defeat

Etymology 1
From, from and , see Etymology 2 below.

Verb

 * 1)  To overcome in battle or contest.
 * 2)  To reduce, to nothing, the strength of.
 * 3)  To nullify
 * 4) To prevent (something) from being achieved.
 * 1)  To reduce, to nothing, the strength of.
 * 2)  To nullify
 * 3) To prevent (something) from being achieved.
 * 1)  To nullify
 * 2) To prevent (something) from being achieved.
 * 1) To prevent (something) from being achieved.
 * 1) To prevent (something) from being achieved.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: verslaan, oorwin
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: غَلَبَ, هَزَمَ
 * Egyptian Arabic: غلب
 * Armenian:, պարտության մատնել
 * Aromanian: azvingu, frãngu, anichisescu,
 * Asturian: vencer
 * Azerbaijani: yenmək
 * Bashkir: еңеү
 * Basque: garaitu
 * Belarusian: паража́ць, паразі́ць, перамага́ць, перамагчы́
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian:, поразя́, , победя́
 * Catalan:, ,
 * Cherokee:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 打敗, 贏
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Cornish: tryghi
 * Czech:, , ,
 * Danish: besejre, overvinde
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: venki
 * Estonian: võitma
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Friulian: vinci
 * Galician:, derrotar,
 * Georgian: დამარცხება
 * German:, , , ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: νικάω
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: ,
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: buaigh ar, faigh an lámh in uachtar ar, cloígh
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:, 패배시키다
 * Latgalian: īveikt, puorveikt
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: uzvarēt, sakaut, uzveikt
 * Lithuanian:, įveikti, sukauti
 * Macedonian: поразува, порази, победува, победи
 * Malay: kalahkan
 * Maore Comorian: shindra
 * Maori: taiari, taieri, whakahinga
 * Mirandese:
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic: ,
 * Nepali: हराउनु, पराजित गर्नु
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, beseire
 * Occitan:
 * Pashto:
 * Persian:, مغلوب کردن
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Quechua: llalliy
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Russian:, , , , ,
 * Sanskrit: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: пора́зити
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: porážať, poraziť, víťaziť, zvíťaziť
 * Slovene: poraziti
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tajik: шикаст додан, шикаст расондан, мағлуб кардан
 * Telugu:
 * Thai: ,
 * Tocharian B: yuk-
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian: поража́ти, порази́ти, перемага́ти, перемогти́
 * Urdu: شکست دینا
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük:
 * Welsh:, , ,


 * Finnish: tehdä tyhjäksi,, ,
 * French:, ,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Spanish: ,


 * Czech:, udělat neplatným
 * Finnish: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Spanish:

Etymology 2
From, from , , past participle of the verb (compare modern French ), from  +.

Noun

 * 1) The act or instance of being defeated, of being overcome or vanquished; a loss.
 * 2) The act or instance of defeating, of overcoming, vanquishing.
 * 3) Frustration (by prevention of success), stymieing;  nullification.
 * 4)  Destruction, ruin.
 * 1) Frustration (by prevention of success), stymieing;  nullification.
 * 2)  Destruction, ruin.
 * 1)  Destruction, ruin.
 * 1)  Destruction, ruin.
 * 1)  Destruction, ruin.

Collocations

 * admit defeat
 * concede defeat
 * crushing defeat
 * humiliating defeat

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: هَزِيمَة, مَغْلُوبِيَّة
 * Armenian:
 * Aromanian: frãndzeare
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Basque: porrot
 * Belarusian: паражэ́нне
 * Bengali: ,
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: nederlag
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: malvenko
 * Estonian: kaotus, lüüasaamine
 * Faroese: ósigur
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician: ,
 * Georgian: დამარცხება
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἧσσα
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:, ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kazakh: жеңіліс
 * Khmer: ការចាញ់
 * Korean: ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish: ,
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Lao: ປະລາໄຊ, ປະຣາໄຊ
 * Latin: stragēs
 * Latvian: sakāve
 * Lithuanian: pralaimėjimas
 * Luxembourgish: Nidderlag, Néierlag
 * Macedonian: пораз
 * Malagasy: faharesena
 * Malay:
 * Maori: whakahinganga
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Occitan:
 * Pashto:, مغلوبيت
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Sanskrit:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: по̏ра̄з
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: porážka
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tajik: шикаст, бохт
 * Tatar:
 * Thai: การปราชัย, ความปราชัย,
 * Turkish:, ,
 * Turkmen: ýeňliş
 * Ukrainian: пора́зка, про́граш
 * Urdu: شِکَسْت, ہار
 * Uyghur: مەغلۇبىيەت
 * Uzbek: ,
 * Vietnamese:


 * Bengali:
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * Maori: whakahinganga
 * Spanish: ,


 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian: ,
 * Amharic:
 * Aragonese:
 * Armenian:
 * Aromanian:
 * Asturian: vencimientu
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Bashkir:
 * Basque:
 * Belarusian: паражэ́нне
 * Bengali:
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Cherokee:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: usejr, tab, nederlag
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: malvenko
 * Faroese: ósigur
 * French:
 * Friulian:
 * Georgian: მარცხი
 * German:
 * Gujarati:
 * Hausa:
 * Hawaiian: hāʻule, eo, make
 * Hindi: ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic: ,
 * Ido:
 * Igbo:
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Interlingua: vincimento
 * Irish: díomua, briseadh, maidhm
 * Italian:, , ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kannada:
 * Kazakh: жеңіліс
 * Khmer: ការឈ្នះ, ការចាញ់
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Lao: ປະຣາໄຊ
 * Latin: clades
 * Latvian: sakāve
 * Lithuanian: pralaimėjimas
 * Macedonian: пораз
 * Malay:, ketewasan
 * Malayalam:
 * Maltese:
 * Maori: taieritanga
 * Marathi: हरने
 * Mirandese:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Occitan: ,
 * Old English:
 * Pashto:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Punjabi:
 * Rajasthani:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: call
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: по̏ра̄з
 * Roman:
 * Sicilian:
 * Sinhalese:
 * Slovak: porážka
 * Slovene:
 * Somali:
 * Swahili: ushinde
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tamil:
 * Telugu: ,
 * Thai: ความปราชัย
 * Turkmen:
 * Ukrainian: пора́зка
 * Vietnamese: trận thua, thất bạ
 * Volapük:
 * Walloon:
 * Welsh: trechiad, gorchfygiad