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- pronunciation:
- dih
fit
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
defeats, defeating, defeated |
| definition 1: |
to win a victory over; beat in a game, battle, or the like.
They pledged to defeat their enemy.Our team easily defeated last year's winning team.Do you think our candidate can defeat the others?- synonyms:
- beat, best, conquer, overcome, vanquish
- similar words:
- checkmate, clobber, cream, crush, down, drub, humble, lick, master, outdo, overpower, overthrow, overwhelm, rout, subdue, subjugate, thrash, triumph over, trounce, upset, whomp, worst
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| definition 2: |
to keep from succeeding; cause to fail; frustrate or thwart.
His own lack of confidence and negative attitude defeated him.The rain defeated our plans for a day on the lake.- synonyms:
- foil, frustrate, thwart
- similar words:
- break, crush, discomfit, lick, overcome, stymie
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| related words: |
ace, balk, bilk, dash, disappoint, excel, massacre, ruin, smear, stop, thwart, top, vanquish, whip, wreck |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
the act or an instance of defeating.
They celebrated their defeat of the enemy.We read of the defeat of the great former champion with some disappointment.- synonyms:
- conquest, vanquishment
- antonyms:
- win
- similar words:
- beating, drubbing, fall, licking, miss, overthrow, rout, upset
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| definition 2: |
the condition or an instance of being defeated.
After we'd tried so hard, our defeat was hard to bear.- synonyms:
- loss
- antonyms:
- triumph, victory
- similar words:
- balk, bust, checkmate, collapse, discomfiture, downfall, failure, frustration, miss, overthrow, setback, subversion
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| related words: |
abortion, disappointment, massacre, victory |
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