Defeat | Definition In The English-Vietnamese Dictionary

Translation of defeat – English–Vietnamese dictionary

defeat

 verb  /diˈfiːt/ Add to word list Add to word list ● to win a victory over đánh bại They defeated our team by three goals We will defeat the enemy eventually.

defeat

 noun  ● the loss of a game, battle, race etc sự thất bại His defeat in the last race was disappointing We suffered yet another defeat.

See also

defeated defeatism defeatist

(Translation of defeat from the PASSWORD English-Vietnamese Dictionary © 2015 K Dictionaries Ltd)

Examples of defeat

defeat Still, when he leaves the house, he leaves defeated. From the Cambridge English Corpus Parts of a defeated group's inkatha were incorporated into that of the victorious group. From the Cambridge English Corpus Only historical materialism could take "the tiger's leap into the past" to bring back to consciousness precisely the defeated, marginalized, and forgotten resisters. From the Cambridge English Corpus She is therefore likely to write them down, comprising security and defeating the efforts of the overall approach. From the Cambridge English Corpus Earlier we specified one mechanism by which externalist conservatism is often defeated. From the Cambridge English Corpus With a financial system based on municipal rents, the possibility of decent maintenance and upkeep was defeated by the massive scale of non-payment. From the Cambridge English Corpus During the porfiriato, challenges to authority in the factory were usually and regularly defeated. From the Cambridge English Corpus Re-entry would require the acquiescence of the prefectural party and the defeated candidate (including defeated candidates from the other parties in the coalition). From the Cambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. B1,B2,B1

Translations of defeat

in Chinese (Traditional) 擊敗，打敗，戰勝, 使失敗，使落空, 失敗… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 击败，打败，战胜, 使失败，使落空, 失败… See more in Spanish derrotar, superar, frustrar… See more in Portuguese derrotar, vencer, derrota… See more in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Polish in Korean in Italian युद्ध किंवा स्पर्धेत एखाद्याविरुद्ध जिंकणे, एखाद्याला किंवा एखाद्या गोष्टीला अपयशी ठरविणे, एखाद्या लढाईत किंवा स्पर्धेत एखाद्याविरुद्ध पराभूत होणे किंवा जेव्हा एखाद्याला किंवा एखाद्या गोष्टीला अपयशी बनवले जाते तेव्हाची वस्तुस्थिती… See more ～を負かす, 負け, 打（う）ち負（ま）かす… See more galip gelmek, yenmek, mağlup etmek… See more battre, vaincre, faire échouer… See more derrotar, derrota… See more verslaan, nederlaag… See more சண்டை, போர் அல்லது போட்டியில் ஒருவரை எதிர்த்து வெல்ல, யாரோ ஒருவர் அல்லது ஏதோ ஒன்று தோல்வியடைய காரணமாக… See more (लड़ाई, युद्ध या प्रतियोगिता में) हराना या पराजित करना, (किसी व्यक्ति या वस्तु को) निष्फल करना… See more હરાવવું, પરાજય આપવો, હાર… See more slå, besejre, nederlag… See more besegra, slå, nederlag… See more mengalahkan, kekalahan… See more besiegen, die Niederlage… See more slå, beseire, sette en stopper for… See more شکست دینا, ہرانا, ناکام بنانا… See more розбивати, завдавати поразки, поразка… See more ఓటమి, ఓడిపోవడం, ఒకరిని లేక ఒకదాన్ని విఫలమయ్యేలా చేయడం.… See more হারিয়ে দেওয়া, পরাজিত করা, ব্যর্থ হওয়া বা ব্যর্থ করা… See more porazit, porážka… See more mengalahkan, kekalahan… See more เอาชนะ, ความพ่ายแพ้… See more pokonywać, udaremnić, niweczyć… See more 패배시키다, 패배… See more sconfiggere, sconfitta… See more Need a translator?

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