Meaning of defeat in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

verb

• To overcome in battle or contest.

  Example: Wellington defeated Napoleon at Waterloo.

• To reduce, to nothing, the strength of.

• To nullify

noun

• The act or instance of being defeated, of being overcome or vanquished; a loss.

  Example: Licking their wounds after a temporary defeat, they planned their next move.

• The act or instance of defeating, of overcoming, vanquishing.

  Example: The inscription records her defeat of the country's enemies in a costly war.

• Frustration (by prevention of success), stymieing; nullification.

• Destruction, ruin.