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1 defeat
[di'fi:t] 1. verb(to win a victory over: They defeated our team by three goals; We will defeat the enemy eventually.) premagati2. noun(the loss of a game, battle, race etc: His defeat in the last race depressed him; We suffered yet another defeat.) poraz- defeated- defeatism
- defeatist* * *I [difí:t]transitive verbpremagati, poraziti; ovreči; preprečiti; uničiti; ukiniti; odbiti (napad)II [difí:t]nounporaz; preprečitev; neuspeh; archaic razočaranje; ukinitev -
2 landslide defeat
noun (a clear defeat in an election.) velik volilni poraz -
3 rout
1. verb(to defeat (an army etc) completely.) poraziti2. noun(a complete defeat.) poraz* * *I [ráut]1.nounhrupna množica, krdelo, tolpa; poetically četa; pretep, izgred, zmeda, gneča; divji, brezglavi beg poražene vojske, poraz; archaic velika večerna družba ali zabava, redutato put to rout military poraziti in pognati v beg, popolnoma uničiti;2.transitive verb militaryuničiti, razbiti, poraziti, pognati v divji begII [ráut]intransitive verb & transitive verb(o prašičih) riti, (iz)ruvati, (iz)kopati; prekopavati, premetavati; preplašiti, spoditi iz, izgnati iz, izvleči; technical izrezkatito rout out of bed — izvleči, spraviti iz posteljeto rout s.o. out of his house — izgnati koga iz njegove hišeto rout up — izruvati, izkopati; iskati in najti (izvleči) -
4 acknowledge
[ək'noli‹]1) (to admit as being fact: He acknowledged defeat; He acknowledged that I was right.) priznati2) (to say (usually in writing) that one has received (something): He acknowledged the letter.) potrditi prejem3) (to give thanks for: He acknowledged their help.) izkazati hvaležnost4) (to greet someone: He acknowledged her by waving.) pozdraviti•- acknowledgment* * *[əknɔlidž]transitive verbpriznati; potrditi, zahvaliti se; nagraditi, nagrajevatiI acknowledge the truth of it — priznavam, da je res tako -
5 action
['ækʃən]1) (something done: Action, not talking, is necessary if we are to defeat the enemy; Take action immediately; The firemen are ready to go into action.) dejanje2) (movement: Tennis needs a good wrist action.) delovanje3) (a legal case: He brought an action for divorce against his wife.) postopek4) (the events (of a play, film etc): The action of the play takes place on an island.) dogajanje5) (a battle; fighting: He was killed in action; Our troops fought an action against the enemy.) boj•- out of action* * *I [aekšən]noundejanje, delovanje; učinek; borba, boj; juridically proces, sodni postopek; hoja (npr. konja); mehanizemfull of action — delaven, prizadevenactions speak louder than words — po delu, ne po besedah cenimo človekaII [aekšən]transitive verb(ob)tožiti -
6 anarchy
['ænəki]1) (the absence or failure of government: Total anarchy followed the defeat of the government.) anarhija2) (disorder and confusion.) anarhija•- anarchism* * *[aenəki]nounanarhija, brezvladje, brezpravnost; nered, kaos -
7 best
[best] 1. adjective, pronoun((something which is) good to the greatest extent: the best book on the subject; the best (that) I can do; She is my best friend; Which method is (the) best?; The flowers are at their best just now.) najboljši2. adverb(in the best manner: She sings best (of all).) najbolje3. verb(to defeat: He was bested in the argument.) potegniti krajši konec- best man- bestseller
- the best part of
- do one's best
- for the best
- get the best of
