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D0090000 (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.

defeat

(dɪˈfiːt) vb (tr) 1. to overcome in a contest or competition; win a victory over2. to thwart or frustrate: this accident has defeated all his hopes of winning. 3. (Law) law to render null and void; annuln4. the act of defeating or state of being defeated5. an instance of defeat6. overthrow or destruction7. (Law) law an annulment[C14: from Old French desfait, from desfaire to undo, ruin, from des- dis-¹ + faire to do, from Latin facere] deˈfeater n

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(dɪˈfit)

v.t. 1. to overcome in a contest; vanquish. 2. to frustrate; thwart. 3. to deprive of something expected: to defeat one's hopes. 4. Law. to annul. n. 5. the act of overcoming in a contest. 6. an instance of defeat; setback. 7. an overthrow or overturning; downfall; abolition. 8. Archaic. destruction; ruin. [1325–75; Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French desfait, past participle of desfaire to undo, destroy < Medieval Latin disfacere= Latin dis- dis-¹ + facere to do] de•feat′er, n. syn: defeat, conquer, overcome, subdue imply gaining victory or control over an opponent. defeat usu. means to beat or frustrate in a single contest or conflict: Confederate forces were defeated at Gettysburg. conquer means to finally gain control over by physical, moral, or mental force, usu. after long effort: to conquer poverty; to conquer a nation. overcome emphasizes perseverance and the surmounting of difficulties: to overcome opposition; to overcome a bad habit. subdue means to conquer so completely that resistance is broken: to subdue a rebellious spirit.

win

defeat beat">beat1. 'win'

If you win a war, fight, game, or contest, you defeat your opponent. The past tense and -ed participle of win is won /wʌn/.

We won the game easily.The party had won a great victory.2. 'defeat' and 'beat'

Don't say that someone 'wins' an enemy or opponent. In a war or battle, you say that one side defeats the other.

The French defeated the English troops.

In a game or contest, you say that one person or side defeats or beats the other.

He defeated his rival in the semi-finals and went on to win the tournament.She beat him at chess.

defeat

Past participle: defeated
Gerund: defeating

Imperative
defeat
defeat

Present
I defeat
you defeat
he/she/it defeats
we defeat
you defeat
they defeat

Preterite
I defeated
you defeated
he/she/it defeated
we defeated
you defeated
they defeated

Present Continuous
I am defeating
you are defeating
he/she/it is defeating
we are defeating
you are defeating
they are defeating

Present Perfect
I have defeated
you have defeated
he/she/it has defeated
we have defeated
you have defeated
they have defeated

Past Continuous
I was defeating
you were defeating
he/she/it was defeating
we were defeating
you were defeating
they were defeating

Past Perfect
I had defeated
you had defeated
he/she/it had defeated
we had defeated
you had defeated
they had defeated

Future
I will defeat
you will defeat
he/she/it will defeat
we will defeat
you will defeat
they will defeat

Future Perfect
I will have defeated
you will have defeated
he/she/it will have defeated
we will have defeated
you will have defeated
they will have defeated

Future Continuous
I will be defeating
you will be defeating
he/she/it will be defeating
we will be defeating
you will be defeating
they will be defeating

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been defeating
you have been defeating
he/she/it has been defeating
we have been defeating
you have been defeating
they have been defeating

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been defeating
you will have been defeating
he/she/it will have been defeating
we will have been defeating
you will have been defeating
they will have been defeating

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been defeating
you had been defeating
he/she/it had been defeating
we had been defeating
you had been defeating
they had been defeating

Conditional
I would defeat
you would defeat
he/she/it would defeat
we would defeat
you would defeat
they would defeat

Past Conditional
I would have defeated
you would have defeated
he/she/it would have defeated
we would have defeated
you would have defeated
they would have defeated

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	defeat - an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest; "it was a narrow defeat"; "the army's only defeat"; "they suffered a convincing licking"lickingconclusion, ending, finish - event whose occurrence ends something; "his death marked the ending of an era"; "when these final episodes are broadcast it will be the finish of the show"failure - an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose; "the surprise party was a complete failure"heartbreaker - a narrow defeat or a defeat at the last minutelurch - a decisive defeat in a game (especially in cribbage)rout - an overwhelming defeatshutout, skunk - a defeat in a game where one side fails to scorethrashing, trouncing, walloping, drubbing, slaughter, whipping, debacle - a sound defeatwaterloo - a final crushing defeat; "he met his waterloo"whitewash - a defeat in which the losing person or team fails to scoretriumph, victory - a successful ending of a struggle or contest; "a narrow victory"; "the general always gets credit for his army's victory"; "clinched a victory"; "convincing victory"; "the agreement was a triumph for common sense"
	2.	defeat - the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goalsfrustrationdisappointment, letdown - a feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized; "his hopes were so high he was doomed to disappointment"
Verb	1.	defeat - win a victory over; "You must overcome all difficulties"; "defeat your enemies"; "He overcame his shyness"; "He overcame his infirmity"; "Her anger got the better of her and she blew up"get the better of, overcomedemolish, destroy - defeat soundly; "The home team demolished the visitors"beat, beat out, vanquish, trounce, crush, shell - come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"wallop - defeat soundly and utterly; "We'll wallop them!"down - bring down or defeat (an opponent)overrun - seize the position of and defeat; "the Crusaders overran much of the Holy Land"skunk, lurch - defeat by a lurchrout, rout out, expel - cause to flee; "rout out the fighters from their caves"upset - defeat suddenly and unexpectedly; "The foreign team upset the local team"nose - defeat by a narrow marginconquer - overcome by conquest; "conquer your fears"; "conquer a country"make it, pull round, pull through, survive, come through - continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.); "He survived the cancer against all odds"
	2.	defeat - thwart the passage of; "kill a motion"; "he shot down the student's proposal"vote down, vote out, kill, shoot downnegative, veto, blackball - vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent; "The President vetoed the bill"

