
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave defeated
he, she, ithas defeated
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad defeated
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill defeat
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have defeated
Continuous Form
PresentIam defeating
he, she, itis defeating
you, we, theyare defeating
PastI, he, she, itwas defeating
you, we, theywere defeating
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been defeating
he, she, ithas been defeating
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been defeating
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be defeating
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been defeating
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • For the sixth consecutive year, Oxford defeated Cambridge today in the annual boat race.
  • In 1692, de Tourville's fleet was defeated near the coast of Cherbourg.
  • It was a lack of money, not effort, that defeated their plan.
  • Normally my hearing loss isn't a problem, but the telephone defeats me.
  • Polk of California was defeated by a Democratic challenger in the last election.
  • Sanchez defeated Dornan by just 984 votes.
  • The army was well-trained and well-armed, and had little difficulty defeating the rebels.
  • The Republicans were heavily defeated in the Spanish Civil War.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Eloquence alone was sufficient to defeat the motion.
  • That would enable the Harijans to nominate their bravest, most outspoken champions, and the Hindus could never defeat them.
  • They were finally defeated and no other enemy entered Attica as long as Theseus lived.
  • Though he had defeated heavyweight champion Sonny Liston and defended his title nine times, Ali never had a dramatic constituency before.
  • When Jefferson defeated Adams for the presidency, Adams left town before the inauguration rather than shake hands with him.
Thesaurus
THESAURUS
to get more points, votes etc than someone. Beat is used especially in spoken English: · We should have beaten them easily.· I always beat my brother at tennis.
to beat someone. Defeat is more formal than beat and is used especially in writing: · England were defeated by 2 goals to 1.· Bush defeated Kerry in the election.
to defeat someone completely in a game: · They were trounced 20–0 by Kuwait.
British English informal, cream American English informal to beat someone very easily in a game: · Of course, they totally creamed the other team.· I hope we thrash them!
informal to beat someone completely in a game or argument: · She wiped the floor with her opponent in the debate.· They won a £1,000 prize after wiping the floor with the opposition in a bowling competition.
Longman Language Activatorto beat someone in a game, competition, election etc
to get more points, votes etc than an opposing team or political party: · Do you think the Socialists will beat the Liberals in the election?· Brazil beat Italy in the final.· Lewis was a tough boxer, and a hard man to beat.beat somebody at something: · My Father used to let me beat him at chess.beat somebody by 20 points/5 seconds/50 votes etc: · The Swedish runner beat the Canadian by just under two seconds.beat somebody 3-1/84 to 61/etc: · The Red Sox beat the Yankees 6-3.
especially written to get more points, votes etc than an opposing team, person, or political party. Defeat is more formal than beat .: · For the sixth consecutive year, Oxford defeated Cambridge today in the annual boat race.· Polk of California was defeated by a Democratic challenger in the last election.defeat somebody by 20 points/two goals to one etc: · Sanchez defeated Dornan by just 984 votes.
especially British, spoken to defeat an opponent or team in a game - use this especially about opponents or teams of a similar ability: · She's determined not to let Smith, her fiercest rival, get the better of her.
to easily beat your opponent in a game, especially when people were not expecting you to: · I thought I might beat Tracy at tennis but she was more than a match for me.· The Russian president has once again proved more than a match for his political adversaries.
to beat someone very easily in a game, competition, election etc
informal to completely beat someone in a game, competition, election etc: · Wow, the Raiders just slaughtered the Seahawks again.· The party strategy was to form an alliance to crush the communists.
informal also cream American spoken to beat someone very easily in a game, competition, election etc: · We've been clobbered twice now by Central High's basketball team.· Chicago hammered Boston in an away game on Saturday.· "How'd the game go?" "We creamed 'em!"
especially British to beat an opposing team or political party easily and completely: · The Australians have once again routed the English cricket team.
informal to defeat someone completely in an argument or competition: · I'd think twice before I started a fight with him - he'd wipe the floor with me!
to play much better than an opponent or team in a game and beat them easily: · Ohio outplayed Michigan, especially in the fourth quarter, winning by 14 points.
to defeat an enemy in war
to completely defeat an enemy's army because your armed forces are much larger, have better equipment etc: · The army was well-trained and well-armed, and had little difficulty defeating the rebels.heavily defeat: · The Republicans were heavily defeated in the Spanish Civil War.
to completely defeat an enemy's army because your armed forces are much larger, have better equipment etc: · Napoleon's army was strong enough to overwhelm nearly any potential enemy.· With its greatly superior technology, the government forces completely overwhelmed the rebels.
