Meaning

4 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The act or instance of being defeated, of being overcome or vanquished; a loss.

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

    Niederlage

    пораже́ниеporažénije

    пора́зкаporázka, про́грашpróhraš

  2. (countable, uncountable)The act or instance of defeating, of overcoming, vanquishing.

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

  3. (countable, uncountable)Frustration (by prevention of success), stymieing; (law) nullification.

  4. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Destruction, ruin.

More definitions
  • an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest
  • the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals

Examples

493 sentences
  1. Tom won't be able to defeat me.

    Том не зможе мене подолати. — deniko

  2. He admitted his defeat.

    Він визнав поразку. — deniko

    ruОн признал своё поражение. — las

    deEr gab seine Niederlage zu. — riotlake

  3. We admitted our defeat.

    Ми визнали поразку. — deniko

    ruМы признали поражение. — Wezel

  4. The people united will never be defeated.

    Об’єднаний народ ніколи не буде переможений. — Rovo

    ruКогда народ един - он непобедим. — soweli_Elepanto

  5. We defeated the enemy.

    Ми перемогли ворога. — deniko

    ruМы победили врага. — marafon

    deWir bezwangen den Feind. — Hans_Adler

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
the act of being defeated, of losing:
Русский
By meaning 1
the act of being defeated, of losing:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
the act of being defeated, of losing:

Origin

From Middle English defet, from French deffet, desfait, past participle of the verb desfai

From Middle English defet, from French deffet, desfait, past participle of the verb desfaire (compare modern French défaire), from des- + faire.

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Forms

plural: defeats
Singulardefeat
Pluraldefeats

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest:licking
  • the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals:frustration

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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