defeatとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈfiːt/
• 韻: -iːt

動詞

defeat (三人称単数 現在形 defeats, 現在分詞 defeating, 過去形および過去分詞形 defeated)

1. (transitive) To overcome in battle or contest.

   Wellington defeated Napoleon at Waterloo.

2. (transitive) To reduce, to nothing, the strength of.
   • (Can we date this quote by Tillotson かつ provide title, author's full name, かつ other details?)

     He finds himself naturally to dread a superior Being that can defeat all his designs, and disappoint all his hopes.

   • (Can we date this quote by A. W. Ward かつ provide title, author's full name, かつ other details?)

     In one instance he defeated his own purpose.

3. (transitive) To nullify
   • (Can we date this quote by Hallam かつ provide title, author's full name, かつ other details?)

     The escheators […] defeated the right heir of his succession.

派生語

• self-defeating

同意語

• vanquish, overcome, beat

下位語

• conquer (defeat かつ annex); rout, crush, cream (decisive); shutout, zilch (sports, to defeat without permitting any opposing score)

関連する語

名詞

defeat (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 defeats)

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

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

   • 2012 May 13, Alistair Magowan, “Sunderland 0-1 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     Two defeats in five games coming into this contest, and a draw with Everton, ultimately cost Sir Alex Ferguson's side in what became the most extraordinary finale to the league championship since Arsenal beat Liverpool at Anfield in 1989.

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

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

3. Frustration (by prevention of success), stymieing; (law) nullification.
   • 1909, The Southern Reporter, page 250:

     ... is subsequently issued to him, in accordance with his perfect equity thus acquired, by a legal fiction which the law creates for the protection, but not for the defeat, of his title.

   • 2008, Gene Porter, A Daughter of the Land, volume 1 (→ISBN), page 17:

     She could see no justice in being forced into a position that promised to end in further humiliation and defeat of her hopes.

4. (obsolete) Destruction, ruin.
   • 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, act 4, scene 1:

     and made defeat of her virginity

反意語

• victory

アナグラム

• feated