ALL meanings of defeat
de·feat
D d - verb defeat If you defeat someone, you win a victory over them in a battle, game, or contest. 3
- verb defeat If a proposal or motion in a debate is defeated, more people vote against it than for it. 3
- verb defeat If a task or a problem defeats you, it is so difficult that you cannot do it or solve it. 3
- verb defeat To defeat an action or plan means to cause it to fail. 3
- variable noun defeat Defeat is the experience of being beaten in a battle, game, or contest, or of failing to achieve what you wanted to. 3
- verb defeat to overcome in a contest or competition; win a victory over 3
- verb defeat to thwart or frustrate 3
- verb defeat to render null and void; annul 3
- noun defeat the act of defeating or state of being defeated 3
- noun defeat an instance of defeat 3
- noun defeat overthrow or destruction 3
- noun defeat an annulment 3
- verb transitive defeat to win victory over; overcome; beat 3
- verb transitive defeat to bring to nothing; frustrate 3
- verb transitive defeat to make null and void 3
- verb transitive defeat to undo; destroy 3
- noun defeat the act of defeating, or gaining victory 3
- noun defeat the fact of being defeated 3
- noun defeat frustration 3
- noun defeat nullification 3
- verb with object defeat to overcome in a contest, election, battle, etc.; prevail over; vanquish: They defeated the enemy. She defeated her brother at tennis. 2
- noun defeat An instance of defeating or being defeated. 1
- transitive verb defeat win: game 1
- noun defeat loss 1
- noun defeat rejection: of a proposal 1
- transitive verb defeat win: military 1
- transitive verb defeat thwart, prevent success 1
- verb with object defeat to frustrate; thwart. 1
- verb with object defeat to eliminate or deprive of something expected: The early returns defeated his hopes of election. 1
- verb with object defeat Law. to annul. 1
- noun defeat the act of overcoming in a contest: an overwhelming defeat of all opposition. 1
- noun defeat an instance of defeat; setback: He considered his defeat a personal affront. 1
- noun defeat an overthrow or overturning; vanquishment: the defeat of a government. 1
- noun defeat a bringing to naught; frustration: the defeat of all his hopes and dreams. 1
- noun defeat the act or event of being bested; losing: Defeat is not something she abides easily. 1
- noun defeat Archaic. undoing; destruction; ruin. 1
- noun defeat The act of defeating or being defeated. 0
- verb defeat (Transitive Verb) To overcome in battle or contest. 0
- verb defeat (Transitive Verb) To reduce, to nothing, the strength of. 0
- verb defeat To nullify. 0