to completely defeat an enemy's army in a war and to destroy all their armed forces: · After a long and bloody battle the army succeeded in annihilating Seged's forces.· In 1945 Japan was helpless, with its military power annihilated.
to completely defeat an enemy's army in battle: · The general was killed and his armies were routed in a magnificent cavalry charge.
to cause the final defeat of an enemy, especially after a long war, so that they are too weak to fight back: · The disastrous Battle of the Boyne finally brought the Catholics to their knees.· After years of trench warfare, the Kaiser's army had finally been brought to its knees.
to completely defeat the armed forces of an enemy country, with the result that you have complete control over it: · Sailors travelled to the New World with the urge to conquer and explore.· Julius Caesar conquered Gaul, which we know today as France.
to beat someone by using your intelligence
to get an advantage over someone that you are fighting or competing against, by using clever tricks and planning rather than by force: · We can't fight them. We'll just have to try and outsmart them.· None of the thieves wanted to admit that they had been outwitted by a couple of teenagers.
also be too smart for especially American if you are too clever or too smart for someone, they have tried to trick you but you realized what they were doing and stopped them succeeding: · Molly tried to hide the presents but the children were too clever for her and found them within minutes.
when someone is beaten
a situation in which a person, army, political party etc is defeated: · After his third successive election defeat he decided to retire from politics.suffer a defeat: · In the last game of the season they suffered a humiliating defeat, losing 7-0 to Real Madrid.
a situation in which a person, army, political party etc is easily defeated: · The game was a rout, with the home team winning by 10 goals to nil.
a situation in which a person, team, political party etc is defeated badly: · Gramm's drubbing by Davis in the California primary has badly hurt his campaign.take a drubbing: · The Lions took a drubbing from the Eagles last night, losing 58-37.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
 We were defeated by 3 goals to 2.
 Don’t let your arms relax as that would defeat the object of the exercise.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
 Silence is often interpreted as an admission of guilt.
· The survivors of his defeated army settled in Provence.
 In May 1949, Stalin conceded defeat and reopened land access to Berlin.
 Liverpool crashed to their worst defeat of the season.
 The Eighth Army had suffered a crushing defeat.
· The party suffered a devastating defeat in the local election.
 Many species are doomed to extinction.
· He became prime minister after a decisive election victory.
· We will never defeat our enemies unless we stop fighting each other.
 England’s heavy defeat in yesterday’s match
 a humiliating defeat
 The motion was defeated by 201 votes to 159.
· She came within three points of defeating her opponent.
 He would prefer not to risk another embarrassing defeat. Some people are prepared to risk imprisonment for what they believe.
 His extraordinary run of successes has been stopped.
· The team has now suffered five successive defeats.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
· Five years later, Saints easily defeated a Wigan side depleted by the suspension of hooker Colin Clarke.· As the book opens, his latest target is an Atlanta office building, whose security the Wind Minstrel easily defeats.· Al-Fatah won all nine seats in the chamber, easily defeating Hamas candidates.· Death, however, is not so easily defeated.· Although the right to strike had been established, some of the judges were not to be so easily defeated.· The Examiner survey showed Clinton would easily defeat any of the top Republican challengers if the election were held today.
· Soon afterwards the Bolsheviks retook Ekaterinberg and the Whites were finally defeated.· They were finally defeated in a lightning raid on Grozny by Chechen fighters last August.· They were finally defeated and no other enemy entered Attica as long as Theseus lived.
· A motion on the opening day to put the work of the government to a vote of no confidence was narrowly defeated.· Although they spent only $ 160,600 on their campaign, they narrowly defeated the proposition 51-49 percent.· Our team was narrowly defeated in this year's area final.· The housing project, which had been approved by the town council, was narrowly defeated by public vote.· Auroux narrowly defeated the rival candidate, Henri Emmanuelli, by 113 votes to 109.· Wilder narrowly defeated his Republican opponent in November 1989, his 6,700-vote victory being confirmed only after a recount.· Mrs Field's amendment was narrowly defeated by votes to 21.
· The Republicans were soundly defeated in the South, even in places where there were voting black majorities.· In Hayward, a proposed library improvement tax was soundly defeated.· When it came up for a vote in March, it was soundly defeated.
NOUN
· The chances of the Government being defeated when amendment 27 is voted on in a few weeks are now difficult to judge.· Lawmakers passed the bill after defeating two amendments that would have gutted it.
· Fear is one of the Dark Lord's most powerful weapons yet some of his army are defeated by it.· With the last of the Kislevite armies defeated, the Chaos hordes advanced upon Praag and laid siege to the city.· He had his revenge in March 1322, when he was among the royalist army which defeated Lancaster at Boroughbridge.· A Bretonnian army is defeated by Morglum Necksnapper.· Empire armies were met and defeated.· There was none, and the Red Army was defeated at the gates of Warsaw.
