defeat
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Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To overcome in battle or contest.
Wellington defeated Napoleon at Waterloo.
- 2.
(transitive)To reduce, to nothing, the strength of.
- 3.
(transitive)To nullify
- 4.
To prevent (something) from being achieved.
Danh từ
noun- 1.
(countable, uncountable)The act or instance of being defeated, of being overcome or vanquished; a loss.
Licking their wounds after a temporary defeat, they planned their next move.
- 2.
(countable, uncountable)The act or instance of defeating, of overcoming, vanquishing.
The inscription records her defeat of the country's enemies in a costly war.
- 3.
(countable, uncountable)Frustration (by prevention of success), stymieing; (law) nullification.
- 4.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Destruction, ruin.
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From Middle English defeten, from Middle English defet (disfigured) and defet (defect), see Etymology 2 below.