Defeat Dɪˈfiːt Admit Party Election Finally Noun Bre

• the party faces defeat in the election.
• a narrow/heavy defeat
• the world champion has only had two defeats in 20 fights.
• they finally had to admit defeat (= stop trying to be successful).

defeat

1. failure to win or to be successful
• The party faces defeat in the election.
• a narrow/heavy defeat
• The world champion has only had two defeats in 20 fights.
• They finally had to admit defeat (= stop trying to be successful).
2. the act of winning a victory over somebody/something
• the defeat of fascism

Extra Examples

• A skilful politician can always reverse any defeats.
• She is very determined, and will never admit defeat.
• The army inflicted a heavy defeat on rebel forces.
• The battle ended in a humiliating defeat.
• The prime minister conceded defeat and resigned.
• The team suffered defeat at the hands of their oldest rivals.
• The team went down to their fifth consecutive defeat.
• Their party suffered a heavy defeat in the election.
• They lost 4 - 3 in their second narrow defeat of the week.
• They turned a military defeat into a media victory.
• We just need to avoid defeat in our last two games.
• last week’s crushing defeat against Manchester United
• their defeat by the Brazilians
• He almost pulled off a shock defeat of the reigning champion.
• He was gracious in defeat, acknowledging his opponent’s greater skill.
• They finally had to admit defeat.
• They played a key role in Wellington’s defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo.

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’.