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شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
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شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
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verb ADV. comprehensively, convincingly, decisively, easily, heavily, soundly, totally The English were heavily defeated by the Scots in the battle that followed. The proposed bill was decisively defeated in Parliament. | narrowly Our team was narrowly defeated in the final. | eventually, finally, ultimately PREP. by The motion was defeated by 20 votes to 18.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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noun loss: The defeat was hard to bear. verb conquer: We shall defeat the enemy.
Simple Definitions
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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.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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defeat verbs suffer a defeat (= be defeated ) • The party suffered a defeat in the state elections. inflict a defeat on somebody (= defeat someone, especially easily ) • The army inflicted a heavy defeat on the English. admit defeat • If I left my job, I would be admitting defeat. accept defeat • It can be very hard to accept defeat. concede defeat (= formally accept that you have lost in a game, election etc ) • His opponent conceded defeat. face defeat (= be likely to be defeated ) • In May 1945 Germany faced defeat at the hands of the Allies. ADJECTIVES/NOUN + defeat a big/bad defeat ( also a heavy defeat British English ) (= by a large amount ) • The polls were forecasting a heavy defeat for the President. a crushing/resounding defeat (= a complete defeat, by a very large amount ) • He quit as Prime Minister following a crushing defeat in regional elections. a humiliating defeat (= very embarrassing ) • They are still bitter about their humiliating defeat. a disastrous defeat (= very big, and with a very bad result ) • The party suffered a disastrous defeat in the 2006 election. a narrow defeat (= by a small amount ) • The goalkeeper was blamed for the team’s narrow defeat. an election/electoral defeat • It was their worst general election defeat since 1982. a military defeat • The president resigned following a series of military defeats. a shock defeat British English (= very unexpected ) • Arsenal are now out of the competition, following their shock defeat by Torquay Town.
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