DEFEAT vs OVERCOME: NOUN
- The act or result of overcoming in a contest, viewed with reference to the person overcome; overthrow; vanquishment; rout: as, to inflict a severe defeat upon the enemy.
- The act of depriving a person of something expected, desired, or striven for, by some antagonistic action or influence.
- In law, the act of annulling, or of rendering null and void; annulment: as, the defeat of a title.
- An undoing; ruin; destruction.
- An undoing or annulling; destruction.
- An unsuccessful ending
- The state of being defeated; failure to win.
- A coming to naught; frustration.
- The act of making null and void.
- The act of overcoming or frustrating the enforcement of.
- The act of defeating an opponent.
- The feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals
- Frustration by rendering null and void, or by prevention of success.
- An overthrow, as of an army in battle; loss of a battle; repulse suffered; discomfiture; -- opposed to victory.
- The act of defeating or being defeated.
- An unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest
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DEFEAT vs OVERCOME: ADJECTIVE
- N/A
- Rendered powerless especially by an excessive amount or profusion of something
DEFEAT vs OVERCOME: VERB
- To nullify; to reduce, to nothing, the strength of.
- To overcome in battle or contest.
- Win a victory over
- Thwart the passage of
- Overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
- Overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome
- Win a victory over
- To surmount (a physical or abstract obstacle); to prevail over, to get the better of.
- To win (a battle).
- To win or prevail in some sort of battle, contest, etc.
- Get on top of; deal with successfully
- To overwhelm with emotion.
DEFEAT vs OVERCOME: INTRANSITIVE VERB
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- To surmount opposition; be victorious.
- To overpower, as with emotion; affect deeply.
- To deal with successfully; prevail over; surmount.
- To defeat (another) in competition or conflict.
- To gain the superiority; to be victorious.
DEFEAT vs OVERCOME: TRANSITIVE VERB
- To do better than (another) in a competition or battle; win victory over; beat.
- To prevent the success of; thwart.
- To frustrate the enforcement of (a motion, for example).
- To make (an estate, for example) void; annul.
- To dishearten or dispirit.
- To be beyond the comprehension of; mystify.
- To undo; to disfigure; to destroy.
- To render null and void, as a title; to frustrate, as hope; to deprive, as of an estate.
- To overcome or vanquish, as an army; to check, disperse, or ruin by victory; to overthrow.
- To resist with success.
- To come or pass over; to spread over.
- To overflow; to surcharge.
- To get the better of; to surmount; to conquer; to subdue.
DEFEAT vs OVERCOME: OTHER WORD TYPES
- Synonyms Beat, Overpower, Overwhelm, Defeat, Discomfit, Rout, Overthrow, conquer. Beat is a general, somewhat indefinite, but vigorous word, covering the others. Overpower and overwhelm are the least discreditable to the one that loses in the struggle; overpower is least permanent in its effects. To overpower is to overcome by superiority of strength or numbers, but the disadvantage may be changed by the arrival of reinforcements. To overwhelm is to bear down utterly, to sweep clear away by superior strength. Defeat is to overcome or get the better of in some kind of contest, and implies less discredit, but generally greater disaster, to the defeated party than beat: as, that army is considered beaten which withdraws from the field. Defeat implies a serious disadvantage, because it applies more often to large numbers engaged. Discomfit has fallen into comparative disuse, except in its secondary sense of foiling, etc.; in that it expresses a comparatively complete and mortifying defeat. Rout is to defeat and drive off the field in confusion. Overthrow is the most decisive and final of these words; it naturally applies only to great persons, concerns, armies, etc. See conquer.
- To overcome in a contest of any kind, as a battle, fight, game, debate, competition, or election; vanquish; conquer; overthrow; rout; beat: as, to defeat an army; to defeat an opposing candidate; to defeat one's opponent at chess.
- To frustrate; prevent the success of; make of no effect; thwart: applied to things.
- To deprive of something expected, desired, or striven for, by some antagonistic action or influence: applied to persons.
- Specifically In law, to annul; render null and void: as, to defeat a title to an estate. See defeasance, 3.
- [In the last extract there is perhaps an allusion to defeature, 2.]
- To undo; do away with; deprive of vigor, prosperity, health, life, or value; ruin; destroy.
- To come over; move or pass over or throughout.
- To reach or extend over or throughout; spread over; cover; overflow; surcharge.
- To overtake.
- To overwhelm; oppress; overpower; surmount; conquer; vanquish; subdue.
- To get beyond; outstrip; excel.
- Synonyms Vanquish, Subdue, etc. See conquer.
- To gain the superiority; be victorious; conquer.
- Overpowered by liquor; intoxicated: in the past participle.
- Get on top of
- Deal with successfully
DEFEAT vs OVERCOME: RELATED WORDS
- Losing, Beat, Trounce, Loss, Rout, Setback, Win, Triumph, Victory, Vote down, Vote out, Kill, Licking, Frustration, Overcome
- Routed, Swamped, Beaten, Overpowered, Engulfed, Defeated, Defeat, Vanquished, Overwhelmed, Overtake, Overwhelm, Overpower, Conquered, Subdue, Surmount
DEFEAT vs OVERCOME: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Humiliation, Losing, Beat, Trounce, Loss, Rout, Setback, Win, Triumph, Victory, Vote down, Kill, Licking, Frustration, Overcome
- Routed, Swamped, Beaten, Overpowered, Engulfed, Defeated, Defeat, Vanquished, Overwhelmed, Overtake, Overwhelm, Overpower, Conquered, Subdue, Surmount
DEFEAT vs OVERCOME: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- You will in effect defeat their screwy system.
- Do not attempt to defeat this safety feature.
- Thus, the Nazis are able to defeat the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union, while Japan is able to defeat the United States.
- To defeat them, hit the question switch to change their colors, then defeat them to get the trophy.
- The vanquished was buried in history, only to be remembered as a lesson to posterity, his defeat considered the defeat of his unjust cause.
- Besides, humans share a recent common ancestor with gorillas, and conceding defeat for the silverback gorilla would mean conceding defeat for all of humanity.
- Security against defeat implies defensive tactics; ability to defeat the enemy means taking the offensive.
- Must defeat empress of light during day time, to defeat her avoid getting hit as she will one shot anyone.
- The defeat of healthcare was a huge defeat.
- Many of our generals met defeat after defeat.
- What are they doing to overcome these problems?
- But the Beesmas spirit can overcome any obstacle!
- Secondary evidence must overcome the unavailability of primary evidence, and affidavits must overcome the unavailability of both primary and secondary evidence.
- SUMMARY: RECOMMENDATIONS TO OVERCOME BARRIERSExplained in more detail in the body ofthis report, this review made several recommendations designed to overcome the identified barriers.
- There is a long tradition of people who have overcome their own addictions to be involved in counseling others to overcome their addictions.
- Crownguard and she knew that she would overcome this challenge, just as she had overcome all other challenges in her life.
- Unnumbered foes will stand before the man upon the plane of soul; there he must overcome, yea, overcome them every one.
- Though it has taken so many years to overcome as a survivor, I truly believe meditation and prayers can overcome the most difficult challenges.
- As we overcome this crisis, we must stay unified to rebuild, strengthen, and overcome future challenges.
- Helps to overcome fear, dispel negative emotions, overcome inner blockages.
DEFEAT vs OVERCOME: QUESTIONS
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