defeat
/dɪˈfit/ verbo B1En español: derrotar, vencer, profligar, causear
- To overcome in battle or contest. · Wellington defeated Napoleon at Waterloo.
- To reduce, to nothing, the strength of.
- To nullify
- To prevent (something) from being achieved.
Plural defeat · He/she/it defeats · Pasado defeated · Participio pasado defeated · Forma en -ing defeating
Formas del verbo
- Forma base
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- He/she/it
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- Pasado
- defeated
- Participio pasado
- defeated
- Forma en -ing
- defeating
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“Another hope defeated!” said the count.
Then Josie Pye dared Jane Andrews to hop on her left leg around the garden without stopping once or putting her right foot to the ground; which Jane Andrews gamely tried to do, but gave out at the third corner and had to confess herself defeated.
Anne no longer wished to win for the sake of defeating Gilbert; rather, for the proud consciousness of a well-won victory over a worthy foeman.
For a moment Anne felt one sickening pang of defeat and disappointment.
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