· After over a decade of fighting, Basil defeated Samuilo at the battle of Kleidon in 1014.· He is finally met and defeated at the Battle of Osterwald.· About the same time he defeated the Picts in battle.· This will divert forests from disputed uplands where foresters are frequently held up or defeated in long battles with environment groups.· This host defeated the Avars in battle and stormed their camps.· Richard defeated them in a battle between St Maigrin and Bouteville towards the end of May.
· The House of Lords defeated the first bill last month.· Moderate Assembly Republicans broke ranks with conservative members to defeat a GOP-sponsored bill that would have returned corporal punishment to the classroom.· After furious debate, the legislature defeated the bill.
· Hitherto defacto president in his capacity as Supreme Soviet Chair, he defeated one other candidate.· There is no private law firm where the defeated candidates can retire.· Auroux narrowly defeated the rival candidate, Henri Emmanuelli, by 113 votes to 109.· Phil Gramm is well-positioned to defeat whichever candidate the Democrats choose to throw at him in November.· Al-Fatah won all nine seats in the chamber, easily defeating Hamas candidates.· In that race, the canvassing board determined that John Hoff defeated write-in candidate Lowell Stevens 265 to 259.· Ivashko defeated three other candidates, polling 278 votes for and 61 against.· But donations to help elect or defeat political candidates have been denied such a subsidy since 1954.
· No one suggested that there was an alternative candidate who had a better chance of defeating Heseltine.· Four years ago, Clinton produced an act of symbolism that greatly improved his chances of defeating George Bush.
· Modern science Two of the fundamentalist board members were defeated in state elections last autumn.· I would like to fight against Milosevic and defeat him in democratic elections.
· The re-enactment with a water bottle celebrated the goal that defeated the auld enemy.· They were finally defeated and no other enemy entered Attica as long as Theseus lived.· The less energy spent in defending, the more strength remains to attack and defeat the enemy.· El Cid upholds his honour and that of his King by defeating an enemy champion in single combat.
· But when there are advantages from vertical integration, as in aluminium, the multinationals can defeat government policy.· Since the Conservatives took power in 1979, the Lords have defeated the government 179 times.· If the Tory Euro-rebels had defeated the Government the whole treaty would have collapsed.
· Eloquence alone was sufficient to defeat the motion.· I do not know if Nico is looking for more time, or trying to defeat the motion.· He remains Prime Minister until he chooses to resign or is defeated on a confidence motion in the House.· Earlier yesterday the government had defeated an opposition censure motion in the lower house of parliament.
· Water quality would not be improved because of the extra load on the system, which defeats the object.· Hollows attract water, which obviously defeats the object of the exercise: to create a waterproof hat.· Such a procedure, of course, defeats the object of classification.· Mere preservation, however, can lead eventually to decay and thus defeats its object.· This defeats the object of the exercise.
· Wilder narrowly defeated his Republican opponent in November 1989, his 6,700-vote victory being confirmed only after a recount.· Dole survived with a tactic that haunts him to this day: He used the abortion issue to defeat his opponent.· In their first test at the polls as premiers, they were both defeated by conservative opponents.· Both his interventions greatly aided Bill Clinton in defeating his Republican opponents.· She was almost certain to defeat her Republican opponent Maurice Turner, a former police chief, in the November election.· It has leveled the electoral playing field and allowed less well-funded candidates to defeat their better-financed opponents.
· The liberals had been defeated and the Unionist Party was once again being led by traditional unionists.· If Peres and Labor are defeated, the Likud Party has vowed to put the brakes on the peace movement.· You were depicted laughing at Mr Edward Heath whom you have defeated at the party leadership elections.
· There are a variety of ways of defeating a proposal other than directly speaking against it.· It is that that defeated our Tariff Reform proposal - that and that alone.
· Detailed guidelines defeat the very purpose of guidelines. which is to allow considerable local flexibility and adjustment.· This, of course, defeats the purpose for which the medication is being given.· Inconsistent State practice would only defeat the entire purpose of the convention for a stable regime.· They are defeating the purpose of the Peace Corps and they are unhappy.· Running around in circles and seeing the same old thing defeats half the purpose.· This obviously defeated the purpose of bail, which is to assure that the defendant will appear in court.· But Max's kindness and good manners defeated my purpose totally.· If they become a chore, they defeat the purpose of helping the child to want to interact with you.
· Our team was narrowly defeated in this year's area final.· Diane Mynors saved us from oblivion by playing in the Oxford Women's first eleven cricket team which defeated Cambridge.
