defeat

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/dɪˈfiːt/]

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1. defeat (noun) — sense 1

Definition: The act or instance of being defeated, of being overcome or vanquished; a loss.

Example: Licking their wounds after a temporary defeat, they planned their next move.

2. defeat (noun) — sense 2

Definition: The act or instance of defeating, of overcoming, vanquishing.

Example: The inscription records her defeat of the country's enemies in a costly war.

3. defeat (noun) — sense 3

Definition: Frustration (by prevention of success), stymieing; (law) nullification.

Example: ... is subsequently issued to him, in accordance with his perfect equity thus acquired, by a legal fiction which the law creates for the protection, but not for the defeat, of his title.

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