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Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : dih-feet

Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈfit

Definition of defeats

Origin : 1701, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of defeat (v.).

noun overthrow, beating
noun frustration
verb conquer in military manner
verb conquer in athletic contest
verb frustrate

Example sentences :

The Romans told stories of their defeats as well as of their victories.
Extract from : « Introductory American History » by Henry Eldridge Bourne

Thus may a wise general convert his defeats into the means of victory.
Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin

A man of defeats and of incapacity to be thus worshipped as a hero!
Extract from : « Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 » by Adam Gurowski

De Villiers, defeats Washington, 74;destroys Redstone fort, 77.
Extract from : « Chronicles of Border Warfare » by Alexander Scott Withers

Possibly this had much to do with the Austrian (p. 299) defeats.
Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) » by Various

Were defeats in money matters as hard to bear, then, as defeats in art?
Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola

Only fancy the Greek vaunting his triumphs or bewailing his defeats in Turkish!'
Extract from : « Lord Kilgobbin » by Charles Lever

None were above telling of their own defeats and discomfitures.
Extract from : « Sir Jasper Carew » by Charles James Lever

They are the product of malignity so evident that it defeats itself.
Extract from : « The Scottish Reformation » by Alexander F. Mitchell

He who pursues pleasure only defeats the object of his creation.
Extract from : « The Verbalist » by Thomas Embly Osmun, (AKA Alfred Ayres)

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