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beaten

adj · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈbiː.tən/
  • [ˈbiː.tn̩]
  • [ˈbiː.ʔn̩]
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -iːtən
  • CMU ARPABET: B IY1 T AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Defeated.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: overcome, recreant, worsted, foiled, beaten, bested, broken, confounded, conquered, defeated, licked, overpowered, pwned, rekt, routed, stonkered, subjugated, thwarted, undone, vanquished, wrecked

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Repeatedly struck, or formed or flattened by blows.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • a beaten path; beaten gold; the beaten victims of the attack

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Mixed by paddling with a wooden spoon or other implement.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Trite; hackneyed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: banal, commonplace, unoriginal, bathetic, bromidic, cheesy, stock, clichéd, corny, dog-eared, hackneyed, hoary, overdone, overused, overworked, pat, played out, shopworn, stale, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, warmed-over, well-worn

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

past participle of beat

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

adjective

Meaning 6

formed or made thin by hammering

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • beaten gold

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bhew-der.? Proto-Germanic *bautaną Proto-West Germanic *bautan Old English bēatan Middle English beten English beat English -en English beaten From beat + -en.

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