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Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : dih-feet
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈfit



Definition of defeats

Origin :
  • 1701, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of defeat (v.).
  • noun overthrow, beating
  • noun frustration
  • verb conquer in military manner
  • verb conquer in athletic contest
  • verb frustrate
Example sentences :
  • The Romans told stories of their defeats as well as of their victories.
  • Extract from : « Introductory American History » by Henry Eldridge Bourne
  • Thus may a wise general convert his defeats into the means of victory.
  • Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
  • A man of defeats and of incapacity to be thus worshipped as a hero!
  • Extract from : « Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 » by Adam Gurowski
  • De Villiers, defeats Washington, 74;destroys Redstone fort, 77.
  • Extract from : « Chronicles of Border Warfare » by Alexander Scott Withers
  • Possibly this had much to do with the Austrian (p. 299) defeats.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) » by Various
  • Were defeats in money matters as hard to bear, then, as defeats in art?
  • Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
  • Only fancy the Greek vaunting his triumphs or bewailing his defeats in Turkish!'
  • Extract from : « Lord Kilgobbin » by Charles Lever
  • None were above telling of their own defeats and discomfitures.
  • Extract from : « Sir Jasper Carew » by Charles James Lever
  • They are the product of malignity so evident that it defeats itself.
  • Extract from : « The Scottish Reformation » by Alexander F. Mitchell
  • He who pursues pleasure only defeats the object of his creation.
  • Extract from : « The Verbalist » by Thomas Embly Osmun, (AKA Alfred Ayres)

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