adj
Meaning 1
Subjugated, beaten, overcome.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: recreant, vanquished, worsted
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
defeated
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.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /dɪˈfiːtəd/
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CMU ARPABET: D IH0 F IY1 T AH0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: D IH0 F IY1 T IH0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
simple past and past participle of defeat
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
Examples
- The soldiers were defeated then captured
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 3
beaten or overcome; not victorious
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the defeated enemy
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: undefeated
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
disappointingly unsuccessful
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions
- their foiled attempt to capture Calais
- many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers
- his best efforts were thwarted
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: disappointed, discomfited, foiled, frustrated, thwarted
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
people who are defeated
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the Romans had no pity for the defeated
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: discomfited
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: people
History
Etymology
From defeat + -ed.
Across languages
Translations
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: مَغْلُوب (maḡlūb) — subjugated, beaten, overcome
- Azerbaijani: məğlub — subjugated, beaten, overcome
- Bulgarian: победен (pobeden) — subjugated, beaten, overcome
- Catalan: vençut — subjugated, beaten, overcome
- Catalan: derrotat — subjugated, beaten, overcome
- Chinese Mandarin: 落敗 /落败 (luòbài) — subjugated, beaten, overcome
- Czech: poražený — subjugated, beaten, overcome
- French: vaincu — subjugated, beaten, overcome
- Galician: vencido — subjugated, beaten, overcome
- Galician: derrotado — subjugated, beaten, overcome
- German: besiegt — subjugated, beaten, overcome
- Hindi: पराजित (parājit) — subjugated, beaten, overcome
- Italian: sconfitto — subjugated, beaten, overcome
- Malayalam: പരാജയപ്പെട്ട (parājayappeṭṭa) — subjugated, beaten, overcome
- Malayalam: തോറ്റ (tōṟṟa) — subjugated, beaten, overcome
- Middle English: cravant — subjugated, beaten, overcome
- Middle English: creaunt — subjugated, beaten, overcome
- Middle English: recreaunt — subjugated, beaten, overcome
- Polish: pokonany — subjugated, beaten, overcome
- Portuguese: derrotado — subjugated, beaten, overcome
- Spanish: vencido — subjugated, beaten, overcome
- Spanish: derrotado — subjugated, beaten, overcome
- Turkish: mağlup — subjugated, beaten, overcome
- Turkish: yenik — subjugated, beaten, overcome
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