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Grammar : Verb
Spell : dih-feet
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈfit



Definition of defeating

Origin :
  • 1701, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of defeat (v.).
  • verb conquer in military manner
  • verb conquer in athletic contest
  • verb frustrate
Example sentences :
  • You have an unfortunate way, Eileen, of defeating your own ends.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
  • There is no elation in defeating a driver who lies out on the course.
  • Extract from : « The Flying Mercury » by Eleanor M. Ingram
  • It was Manuel who saved our lives, defeating his own aim to the bitter end.
  • Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
  • To do more is to drag and fail, so defeating the end of your efforts.
  • Extract from : « The Untroubled Mind » by Herbert J. Hall
  • They may be defeating the very ends they were meant to serve.
  • Extract from : « A Preface to Politics » by Walter Lippmann
  • She is alive; she loves me, and, God forgive me, I hate her for defeating my just vengeance.
  • Extract from : « Lorraine » by Robert W. Chambers
  • I returned to Brisbane with the intention of defeating his designs.
  • Extract from : « Reminiscences of Queensland » by William Henry Corfield
  • At Saratoga I was without a command, yet I succeeded in defeating an army.
  • Extract from : « The Loyalist » by James Francis Barrett
  • I always said he was the only man capable of defeating Napoleon.
  • Extract from : « War and Peace » by Leo Tolstoy
  • Let us hasten on, lest in defeating your own purpose, you defeat mine.
  • Extract from : « Under the Rose » by Frederic Stewart Isham

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