- make the best of it* * *I [best]adjectivenajboljši; najprimernejši; najodličnejšiat the best hand — iz prve roke; pocenislang one's best girl — ljubicaII [best]nounnajboljše, najprimernejšethe best — najodličnejši, najboljši ljudjemake the best of your way home — glej, da boš čimprej domato make the best of a bad bargain ( —ali job, business, of it) — pogumno prenašati udarce usode, ne biti malodušen, ne obupati, ne zgubiti glavemy best, my Sunday best — moja najboljša, praznična oblekaIII [best]adverbnajbolje, najugodnejeyou had best — najbolje bi bilo, če biIV [best]transitive verbcolloquially premagati, prekositi, preseči; ukaniti -
8 conquer
['koŋkə](to overcome or defeat: The Normans conquered England in the eleventh century; You must conquer your fear of the dark.) osvojiti; premagati- conquest* * *[kɔŋkə]1.transitive verbzavojevati, osvojiti, premagati, podjarmiti, podvreči;2.intransitive verbzmagati -
9 crush
1. verb1) (to squash by squeezing together etc: The car was crushed between the two trucks.) zmečkati2) (to crease: That material crushes easily.) mečkati se3) (to defeat: He crushed the rebellion.) streti4) (to push, press etc together: We (were) all crushed into the tiny room.) stisniti2. noun(squeezing or crowding together: There's always a crush in the supermarket on Saturdays.) gneča- crushing* * *I [krʌš]1.transitive verbdrobiti, mečkati, teptati, (s)treti, uničiti, potlačiti; tolči; usta komu zapreti;2.intransitive verbzmečkati, zdrobiti se; prerivati se; American slang ljubimkati; ( into) vriniti seII [krʌš]noundrobljenje, mlinčenje; trčenje; gnečafamiliarly dobro obiskan družabni sestanek; American slang ljubimkanje; sadni sok; slang to have (got) a crush on s.th. — biti ves nor na kaj -
10 defeatism
noun (a state of mind in which one expects and accepts defeat too easily: The defeatism of the captain affects the rest of the players.) malodušnost* * *[difí:tizəm]nounmalosrčnost, obupanost, defetizem -
11 demoralize
(to take away the confidence and courage of: The army was demoralized by its defeat.) pogum vzeti* * *[dimɔrəlaiz]transitive verbizpriditi, pokvariti; zbegati; pohujšati; pogum vzeti -
12 fall
[fo:l] 1. past tense - fell; verb1) (to go down from a higher level usually unintentionally: The apple fell from the tree; Her eye fell on an old book.) pasti2) ((often with over) to go down to the ground etc from an upright position, usually by accident: She fell (over).) pasti, prevrniti se3) (to become lower or less: The temperature is falling.) padati4) (to happen or occur: Easter falls early this year.) pasti, biti5) (to enter a certain state or condition: She fell asleep; They fell in love.) zaspati, zaljubiti se6) ((formal: only with it as subject) to come as one's duty etc: It falls to me to take care of the children.) pripasti2. noun1) (the act of falling: He had a fall.) padec2) ((a quantity of) something that has fallen: a fall of snow.) padavina3) (capture or (political) defeat: the fall of Rome.) padec4) ((American) the autumn: Leaves change colour in the fall.) jesen•- falls- fallout
- his
- her face fell
- fall away
- fall back
- fall back on
- fall behind
- fall down
- fall flat
- fall for
- fall in with
- fall off
- fall on/upon
- fall out
- fall short
