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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishdefeten, fromMiddle Englishdefet(“disfigured”,past participle) anddefet(“defect”,noun), see Etymology 2 below.

Verb

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defeat (third-person singular simple presentdefeats,present participledefeating,simple past and past participledefeated)

  1. (transitive) Toovercome inbattle orcontest.
    Synonyms:seeThesaurus:defeat
    Wellingtondefeated Napoleon at Waterloo.
    • 1917, Samuel Couling, “Japanese Relations with China”, inThe Encyclopaedia Sinica‎[1], Literature House, Ltd., published1964,→OCLC,page255, column 2:
      The Japanesedefeated the Ming general Tsu Chʻeng-hsün祖承訓 at Pʻing jang平壤 in 1592, the first year of Bunroku文祿 of Japan, and the fighting continued for some years; but at Hideyoshi's death the Japanese troops left Korea.
    • 1980 August 1 [1980 May 1],Ching-kuo Chiang, “President Chiang Ching-kuo continues his period of mourning and finds that visits to countryside and people give him renewed strength”, inTaiwan Today‎[2], archived fromthe original on17 May 2020:
      My personal success or failure is insignificant; the rise or fall of the nation is my responsibility and must not be shirked. Upon introspection, I feel I am firmer than ever in confidence that the Communists will bedefeated. These are feelings which will comfort Father's soul in Heaven.
  2. (transitive) Toreduce, tonothing, thestrength of.
    • 1664,John Tillotson, “Sermon I. The Wisdom of Being Religious.Job XXVIII. 28.”, inThe Works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson, Late Lord Archbishop of Canterbury: […], London: […] B. Aylmer, […];[a]nd W. Rogers, […], published1696,→OCLC:
      He finds himself naturally to dread a superior Being that candefeat all his designs, and disappoint all his hopes.
    • 1879,Adolphus Ward, “Chaucer”, inEnglish Men of Letters:
      In one instance hedefeated his own purpose.
  3. (transitive) Tonullify
    • 1827, Henry Hallam,The Constitutional History of England from the Accession ofHenry VII. to the Death ofGeorge II. […], volume(please specify |volume=I or II), London:John Murray, […],→OCLC:
      The escheators[…]defeated the right heir of his succession.
  4. To prevent (something) from being achieved.
    • 1962 January, “Motive Power Miscellany: London Midland Region: Central Lines”, inModern Railways, page60:
      The last active L.Y.R. 0-6-0ST (apart from works shunters), No. 51408, has been moved from Bolton to Agecroft for use in New Bailey Yard, Salford, where a sharp 1 in 27 curve is said to havedefeated all attempts so far to employ diesel shunters; an ex-L.Y.R. 0-4-0ST also works here.
Conjugation
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Conjugation ofdefeat
infinitive(to)defeat
present tensepast tense
1st-personsingulardefeatdefeated
2nd-personsingulardefeat,defeatest†defeated,defeatedst†
3rd-personsingulardefeats,defeateth†defeated
pluraldefeat
subjunctivedefeatdefeated
imperativedefeat—
participlesdefeatingdefeated
Synonyms
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Hyponyms
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Derived terms
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Related terms
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Translations
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to overcome in battle or contest
to reduce, to nothing, the strength of
to nullify

Etymology 2

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FromMiddle Englishdefet, fromFrenchdeffet,desfait, past participle of the verbdesfaire (compare modern Frenchdéfaire), fromdes- +faire.

Noun

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defeat (countable anduncountable,pluraldefeats)

  1. The act or instance of being defeated, of being overcome or vanquished; aloss.
    Licking their wounds after a temporarydefeat, they planned their next move.
    • 2012 May 13, Alistair Magowan, “Sunderland 0-1 Man Utd”, inBBC Sport‎[3]:
      Twodefeats 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.
  2. The act or instance of defeating, ofovercoming,vanquishing.
    The inscription records herdefeat of the country's enemies in a costly war.
  3. Frustration (by prevention of success),stymieing;(law)nullification.
    • 1909,The Southern Reporter, page250:
      ... 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 thedefeat, of his title.
    • 2008, Gene Porter,A Daughter of the Land, volume 1,→ISBN, page17:
      She could see no justice in being forced into a position that promised to end in further humiliation anddefeat of her hopes.
  4. (obsolete)Destruction,ruin.
Antonyms
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Collocations
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Collocations
  • admit defeat
  • concede defeat
  • crushing defeat
  • humiliating defeat
Translations
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the act of being defeated, of losing
the act of defeating, of overcoming or winning against
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