defeat

[US]/dɪˈfiːt/
[UK]/dɪˈfiːt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. التغلب في معركة أو مسابقة؛ التسبب في الفشل
n. الفشل؛ النصر
Word Forms
Present Participledefeating
Past Tensedefeated
Third Person Singulardefeats
Pluraldefeats
Past Participledefeated

Phrases & Collocations

suffer defeat

تحمل الهزيمة

accept defeat

تقبل الهزيمة

experience defeat

مرّ بتجربة الهزيمة

admit defeat

اعترف بالهزيمة

taste defeat

تذوق الهزيمة

Example Sentences

convert defeat into victory

تحويل الهزيمة إلى نصر

the defeat of a lifelong dream.

هزيمة حلم مدى الحياة.

take a defeat with true sportsmanship

تقبل الهزيمة بروح رياضية حقيقية.

a 1–0 defeat by Grimsby.

هزيمة بنتيجة 1-0 على يد غريمزبي.

to recuperate after a defeat

للاستشفاء بعد الهزيمة.

Garibaldi defeated the Neapolitan army.

هزم غاريبالدي جيش نابولي.

defeated the incumbent in a close election.

هزم المرشح الحالي في انتخابات متقاربة.

the party was narrowly defeated in the elections.

لقد هُزِم الحزب في الانتخابات بفارق ضئيل.

the rebirth of a defeated nation.

إحياء أمة مهزومة.

they defeated them in the semi.

لقد هزموهم في نصف النهائي.

Everton were staring defeat in the face.

كانت إيفرتون على وشك الهزيمة.

jeer at a defeated enemy

يسخرون من عدو مهزوم.

bring defeat upon oneself

إلحاق الهزيمة بالنفس.

They were staring defeat in the face.

كانوا على وشك الهزيمة.

read defeat in the slump of his shoulders.

قرأوا الهزيمة في انحدار أكتافه.

the stigma of ignominious defeat;

وصمة الهزيمة المشينة.

Real-world Examples

What of his famous defeat of Grindelwald?

ماذا عن هزيمته الشهيرة لغريندلوالد؟

Source: 7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

And we will ultimately and expeditiously defeat this virus.

وسوف نهزم هذا الفيروس في نهاية المطاف وبسرعة.

Source: CNN Listening Compilation April 2020

That is why we will defeat this coronavirus and defeat it together.

لهذا السبب سنهزم فيروس كورونا وسنهزمه معًا.

Source: Boris Johnson's Speech Collection

For some commentators, this amounted to a defeat.

بالنسبة لبعض المعلقين، كان هذا بمثابة هزيمة.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

" A man can be destroyed but not defeated."

"يمكن تدمير الرجل لكن لا يمكن هزيمته."

Source: The Old Man and the Sea

Trump charged with plotting to overturn election defeat.

تم اتهام ترامب بالتخطيط للإطاحة بهزيمة الانتخابات.

Source: Learn English by following hot topics.

To bite the dust can mean suffering defeat.

يمكن أن يعني "الرحيل" أو "الخروج من الحياة" المعاناة من الهزيمة.

Source: VOA Slow English - Word Stories

In me is thy own defeat of self.

في داخلي هزيمتك لذاتك.

Source: Selected Poems of Tagore

They have to be defeated ideologically and politically.

يجب هزيمتهم أيديولوجيًا وسياسيًا.

Source: CNN Listening Collection May 2019

They reason about how best to defeat me.

يفكرون في أفضل طريقة لهزيمتي.

Source: Yale University Open Course: Death (Audio Version)

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