defeat

verb1. beat, crush, overwhelm, conquer, stuff (slang), master, worst, tank (slang), overthrow, lick (informal), undo, subdue, rout, overpower, quell, trounce, clobber (slang), vanquish, repulse, subjugate, run rings around (informal), wipe the floor with (informal), make mincemeat of (informal), pip at the post, outplay, blow out of the water (slang) His guerrillas defeated the colonial army.
beat lose, yield, bow, submit, surrender, succumb, cave in (informal)2. frustrate, foil, thwart, ruin, baffle, confound, balk, get the better of, forestall, stymie The challenges of constructing such a huge novel almost defeated her.3. overthrow, destroy, ruin, upset, overturn, demolish, put an end to, subvert, put paid to, bring to ruin He swore to defeat the plan.noun1. conquest, beating, overthrow, pasting (slang), rout, debacle, trouncing, repulse, vanquishment The vote was seen as something of a defeat for the lobbyists.
conquest success, victory, triumph2. frustration, failure, reverse, disappointment, setback, thwarting the final defeat of all his hopesQuotations
"Defeat is a thing of weariness, of incoherence, of boredom. And above all futility" [Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Flight to Arras]
"Victory has a hundred fathers, but defeat is an orphan" [Count Galeazzo Giano Diary]

defeat

verb1. To win a victory over, as in battle or a competition:beat, best, conquer, master, overcome, prevail against (or over), rout, subdue, subjugate, surmount, triumph over, vanquish, worst.Informal: trim, whip.Slang: ace, lick.Idioms: carry the day, get the best of, get the better of, go someone one better.2. To prevent from accomplishing a purpose:baffle, balk, check, checkmate, foil, frustrate, stymie, thwart.Informal: cross, stump.Idiom: cut the ground from under.nounThe act of defeating or the condition of being defeated:beating, drubbing, overthrow, rout, thrashing, vanquishment.Informal: massacre, trimming, whipping.Slang: dusting, licking.

Translations

击败战胜

defeat

(diˈfiːt) verb to win a victory over. They defeated our team by three goals; We will defeat the enemy eventually. 战胜，击败 noun the loss of a game, battle, race etc. His defeat in the last race depressed him; We suffered yet another defeat. 战胜，击败 deˈfeated adjective (negative undefeated). a defeated enemy.战败的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.失败主义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. 失败主义者，失败主义的

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admit defeat

To yield to the opposition or accept that one is wrong in some pursuit. Well, I ran a good campaign, but it is time I admitted defeat in this election.See also: admit, defeat

snatch defeat from the jaws of victory

To fail, lose, or be defeated despite the appearance that one would be victorious, especially due to a mistake, error, or poor judgment. (An ironic reversal of the more common "snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.") We were ahead by nearly 20 points with less than half the quarter remaining—how on earth did we manage to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory like that? The candidate has led in the polls right up to election day, but with that unfortunate remark last night, he may well have snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.See also: defeat, jaw, of, snatch, victory

snatch victory from the jaws of defeat

To win, succeed, or be victorious at the last moment, despite the apparent likelihood of failure or defeat. They were down by nearly 20 points with less than half of the last quarter remaining, but through sheer skill and perseverance they managed to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. The candidate has been behind in the polls right up to election day, but with that unfortunate remark by his opponent last night, he may end up snatching victory from the jaws of defeat.See also: defeat, jaw, of, snatch, victory

the jaws of (something)

Something, especially something unpleasant or undesirable, that very nearly comes to pass. Used especially after "snatch from." The drowning fishermen were snatched from the jaws of death by a passing cruise ship. They were down by nearly 20 points with less than half of the last quarter remaining, but through sheer skill and perseverance they managed to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.See also: jaw, of

go down in defeat

To lose to an opponent. The team refused to go down in defeat and tied the score in the third period.See also: defeat, down, go

go down to defeat

To lose to an opponent. The team refused to go down to defeat and tied the score in the third period.See also: defeat, down, go

go down in defeat

and go down to defeatFig. to submit to defeat; to be defeated. The team went down in defeat again. She fears going down in defeat.See also: defeat, down, go

snatch victory from the jaws of defeat

Cliché to win at the last moment. At the last moment, the team snatched victory from the jaws of defeat with a last-second full-court basket.See also: defeat, jaw, of, snatch, victory

the jaws of ˈdeath, deˈfeat, etc.

(literary) used to describe an unpleasant situation that almost happens: The team snatched victory from the jaws of defeat.See also: jaw, of

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verb frustrate

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verb overthrow

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noun conquest

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noun frustration

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verb to win a victory over, as in battle or a competition

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verb to prevent from accomplishing a purpose

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noun the act of defeating or the condition of being defeated

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noun an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest

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noun the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals

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verb win a victory over

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