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{
"term": "defeat",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "defeat",
"heSheIt": "defeats"
},
"pastSimple": "defeated",
"pastParticiple": "defeated",
"ingForm": "defeating"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to win against somebody in a war, competition, sports game, etc.",
"sensetop": "defeat somebody/somethingdefeat somebody by somethingdefeat somebody in something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "He defeated the champion in three sets.",
"contextForm": "defeat somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "to defeat a rival/an opponent"
},
{
"text": "The goal is to **defeat the enemy** by whatever means possible."
},
{
"text": "a **defeated army**"
},
{
"text": "Garibaldi defeated the Neapolitan army."
},
{
"text": "The government was defeated by 200 votes to 83.",
"contextForm": "defeat somebody by something"
},
{
"text": "Davis defeated Morris by eight points in the semi-final."
},
{
"text": "Our team was **narrowly defeated** in the final.",
"contextForm": "defeat somebody in something"
},
{
"text": "It was said that he could not be **defeated in battle**."
},
{
"text": "He said it was impossible to defeat the terrorists militarily."
},
{
"text": "The English were decisively defeated by the rebels in the battle that followed."
},
{
"text": "The senator was decisively defeated by his rivals."
},
{
"text": "She narrowly defeated the rival candidate in the leadership contest."
}
],
"synonyms": "beat",
"topics": ["War and conflict", "Sports: other sports"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["comprehensively", "convincingly", "decisively"],
"preposition": ["by"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to stop something from being successful",
"sensetop": "defeat somethingbe defeated by something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "They are united in their determination to **defeat** global **terrorism**.",
"contextForm": "defeat something"
},
{
"text": "The proposed bill was decisively defeated in Parliament."
},
{
"text": "The motion was defeated by 19 votes.",
"contextForm": "be defeated by something"
},
{
"text": "Writing down your password so you remember it **defeats the purpose** of having a password."
},
{
"text": "Staying late at the office to discuss shorter working hours rather **defeats the object of the exercise**!"
}
],
"topics": ["Difficulty and failure"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["comprehensively", "convincingly", "decisively"],
"preposition": ["by"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "if something defeats you, you cannot understand it",
"sensetop": "defeat somebody",
"labels": "(formal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The instruction manual completely defeated me."
},
{
"text": "Question 6 defeated us."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["comprehensively", "convincingly", "decisively"],
"preposition": ["by"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈfiːt/",
"audio": "de/defeat/defeat__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈfiːts/",
"audio": "de/defeat/defeats__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈfiːtɪd/",
"audio": "de/defeat/defeated__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈfiːtɪŋ/",
"audio": "de/defeat/defeating__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈfiːt/",
"audio": "de/defeat/defeat__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈfiːts/",
"audio": "de/defeat/defeats__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈfiːtɪd/",
"audio": "de/defeat/defeated__us_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈfiːtɪŋ/",
"audio": "de/defeat/defeating__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the sense ‘undo, destroy, annul’): from Old French desfait ‘undone’, past participle of desfaire, from medieval Latin disfacere ‘undo’."
}