Etymology Edit from Old French desfait desfaire Latin des faciō
Pronunciation Edit defeat (third-person singular simple present defeats present participle defeating simple past and past participle defeated
( transitive ) To overcome in battle or contest .
Wellington defeated Napoleon at Waterloo.
( transitive ) To reduce , to nothing , the strength of.
Tillotson
He finds himself naturally to dread a superior Being that can defeat all his designs, and disappoint all his hopes.
A. W. Ward
In one instance he defeated his own purpose.
To nullify
Hallam
The escheators [ …] defeated the right heir of his succession.
Related terms Edit Translations Edit
to overcome in battle or contest
Arabic: غلب ġálaba ), هزم házama )
Aromanian: azvingu frãngu anichisescu bat
Asturian: vencer
Bulgarian: разбивам (bg) (razbivam ), побеждавам (bg) (pobeždavam )
Catalan: vèncer (ca)
Cherokee: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 打敗 打败 (zh) (dǎbài )
Czech: porazit (cs)
Danish: besejre overvinde
Dutch: verslaan (nl) , overwinnen (nl)
Esperanto: venki
Estonian: võitma
Finnish: voittaa (fi) , päihittää
French: vaincre (fr) , défaire (fr)
Galician: vencer (gl) , derrotar bater (gl)
German: schlagen (de) , besiegen (de) , niederringen
Greek: νικώ (el) (nikó )
Hebrew: הביס hevís )
Hungarian: legyőz (hu)
Icelandic: sigra vinna (is)
Irish: buaigh ar faigh an lámh in uachtar ar cloígh
Italian: sconfiggere (it) , battere (it)
Japanese: 負かす まかす, makasu ), やっつける (ja) (yattsukeru ), 倒す taosu )
Khmer: ឈ្នះ (km) (cneah )
Korean: 지우다 (ko) (jiuda )
Latgalian: īveikt puorveikt
Latin: vincere
Latvian: uzvarēt sakaut uzveikt
Lithuanian: nugalėti (lt) , įveikti sukauti
Maore Comorian: ushindra
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Norwegian: overvinne (no) , beseire
Occitan: vencir (oc)
Pashto: please add this translation if you can
Persian: شکست دادن (fa) (šekast dâdan )
Polish: pokonać (pl)
Portuguese: derrotar (pt) , vencer (pt)
Quechua: llalliy
Romanian: învinge (ro) , înfrânge (ro) , bate (ro)
Russian: побеждать (ru) impf pobeždátʹ ), победить (ru) pf pobedítʹ ), разбивать (ru) impf razbivátʹ ), разбить (ru) pf razbítʹ )
Spanish: derrotar vencer (es)
Swedish: besegra (sv) , övervinna (sv)
Telugu: ఓడించు (te) (ōḍiṃcu )
Turkish: yenmek (tr) , mağlup etmek (tr)
Volapük: please add this translation if you can
to reduce, to nothing, the strength of
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defeat (plural defeats
The act of defeating or being defeated.
2012 May 13, Alistair Magowan, “Sunderland 0-1 Man Utd ”, BBC Sport :
Two defeats 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.
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the act of defeating or being defeated
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Arabic: اندحار m indiħār ), انكسار m inkisār ), هزيمة f hazīma )
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Armenian: պարտություն partutʿyun )
Aromanian: please add this translation if you can
Asturian: vencimientu m
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Belarusian: паражэ́нне n paražénnje )
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Bulgarian: поражение (bg) n poraženie ), унищожение (bg) n uništoženie )
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Catalan: venciment m derrota f
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Chinese:
Mandarin: 败仗 (zh) (bàizhàng )
Czech: porážka f
Danish: usejr c tab n
Dutch: nederlaag (nl)
Esperanto: malvenko
Estonian: lüüasaamine
Faroese: ósigur m
Finnish: tappio (fi) , häviö (fi)
French: défaite (fr) f
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Galician: vencemento (gl) m derrota (gl) f
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German: Niederlage (de) f
Greek: ήττα (el) f ítta )
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Hawaiian: hāʻule eo make
Hebrew: ( act of being defeated ) תבוסה f tvusa )
Hindi: हरना harnā )
Hungarian: vereség (hu) , kudarc (hu)
Icelandic: ósigur m tap (is) n
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Irish: díomua m briseadh m maidhm f
Italian: sconfitta (it) f disfatta (it) f fallimento (it) m insuccesso (it) m
Japanese: 敗北 (ja) (haiboku ), 挫折 (ja) (zasetsu )
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Khmer: ការឈ្នះ kaa chneah ) ( act of defeating ) ការចាញ់ kaa jañ ) ( being defeated )
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Latin: clades f
Latvian: sakāve
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Marathi: हरने harne )
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Norwegian: nederlag n
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Occitan: vencement (oc) m venciment (oc) m
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Persian: شکست دادن (fa)
Polish: porażka (pl) f
Portuguese: derrota (pt) f vencimento (pt) m
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Russian: поражение (ru) n poražénije )
Scottish Gaelic: call m
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Serbo-Croatian: poraz (sh) m
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Slovak: porážka f
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Spanish: vencimiento (es) m derrota (es) f
Swedish: nederlag (sv) n förlust (sv) c
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Telugu: ఓటు (te) (ōṭu ), ఓటమి (te) (ōṭami )
Thai: ความปราชัย kwaam bpraachai )
Turkish: yenilgi (tr) , mağlubiyet (tr)
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Ukrainian: пора́зка f porázka )
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