Meaning
Losing a game, a fight or a war. As a verb it means to beat somebody in a game, a fight or a war.
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Word origin
From Old French desfait, meaning undone, from Latin dis- and facere, to do.
- Origin
- Old French
- Root
- desfait
Grammar
Examples
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"Defeat" here means they lost the game badly.
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"Accept defeat" means to agree that you have lost.
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Here "defeat" is a verb and means to beat somebody.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 20, lesson 4: defeat, soup, fry and 7 more words.