DEFEAT vs WIN: 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.
- In law, the act of annulling, or of rendering null and void; annulment: as, the defeat of a title.
- An undoing; ruin; destruction.
- The act of making null and void.
- The act of overcoming or frustrating the enforcement of.
- A coming to naught; frustration.
- The state of being defeated; failure to win.
- The act of defeating an opponent.
- The act of depriving a person of something expected, desired, or striven for, by some antagonistic action or influence.
- The feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals
- An undoing or annulling; destruction.
- 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
- An unsuccessful ending
- First place in a competition.
- An amount won or earned.
- A victory; a success; an act of winning.
- Strife; contention.
- A victory, especially in a competition.
- Something won (especially money)
- A victory (as in a race or other competition)
DEFEAT vs WIN: VERB
- To nullify; to reduce, to nothing, the strength of.
- To overcome in battle or contest.
- Win a victory over
- Thwart the passage of
- Obtain advantages, such as points, etc.
- Attain success or reach a desired goal
- Win something through one's efforts
- Be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious
DEFEAT vs WIN: INTRANSITIVE VERB
- N/A
- To reach with difficulty.
- To achieve success in an effort or venture.
- To receive as a prize or reward for performance.
- To achieve or obtain by effort.
- To gain (respect or love, for example) by effort: : earn.
- To make (one's way) with effort.
- To take in battle; capture.
- To succeed in gaining the affection or loyalty of (someone).
- To succeed in gaining the favor or support of; prevail on.
- To discover and open (a vein or deposit) in mining.
- To extract from a mine or from mined ore.
- To achieve victory or finish first in a competition.
- To gain ground on.
- To be conqueror over.
- To gain the victory; to be successful; to triumph; to prevail.
DEFEAT vs WIN: 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 resist with success.
- To overcome or vanquish, as an army; to check, disperse, or ruin by victory; to overthrow.
- To undo; to disfigure; to destroy.
- To render null and void, as a title; to frustrate, as hope; to deprive, as of an estate.
- N/A
DEFEAT vs WIN: 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.
- To undo; do away with; deprive of vigor, prosperity, health, life, or value; ruin; destroy.
- [In the last extract there is perhaps an allusion to defeature, 2.]
- Specifically In law, to annul; render null and void: as, to defeat a title to an estate. See defeasance, 3.
- To win; succeed.
- To dry or season by exposure to the wind or air: as, to win hay; to win peats.
- To acquire by labor, effort, or struggle; secure; gain.
- Specifically
- To gain by competition or conquest; take, as from an opponent or enemy; obtain as victor.
- To earn: as, to win one's bread.
- To obtain; derive; get: as, to win ore from a mine.
- To be successful or victorious in: as, to win a game or a battle.
- To accomplish by effort; achieve, effect, or execute; succeed in making or doing.
- To reach; attain to; arrive at, as a goal or destination; gain; get to.
- To cause to attain to or arrive at; hence, to bring; convey.
- Acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions
- To gain ground on; gain upon.
- To get; succeed in getting: as, to win in (to get in); to win through; to win loose; to win up, down, or away; to win on (to get on, either literally or figuratively).
- To reach; attain; make one's way; succeed in making one's way: with to.
- To succeed; gain one's end; especially, to be superior in a contest or competition; gain the victory; prove successful: as, let those laugh who win.
- To struggle; labor; work.
- To strive; vie; contend.
- In the United States the word win, as used in mining, has frequently a more general meaning; it is thus defined in the glossary of the Pennsylvania Survey: “To mine, to develop, to prepare for mining.” See winning.
- In mining, to sink down to (a bed of coal) by means of a shaft; prepare (a bed of coal) for working by doing the necessary preliminary dead-work: also applied to beds of ironstone and other ores.
- To prevail on; induce.
- Be victorious
- To gain the affection, regard, esteem, compliance, favor, etc., of; move to sympathy, agreement, or consent; gain the good will of; gain over or attract, as to one's self, one's side, or one's cause; in general, to attract.
- (idiom) (win the day) To be successful.
DEFEAT vs WIN: RELATED WORDS
- Losing, Beat, Trounce, Loss, Rout, Setback, Win, Triumph, Victory, Vote down, Vote out, Kill, Licking, Frustration, Overcome
- Winner, Defeats, Victorious, Beat, Defeat, Triumph, Victories, Victory, Get ahead, Make headway, Profits, Gain ground, Advance, Winnings, Gain
DEFEAT vs WIN: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Humiliation, Losing, Beat, Trounce, Loss, Rout, Setback, Win, Triumph, Victory, Vote down, Kill, Licking, Frustration, Overcome
- Berth, Champion, Earn, Championship, Winner, Victorious, Beat, Defeat, Triumph, Victory, Make headway, Profits, Gain ground, Advance, Gain
DEFEAT vs WIN: 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.
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- Many of our generals met defeat after defeat.
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- His intent was not to win a battle but to win over the offender.
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- As everyone knows, offense does not win games, nor does it win championships.
- Teams deserving to win, win because of their hard work and skill.
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