defeat

/di'fi:t/

Definition

Noun:
- The act of being beaten or losing: The state or instance of losing a contest, battle, or struggle.
- A failure to succeed: An unsuccessful ending to an effort or campaign.
- The feeling of being thwarted: The emotion that comes from failing to achieve a goal.
Verb:
- To win a victory over someone or something: To beat an opponent in a contest, battle, or competition.
- To cause to fail: To prevent something from being successful; to thwart.
- To reject or kill a proposal: To vote against or formally reject a motion or plan.

Examples of Usage

Noun:
- The team accepted their defeat with grace. (The team accepted their loss.)
- The new law's defeat in parliament was a surprise. (The failure of the new law to pass was a surprise.)
- He felt a deep sense of defeat after the failed project. (He felt the emotion of failure.)
Verb:
- Our army managed to defeat the invaders. (Our army won a victory over the invaders.)
- A lack of funding defeated our plans for expansion. (A lack of funding caused our plans to fail.)
- The committee voted to defeat the proposed amendment. (The committee voted to reject the amendment.)

Advanced Usage

"To admit defeat": To acknowledge that one has lost or failed.
- After hours of arguing, he finally admitted defeat.
"To concede defeat": To formally acknowledge loss, especially in an election or contest.
- The candidate conceded defeat once all the votes were counted.
"A crushing/convincing defeat": A very severe or decisive loss.
- The election resulted in a crushing defeat for the ruling party.
"To defeat the purpose": To make something pointless or ineffective.
- Adding too many rules defeats the purpose of having a creative workshop.

Variants and Related Words

Defeated (adj.): Having been beaten; overcome.
- The defeated army retreated from the field.
Defeatist (adj./n.): Showing acceptance of expected failure; a person with such an attitude.
- We must avoid a defeatist mentality if we want to succeed.

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Related Phrasal Verbs

Defeat outright: To defeat completely and decisively.
- The champion defeated his challenger outright in the first round.

Related Idioms

"Snatch defeat from the jaws of victory": To suddenly lose when you were very close to winning.
- By missing that final penalty, they snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.

Noun

the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals
an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest
- it was a narrow defeat
- the army's only defeat
- they suffered a convincing licking

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