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defeat in English:

1. drub drub



2. a situation when you have lost a competition a situation when you have lost a competition



English word "defeat"(a situation when you have lost a competition) occurs in sets:

new opportunities - intermediate

3. lose a competition or something lose a competition or something



English word "defeat"(lose a competition or something) occurs in sets:

Conflict-war and peace

4. victory


It's an easy victory.
American generals believed they could win an easy victory.
While the Democratic Party has won a great victory tonight, we do so with a measure of humility and determination to heal the divides that have held back our progress.
The race developed into a free-for-all but Shinomiya lapped the group and in the final stage steadily piled on points with good timing to achieve victory.
Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary.
Girls, you did terrifically. You've truly earned this victory.
Mulligan has been riding high since he seized the crown in a come-from-behind victory 14 months ago.
Both victory and defeat are but an everyday occurrence to a soldier.
Victory and defeat aren't solely decided by the size of your army.
Matsui pulled the Giants back from the brink with a grand slam that gave them a come-from-behind victory.
It is really no great secret that the right move in each position is the sure path to victory.
But above all, I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to. It belongs to you. It belongs to you.
Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.
His victory at this age in an international competition is a good indication of a bright future.

English word "defeat"(victory) occurs in sets:

Przeciwieństwa + słowka (karta pracy)

5. vanquish


They were vanquished in battle.
For years, Argentina would dominate in World Cup qualifying matches, only to be vanquished by one of the European countries during the late stages of the tournament.

6. rout


Only the skill of the goalkeeper prevented the match from turning into a rout.
stocks have lost $945 billion and counting from highs amid tech rout 2... the Battle of Hastings at which the Norman army routed the English opposition

7. victory over someone or something



8. overcome


It is difficult to overcome this shortcoming without drastically changing the whole system.
overcome difficulties
The methods used to overcome stress are different for men and women: drinking is the major method used by men, while women deal with stress by chatting.
She was there for the buses in Montgomery, the hoses in Birmingham, a bridge in Selma, and a preacher from Atlanta who told a people that "We Shall Overcome." Yes, we can.
It is when you overcome that, that a boy becomes something-something "If you're trying to say something important sounding keep talking right to the end!"
Years of resistance to misfortune ended when the settlers' village was overcome by the savages and their hopes and lives came to the bitter end.
In order to overcome the data gap, I developed a simple methodology.
However, as in all partnerships, complications and difficulties can arise, and we have to overcome these.
Those who are attempting to overcome their addiction have found the most common cures ineffective.
trying to overcome the divorce between art and industrial production on one side and the other between art and craft.
First of all you should understand ant overcome the obstalces.
overcome, overcame, overcome
However, it must overcome the problem of its infrastructures becoming saturated.
That aren’t helping them overcome the challenges of a digital world

9. failure


Some failure in life is inevitable. It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all — in which case, you fail by default."
business failure
For some companies their treatment of their employees or clients at any given time could affect their share prices and so inevitably have a great influence on the company’s success or failure.
He who wants to travel the path of wisdom must not fear failure, for no matter how much progress he makes, his goal remains unattainably far off.
Britain's currency crisis has turned into a political one over government failure to stop the pound from going into free-fall.
I think this not a method that I can really recommend unless you are willing to risk failure.
Kimura is a Tokyo university graduate who became a taxi driver. According to some people's standards, he might be considered a failure, but I think it's fine as long as he likes driving.
It has been said that a man at ten is an animal, at twenty a lunatic, at thirty a failure, at forty a fraud, and at fifty a criminal.
Words alone cannot meet the needs of our people. These needs will be met only if we act boldly in the years ahead; and if we understand that the challenges we face are shared, and our failure to meet them will hurt us all.
For any type of organisation, internal harmony and unity are important factors in deciding its success or failure.
It's not long gone failure, nor heroic deeds to come, but here and now, which you should consider.
The failure or inability of the younger and older generation to communicate and understand each other is often reffered to as "the gap generation".
Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.
Especially over the last 20 years, the purported link between progressive welfare policies and economic failure in the Northern European countries seems to point to the difficulty of sustaining both full social welfare and international competitivity.
Calculating the risk which is involved in the event of failure, he demanded a show-down with the other party.

English word "defeat"(failure) occurs in sets:

crying, screaming, throwing up2

10. the fact of losing against someone in a fight or competition