· A composite motion demanding the straight forward abolition of the block vote was defeated on a show of hands.· Officials said yesterday Mr Sobyanin had won 51.3 per cent of the vote, defeating the incumbent governor, Leonid Rodetsky.
VERB
· They can also help one another to defeat an attack by rival male baboons that are attempting to take over their shared females.· Ginny DelVecchio talks about her life in the hopes it will help defeat the disease.· But donations to help elect or defeat political candidates have been denied such a subsidy since 1954.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
  • Haskill refuses to admit defeat and sell the restaurant.
  • After half an hour she had to admit defeat.
  • He came wandering towards me, obviously having admitted defeat, and I fell in beside him, companionably in step.
  • He had already summed her up as some one who hated to admit defeat.
  • He loathed the boot and complained about it constantly, but he wouldn't admit defeat.
  • Leafy and Obey stayed away for close to an hour, returning at last after midnight to admit defeat.
  • The Novartis team put up a valiant fight, but admit defeat.
  • To leave was to admit defeat in this peculiar ritual of making myself known.
  • But Warrington achieved an emphatic win over Widnes with a highly disciplined performance.
  • Cardiff recorded two emphatic victories in 24 hours, winning 9-2 against Whitley Warriors and 13-2 at Billingham.
  • It was an emphatic win and a remarkable turnaround in his fortunes.
  • The shocked priority of examining herself after escaping, literally, from the jaws of death, wore off.
  • Adjust the starting point so that you avoid a very narrow margin at the perimeter.
  • Crowds gathered in central Lima last Sunday night to cheer his narrow victory over former president Alan Garcia.
  • John F.. Kennedy that helped propel the handsome young Massachusetts Democrat to a narrow victory.
  • On election night, however, the team squeaked out a narrow victory.
  • Surprise! the seventh firm won the tender by a narrow margin.
  • Their relatively late arrival in the quarter coupled with their costs and the narrow margins on the surprise Model 20 impacted earnings.
  • Was Buzz Calkins' narrow victory over Tony Stewart enough to keep them interested?
  • While both developer subsidies passed, the narrow margin clearly indicates the voters of this valley are beginning to wise up.
  • Doesn't this defeat the purpose of producing fruit in the first place?
  • If they become a chore, they defeat the purpose of helping the child to want to interact with you.
  • Never remove them and forget to put them back, it defeats the purpose.
  • They are defeating the purpose of the Peace Corps and they are unhappy.
  • This also eliminates the need to scroll to find data, which would defeat the purpose of having a command centre.
  • This anxiety will cause tension which defeats the purpose of the exercise.
  • This obviously defeated the purpose of bail, which is to assure that the defendant will appear in court.
  • This, of course, defeats the purpose for which the medication is being given.
  • At $ 3. 99, a weekday all-you-can-eat lunch buffet proved a resounding success.
  • His foray into biography is also a resounding success.
  • It was his most resounding defeat in terms of lengths.
  • On the one hand, so many victories; on the other, resounding defeat at Trafalgar in 1805.
  • On the other hand, others have described the issue as a resounding success as all the shares were sold.
  • That resounding success, moreover, was followed by others.
  • The organisers claimed the conference was a resounding success.
  • The outcome - a resounding victory for the home team, not that they appeared particularly surprised.
  • In Hayward, a proposed library improvement tax was soundly defeated.
  • Synthonia are now the only side without a win after they were soundly beaten at Blackhall.
  • The Republicans were soundly defeated in the South, even in places where there were voting black majorities.
  • They were led by a fanatical chieftain named Yusuf and Alfonso was soundly defeated at the battle of Sagrajas.
  • When it came up for a vote in March, it was soundly defeated.
  • Ego takes great pleasure in wallowing in self-pity, and defending itself against all charges, whatever the cost to others.
  • Look at the criticism for any opportunity to learn from it and to change, without wallowing in self-pity.
  • What hope can they have, if they see you slumping about like a filleted herring, wallowing in self-pity?
Word family
WORD FAMILYnoundefeatdefeatismdefeatistadjectivedefeatistdefeated ≠ undefeatedverbdefeat
1to win a victory over someone in a war, competition, game etc SYN  beat:  They hoped to defeat the enemy at sea.defeat somebody by something We were defeated by 3 goals to 2.► see thesaurus at beatRegisterIn everyday English, people usually say beat rather than defeat when talking about sport, games, or elections:· We were beaten by 3 goals to 2.2if something defeats you, you cannot understand it and therefore cannot answer or deal with it SYN  beat:  It was the last question on the paper that defeated me.3to make something faildefeat the object/purpose (of the exercise) Don’t let your arms relax as that would defeat the object of the exercise.
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