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Defeat
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Word families (Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs): defeat, defeatism, defeatist, defeat, undefeated
Word families (Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs): defeat, defeatism, defeatist, defeat, undefeated
Xem thêm: licking, frustration, get the better of, overcome, kill, shoot down, vote down, vote out
defeat noun
ADJ. bitter, catastrophic, complete, comprehensive, crushing, decisive, devastating, disastrous, heavy, humiliating, ignominious, overwhelming, resounding, serious, stunning Their party suffered a heavy defeat in the election. The battle ended in a humiliating defeat. | narrow They lost 4?3 in their second narrow defeat of the week. | consecutive, successive | election, electoral, political | military
VERB + DEFEAT accept, admit, concede She is very determined, and will never admit defeat. The prime minister conceded defeat and resigned. | face | go down to, slump to, to suffer The team went down to their fifth consecutive defeat. | reverse A skilful politician can always reverse any defeats. | avoid We just need to avoid defeat in our last two matches. | inflict The army inflicted a heavy defeat on rebel forces. | end in | lead to
PREP. ~ against last week's crushing defeat against Manchester United | ~ by their defeat by the French
PHRASES defeat at the hands of sb The team suffered defeat at the hands of their oldest rivals.
n.
it was a narrow defeat
the army's only defeat
they suffered a convincing licking
v.
You must overcome all difficulties
defeat your enemies
He overcame his shyness
She conquered here fear of mice
He overcame his infirmity
Her anger got the better of her and she blew up
kill a motion
he shot down the student's proposal