defeat (verb)

См. также в других словарях:

• defeat — ► VERB 1) win a victory over. 2) prevent from achieving an aim or prevent (an aim) from being achieved. 3) reject or block (a proposal or motion). ► NOUN ▪ an instance of defeating or the state of being defeated. ORIGIN Old French desfaire, from… …   English terms dictionary

• defeat — de·feat vt [Anglo French defait, past participle of defaire to undo, defeat, from Old French deffaire desfaire, from de , prefix marking reversal of action + faire to do] 1 a: to render null third parties will defeat an attached but “unperfected” …   Law dictionary

• defeat — verb 1》 win a victory over. 2》 prevent the achievement of (an aim): this defeats the object of the exercise.     ↘be too difficult for.     ↘Law make null and void. noun an instance of defeating or being defeated. Derivatives defeated adjective… …   English new terms dictionary

• defeat — [[t]dɪfi͟ːt[/t]] ♦♦ defeats, defeating, defeated 1) VERB If you defeat someone, you win a victory over them in a battle, game, or contest. [V n] His guerrillas defeated the colonial army in 1954... [V n] The NHL Stanley Cup was won by the… …   English dictionary

• defeat — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ complete, comprehensive (esp. BrE), decisive, heavy, major, overwhelming, resounding, serious, stunning, total …   Collocations dictionary

• defeat */*/ — I UK [dɪˈfiːt] / US [dɪˈfɪt] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms defeat : singular defeat plural defeats failure to win a competition or to succeed in doing something England suffered a 2–0 defeat by Scotland. a humiliating/heavy/crushing… …   English dictionary

• defeat — 1 noun 1 (C, U) failure to win or succeed: an election defeat | serious defeat: The government has suffered a serious defeat. | admit defeat (=stop trying to succeed): She s told him she won t marry him, but he ll never admit defeat. 2 (U)… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• defeat — de|feat1 [ dı fit ] noun count or uncount ** failure to win a competition or succeed in doing something: Wisconsin suffered a 23 7 defeat by Illinois. admit/accept/concede defeat: a stubborn man who was not prepared to admit defeat a… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• defeat — [14] Etymologically, to defeat someone is literally to ‘undo’ them. The verb comes from Anglo–Norman defeter, a derivative of the noun defet. This in turn came from Old French desfait, the past participle of the verb desfaire. This was a… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• defeat — [14] Etymologically, to defeat someone is literally to ‘undo’ them. The verb comes from Anglo–Norman defeter, a derivative of the noun defet. This in turn came from Old French desfait, the past participle of the verb desfaire. This was a… …   Word origins

• defeat — I. transitive verb Etymology: Middle English deffeten, from Anglo French defait, past participle of defaire, desfaire to destroy, from Medieval Latin disfacere, from Latin dis + facere to do more at do Date: 14th century 1. obsolete destroy 2. a …   New Collegiate Dictionary