DEFEAT

defeat, licking

(noun) an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest; “it was a narrow defeat”; “the army’s only defeat”; “they suffered a convincing licking”

frustration, defeat

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

kill, shoot down, defeat, vote down, vote out

(verb) thwart the passage of; “kill a motion”; “he shot down the student’s proposal”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Verb

defeat (third-person singular simple present defeats, present participle defeating, simple past and past participle defeated)

(transitive) To overcome in battle or contest.

(transitive) To reduce, to nothing, the strength of.

(transitive) To nullify

Synonyms

• vanquish, overcome, beat

Hyponyms

• conquer (defeat and annex); rout, crush, cream (decisive); shutout, zilch (sports, to defeat without permitting any opposing score)

Etymology 2

Noun

defeat (countable and uncountable, plural defeats)

The act or instance of being defeated, of being overcome or vanquished; a loss.

The act or instance of defeating, of overcoming, vanquishing.

Frustration (by prevention of success), stymieing; (legal) nullification.

(obsolete) Destruction, ruin.

Antonyms

• victory

Anagrams

• feated

Source: Wiktionary

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De*feat", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Defeated; p. pr. & vb. n. Defeating.] Etym: [From F. défait, OF. desfait, p. p. ofe défaire, OF. desfaire, to undo; L. dis- + facere to do. See Feat, Fact, and cf. Disfashion.]

1. To undo; to disfigure; to destroy. [Obs.] His unkindness may defeat my life. Shak.

2. To render null and void, as a title; to frustrate, as hope; to deprive, as of an estate. He finds himself naturally to dread a superior Being that can defeat all his designs, and disappoint all his hopes. Tillotson. The escheators . . . defeated the right heir of his succession. Hallam. In one instance he defeated his own purpose. A. W. Ward.

3. To overcome or vanquish, as an army; to check, disperse, or ruin by victory; to overthrow.

4. To resist with success; as, to defeat an assault. Sharp reasons to defeat the law. Shak.

Syn.

– To baffle; disappoint; frustrate.

De*feat", n. Etym: [Cf. F. défaite, fr. défaire. See Defeat, v.]

1. An undoing or annulling; destruction. [Obs.] Upon whose property and most dear life A damned defeat was made. Shak.

2. Frustration by rendering null and void, or by prevention of success; as, the defeat of a plan or design.

3. An overthrow, as of an army in battle; loss of a battle; repulse suffered; discomfiture; -- opposed to victory.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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