- fall through* * *I [fɔ:l]1.intransitive verb(in, to, from) pasti, padati; pripasti, pripadati; podreti, prevrniti, zgruditi se; popustiti, popuščati; upadati; spustiti se; zoology roditi se; spuščati se; izlivati se; viseti; (z)manjšati, poleči se; poginiti; podleči; z vnemo se lotiti; propadati; zgoditi se; morati;2.transitive verb American dialectalsekati drevesao fall adoing — začeti kaj (npr. alaughing zasmejati se)to fall to blows — stepsti, spopasti seto fall foul of — spopasti se, napasti; prepirati seto fall into conversation with s.o. — začeti pogovor s komto fall on a sword figuratively narediti samomorto fall on one's feet — imeti srečo, izvleči seII [fɔ:l]nounpadanje, padec, upadanje; padavina; pobočje, strmina, reber; spuščanje; slap; propad; poraz; smrt; music kadenca; sečnjato ride for a fall — izpostavljati se nevarnosti, drveti v poguboto try a fall with — boriti, meriti se sto sustain a fall — pasti, padatiIII [fɔ:l]1.nounAmericanjesenthe fall of the year ( —ali leaf) — jesen;2.adjective Americanjesenski -
13 foil
I [foil] verb(to defeat; to disappoint: She was foiled in her attempt to become President.) porazitiII [foil] noun1) (extremely thin sheets of metal that resemble paper: silver foil.) folija2) (a dull person or thing against which someone or something else seems brighter: She acted as a foil to her beautiful sister.) (grdo) nasprotjeIII [foil] noun(a blunt sword with a button at the end, used in the sport of fencing.) floret* * *I [fɔil]nounkovinski listič, staniol, folija; amalgamska prevleka zrcala; archaic listast okrasek; figuratively (for, to) kontrastno ozadjeII [fɔil]transitive verbpokriti s tenko kovinsko plastjo; speljati na napačno sled, prelisičiti, ukaniti; pokvariti, preprečiti; odbitiIII [fɔil]nounsled zasledovane divjačineto run upon the foil — teči po lastni sledi; speljati lovceIV [fɔil]nounrapir, mečV [fɔil]nounporaz, neuspeh -
14 give in
1) (to stop fighting and admit defeat; to yield: The soldiers were outnumbered and gave in to the enemy.) vdati se2) (to hand or bring (something) to someone (often a person in authority): Do we have to give in our books at the end of the lesson?) izročiti, oddati* * *intransitive verb & transitive verbpopustiti, vdati se; izročitiAmerican give in one's name — navesti svoje ime, prijaviti se -
15 knock out
1) (to make unconscious by a blow, or (in boxing) unable to recover within the required time: The boxer knocked his opponent out in the third round.) knockoutirati2) (to defeat and cause to retire from a competition: That team knocked us out in the semi-finals (noun knock-out).) premagati* * *transitive verb izbiti (s kladivom); izprazniti, iztresti (pipo s trkanjem); sport knockoutirati; figuratively premagati, potolči; omamiti; sporazumno znižati ceno na dražbi; naglo napraviti (načrt) -
16 land
[lænd] 1. noun1) (the solid part of the surface of the Earth which is covered by the sea: We had been at sea a week before we saw land.) kopno2) (a country: foreign lands.) dežela3) (the ground or soil: He never made any money at farming as his land was poor and stony.) zemlja4) (an estate: He owns land/lands in Scotland.) zemljišče2. verb1) (to come or bring down from the air upon the land: The plane landed in a field; They managed to land the helicopter safely; She fell twenty feet, but landed without injury.) pristati2) (to come or bring from the sea on to the land: After being at sea for three months, they landed at Plymouth; He landed the big fish with some help.) pristati, potegniti na obalo3) (to (cause to) get into a particular (usually unfortunate) situation: Don't drive so fast - you'll land (yourself) in hospital/trouble!) pristati•[-rouvə]
(a type of strong motor vehicle used for driving over rough ground.)
