Слово англійською: defeat
Дієслово
Переклад defeat українською: ви́грати у ко́го, перемогти́ кого́, завда́ти пора́зки кому́
Детальний опис
- to win against somebody in a war, competition, sports game, etc. synonym beat
- defeat somebody/something 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.
- defeat somebody by something The government was defeated by 200 votes to 83.
- Davis defeated Morris by eight points in the semi-final.
- defeat somebody in something Our team was narrowly defeated in the final.
- It was said that he could not be defeated in battle.
- to stop something from being successful
- defeat something They are united in their determination to defeat global terrorism.
- The proposed bill was decisively defeated in Parliament.
- be defeated by something 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!
- defeat somebody (formal) if something defeats you, you cannot understand it
- The instruction manual completely defeated me.
- Question 6 defeated us.
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘undo, destroy, annul’): from Old French desfait ‘undone’, past participle of desfaire, from medieval Latin disfacere ‘undo’.