defeated
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de·feat
(dĭ-fēt′)tr.v. de·feat·ed, de·feat·ing, de·feats
1. 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).
2. To prevent the success of; thwart: Internal strife defeats the purpose of teamwork.
3. Law
a. To frustrate the enforcement of (a motion, for example).
b. To make (an estate, for example) void; annul.
4.
a. To dishearten or dispirit: The last setback defeated her, and she gave up.
b. To be beyond the comprehension of; mystify: How the children found their way back home defeats me.
n.
1.
a. The act of defeating an opponent: the home team's defeat of their rivals.
b. The state of being defeated; failure to win: the home team's defeat by their rivals.
2. A coming to naught; frustration: the defeat of a lifelong dream.
3. Law
a. The act of overcoming or frustrating the enforcement of.
b. Law The act of making null and void.
[Middle English defeten, from defet, disfigured, from Old French desfait, past participle of desfaire, to destroy, from Medieval Latin disfacere, to destroy, mutilate, undo : Latin dis-, dis- + Latin facere, to do; see dhē- in Indo-European roots.]
de·feat′er n.
Synonyms: defeat, beat, conquer, rout1, vanquish
These verbs mean to triumph over an adversary: defeated the opposing team by fourteen points; beat her competitor in the race for first place; conquered the enemy after a long battle; routed all opposition due to a brilliant strategy; vanquished the marauding army in a surprise attack.
These verbs mean to triumph over an adversary: defeated the opposing team by fourteen points; beat her competitor in the race for first place; conquered the enemy after a long battle; routed all opposition due to a brilliant strategy; vanquished the marauding army in a surprise attack.
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defeated
(dɪˈfiːtɪd)adj
1. having suffered defeat; beaten
2. showing signs of discouragement
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| Noun | 1. |  defeated - people who are defeated; "the Romans had no pity for the defeated"people - (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience" |
| Adj. | 1. | defeated - beaten or overcome; not victorious; "the defeated enemy" unsuccessful - not successful; having failed or having an unfavorable outcome undefeated - victorious; "undefeated in battle"; "an undefeated team" |
| 2. | defeated - disappointingly unsuccessful; "disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions"; "their foiled attempt to capture Calais"; "many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers"; "his best efforts were thwarted" unsuccessful - not successful; having failed or having an unfavorable outcome |
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defeated
adjective beaten, crushed, conquered, worsted, routed, overcome, overwhelmed, thrashed, licked (informal), thwarted, overpowered, balked, trounced, vanquished, checkmated, bested He'll be disinclined to treat a defeated enemy with leniency.
winning, successful, dominant, conquering, triumphant, victorious, undefeated, triumphal
winning, successful, dominant, conquering, triumphant, victorious, undefeated, triumphal
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Translations
مَهْزوم، مَقْهور
poražený
besejret
sigraîur
defeated
[dɪˈfiːtɪd] ADJ [army, team, player] → derrotadohe left the room a defeated man → cuando abandonó la sala era un hombre derrotado
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defeat
(diˈfiːt) verb to win a victory over. They defeated our team by three goals; We will defeat the enemy eventually.
noun the loss of a game, battle, race etc. His defeat in the last race depressed him; We suffered yet another defeat.
deˈfeated adjective (negative undefeated). a defeated enemy.
deˈfeatism noun a state of mind in which one expects and accepts defeat too easily. The defeatism of the captain affects the rest of the players.
deˈfeatist noun, adjective (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.
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