- landing- landing-gear
- landing-stage
- landlocked
- landlord
- landmark
- land mine
- landowner
- landslide
- landslide victory
- landslide
- landslide defeat
- land up
- land with
- see how the land lies* * *I [lænd]nounkopno, zemlja; dežela; zemljišče, tla; posestvo; figuratively področje; plural nepremičnine; polje (del med dvema brazdama puškine cevi)the land of the living — tostranstvo, ta svetto go on the land — oditi v vas, postati kmetovalecnautical to make the land — zagledati kopno, pristatinautical land ho! — kopno na vidiku!to see how the land lies — videti od kod veter piha, videti kakšno je stanjeII [lænd]1.transitive verb(ljudi, robo) izkrcati (at v); izvleči (ribo); (potnike) pripeljati, odložiti; spraviti (koga v težave); colloquially udariti, usekati koga; colloquially ujeti, dobiti; sport pripeljati na cilj (konja), spraviti (žogo) v gol;2.intransitive verbpristati (ladja, avion), dospeti, izkrcati se; ujeti se (po skoku); sport colloquially priti v ciljto land s.o. in difficulties — spraviti koga v težaveto land s.o. with s.th. — obesiti komu kaj na vratto land a husband — ujeti, dobiti možato land on s.o. — navaliti na kogato land s.o. in a coat that doesn't fit — spraviti koga v zadrego -
17 licking
['likiŋ]( informal)1) (a beating as a punishment.) batinanje2) (a humiliating defeat in a sports competition.) velik poraz* * *[líkiə]nounlizanje; colloquially batinanje; sport porazto take a licking — biti poražen, pretrpeti poraz -
18 massacre
['mæsəkə] 1. noun1) (the killing of a large number of usually people, especially with great cruelty.) pokol2) (a very bad defeat: That last game was a complete massacre.) polom2. verb(to kill (large numbers) cruelly.) pobiti* * *[maesəkə]1.nounklanje, pokol;2.transitive verb(po)klati, pobiti, pobijati; figuratively uničiti -
19 messenger
[-sin‹ə]noun (a person who carries letters, information etc from place to place: The king's messenger brought news of the army's defeat.) sel* * *[mésindžə]nounsel; figuratively glasnik; British English dialectal plural posamezni oblaku nautical sidrna verigaelectrical messenger cable — nosilni kabeltechnical messenger wheel — gonilno kolo -
20 morale
(the level of courage and confidence in eg an army, team etc: In spite of the defeat, morale was still high.) morala* * *[mɔrá:l, mɔrael]nounmorala, zavest, duh, pogum
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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 — De*feat , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Defeated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Defeating}.] [From F. d[ e]fait, OF. desfait, p. p. ofe d[ e]faire, OF. desfaire, to undo; L. dis + facere to do. See {Feat}, {Fact}, and cf. {Disfashion}.] 1. To undo; to disfigure; to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
defeat — [n1] overthrow, beating ambush, annihilation, beating, blow, break, breakdown, check, collapse, conquest, count, debacle, defeasance, destruction, discomfiture, downthrow, drubbing*, embarrassment, extermination, failure, fall, insuccess,… … New thesaurus
Defeat — De*feat , n. [Cf. F. d[ e]faite, fr. d[ e]faire. See {Defeat}, v.] 1. An undoing or annulling; destruction. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Upon whose property and most dear life A damned defeat was made. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Frustration by rendering… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Defeat — may be the opposite of victory Debellatio Surrender (military) usually follows a defeat Defeat, piece by a boy (pseudonym Chris Hughes Davis, real name unknown). See also Defeatism Failure List of military disasters … Wikipedia
defeat — (v.) late 14c., from Anglo Fr. defeter, from O.Fr. desfait, pp. of desfaire to undo, from V.L. *diffacere undo, destroy, from L. dis un , not (see DIS (Cf. dis )) + facere to do, perform (see FACTITIOUS (Cf … Etymology dictionary
defeat — vb beat, *conquer, vanquish, lick, subdue, subjugate, reduce, overcome, surmount, overthrow, rout Analogous words: *frustrate, thwart, foil, baffle, balk, circumvent, outwit deep rooted, Contrasted words: *yield, submit, capitulate, succumb, cave … New Dictionary of Synonyms
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 — [dē fēt′, difēt′] vt. [ME defeten < defet, disfigured, null and void < OFr desfait, pp. of desfaire, to undo < ML disfacere, to deface, ruin < L dis , from + facere, to DO1] 1. to win victory over; overcome; beat 2. to bring to… … English World dictionary
defeat — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ complete, comprehensive (esp. BrE), decisive, heavy, major, overwhelming, resounding, serious, stunning, total … Collocations dictionary
defeat — de|feat1 W3 [dıˈfi:t] n [U and C] 1.) failure to win or succeed ▪ She was a woman who hated to admit defeat . ▪ The Democratic Party candidate has already conceded defeat . defeat in ▪ The socialist party suffered a crushing defeat in the French… … Dictionary of contemporary English