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The correct spelling is defeat.
How to pronounce defeat
/dɪˈfiːt/
verbIPA: /dɪˈfiːt/
Say it like: Def-eet
The correct spelling is defeat. To overcome in battle or contest. For example: "Wellington defeated Napoleon at Waterloo."
Usage Examples
“Wellington defeated Napoleon at Waterloo.”
“Licking their wounds after a temporary defeat, they planned their next move.”
“The inscription records her defeat of the country's enemies in a costly war.”
Meanings
verb
- 1.To overcome in battle or contest.
- 2.To reduce, to nothing, the strength of.
- 3.To nullify
noun
- 1.The act or instance of being defeated, of being overcome or vanquished; a loss.
- 2.The act or instance of defeating, of overcoming, vanquishing.
- 3.Frustration (by prevention of success), stymieing; nullification.
- 4.Destruction, ruin.
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