Defeated Defeat Dɪˈfiːt Decisively Verb Champion Sets Rival/An

• he defeated the champion in three sets.
• to defeat a rival/an opponent
• the goal is to defeat the enemy by whatever means possible.
• a defeated army

defeat

Verb Forms

1. to win against somebody in a war, competition, sports game, etc.
• SYNONYM beat
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• He defeated the champion in three sets.
• to defeat a rival/an opponent
• The goal is to defeat the enemy by whatever means possible.
• a defeated army
• Garibaldi defeated the Neapolitan army.
• The government was defeated by 200 votes to 83.
• Davis defeated Morris by eight points in the semi-final.
• Our team was narrowly defeated in the final.
• It was said that he could not be defeated in battle.

Extra Examples

• He said it was impossible to defeat the terrorists militarily.
• The English were decisively defeated by the rebels in the battle that followed.
• The senator was decisively defeated by his rivals.
• She narrowly defeated the rival candidate in the leadership contest.
2. to stop something from being successful
• They are united in their determination to defeat global terrorism.
• The proposed bill was decisively defeated in Parliament.
• The motion was defeated by 19 votes.
• Writing down your password so you remember it defeats the purpose of having a password.
• Staying late at the office to discuss shorter working hours rather defeats the object of the exercise!
3. if something defeats you, you cannot understand it
• The instruction manual completely defeated me.
• Question 6 defeated us.

Word Origin

• late Middle English (in the sense ‘undo, destroy, annul’): from Old French desfait ‘undone’, past participle of desfaire, from medieval Latin disfacere ‘undo’.