defeat
US: /dɪˈfit/
UK: /dɪfˈiːt/
UK: /dɪfˈiːt/
English Vietnamese dictionary
defeat /di'fi:t/
- danh từ
- sự thất bại (của một kế hoạch...); sự tiêu tan (hy vọng...)
- (quân sự) sự thua trận, sự bại trận
- to suffer (sustain) heavy defeat: bị thua nặng
- sự đánh bại (kẻ thù)
- (pháp lý) sự huỷ bỏ, sự thủ tiêu
- ngoại động từ
- đánh thắng, đánh bại
- làm thất bại (một kế hoạch...); làm tiêu tan (hy vọng...)
- (quân sự) sự thua trận, sự bại trận
- to suffer (sustain) geavy defeat: bị thua nặng
- sự đánh bại (kẻ thù)
- (pháp lý) sự huỷ bỏ, sự thủ tiêu
- ngoại động từ
- đánh thắng, đánh bại
- làm thất bại (một kế hoạch...); làm tiêu tan (hy vọng...)
- (pháp lý) huỷ bỏ, thủ tiêu
Advanced English dictionary
verb, noun
+ verb [VN]
1 to win against sb in a war, competition, sports game, etc.
Synonym: BEAT
He defeated the champion in three sets. + a defeated army + The government was defeated by 200 votes to 83.
2 (formal) if sth defeats you, you cannot understand it: The instruction manual completely defeated me.
3 to stop sth from being successful: The motion was defeated by 19 votes. + Staying late at the office to discuss shorter working hours rather defeats the object of the exercise!
+ noun
1 [U, C] failure to win or to be successful: The party faces defeat in the election. + a narrow / heavy defeat + The world champion has only had two defeats in 20 fights. + They finally had to admit defeat (= stop trying to be successful).
2 [C, usually sing.] the act of winning a victory over sb/sth: the defeat of fascism
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 overcome, conquer, vanquish, be victorious over, get the better of, beat, subdue, overwhelm, overpower, prevail over, triumph over, bring down, worst, thrash, rout, repulse, overthrow, trounce, whip, crush, destroy, do in, best:
The champion defeated the contender in a ten-round match.
2 thwart, frustrate, disappoint, check, balk, stop, terminate, end, finish, foil:
He never let his handicap defeat his hopes of winning.
n.
3 conquest, overthrow, beating, repulse, trouncing, rout, vanquishment:
The defeat of our team must be charged to lack of training.
4 frustration, undoing, failure, miscarriage, set-back; Waterloo:
The stock market crash spelled the defeat of the company's plan for a share issue.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
bitter, catastrophic, complete, comprehensive, crushing, decisive, devastating, disastrous, heavy, humiliating, ignominious, overwhelming, resounding, serious, stunning
Their party suffered a heavy defeat in the election. The battle ended in a humiliating defeat.
| narrow
They lost 4?3 in their second narrow defeat of the week.
| consecutive, successive | election, electoral, political | military
VERB + DEFEAT
accept, admit, concede
She is very determined, and will never admit defeat. The prime minister conceded defeat and resigned.
| face | go down to, slump to, to suffer
The team went down to their fifth consecutive defeat.
| reverse
A skilful politician can always reverse any defeats.
| avoid
We just need to avoid defeat in our last two matches.
| inflict
The army inflicted a heavy defeat on rebel forces.
| end in | lead to
PREP.
~ against
last week's crushing defeat against Manchester United
| ~ by
their defeat by the French
PHRASES
defeat at the hands of sb
The team suffered defeat at the hands of their oldest rivals.
ADV.
comprehensively, convincingly, decisively, easily, heavily, soundly, totally
The English were heavily defeated by the Scots in the battle that followed. The proposed bill was decisively defeated in Parliament.
| narrowly
Our team was narrowly defeated in the final.
| eventually, finally, ultimately
PREP.
by
The motion was defeated by 20 votes to 18.
Concise English dictionary
defeats|defeated|defeatingdɪ'fiːt
noun
+an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest
+the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals
verb
+win a victory over
+thwart the passage of
