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Meaning of 'defeat'
Meaning of 'defeat' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Defeat 
[ v.]
- An undoing or annulling; destruction. [ v.]- Frustration by rendering null and void, or by prevention of success; as, the defeat of a plan or design.
- An overthrow, as of an army in battle; loss of a battle; repulse suffered; discomfiture; -- opposed to victory.
2. Defeat [ v. t.]
- To undo; to disfigure; to destroy. [ v. t.]- To render null and void, as a title; to frustrate, as hope; to deprive, as of an estate.
- To overcome or vanquish, as an army; to check, disperse, or ruin by victory; to overthrow.
- To resist with success; as, to defeat an assault.
Meaning of 'defeat' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. defeat [ n]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest
- an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest
Example in sentence:
- it was a narrow defeat;
- the army's only defeat;
- they suffered a convincing licking
2. defeat [ v]
[ v]Meaning (2):
- thwart the passage of
- thwart the passage of
Example in sentence:
- he shot down the student's proposal;
- kill a motion
Meaning (3):
- win a victory over
- win a victory over
Example in sentence:
- defeat your enemies;
- He overcame his infirmity;
- He overcame his shyness;
- Her anger got the better of her and she blew up;
- You must overcome all difficulties
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