verb
Meaning 1
To defeat (someone); to overcome.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
vanquish
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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/ˈvæŋkwɪʃ/ without æ-raising
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[ˈvæŋkhw̥ɪʃ] without æ-raising
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Canada, US: /ˈveɪ̯ŋkwɪʃ/
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Canada, US: [ˈveɪ̯ŋkhw̥ɪʃ]
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Canada, US: /ˈvɛ̃ŋkwɪʃ/
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Canada, US: [ˈvɛ̃ŋkhw̥ɪʃ]
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rhymes with -æŋkwɪʃ
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verb
Meaning 2
come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship
- We beat the competition
- Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: get the better of, overcome, defeat
Narrower terms: outpoint, outscore, walk over, eliminate, worst, pip, mop up, whip, rack up, whomp, get the best, have the best, overcome, spread-eagle, spreadeagle, rout, get the jump, cheat, chouse, shaft, screw, chicane, jockey, surpass, outstrip, outmatch, outgo, exceed, outdo, surmount, outperform, get over, subdue, master, outflank, trump, best, scoop, outfight, overpower, overmaster, overwhelm, checkmate, mate, immobilize, immobilise, outplay, cream, bat, clobber, drub, thrash, lick
History
Etymology
From Middle English venquysshen, vaynquisshen, borrowed from a conjugated form of Old French veincre, from Latin vincō.
Across languages
Translations
54 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bengali: পরাভূত করা (porabhut kora) — to defeat (someone) — see also overcome
- Bulgarian: надвивам (nadvivam) — to defeat (someone) — see also overcome
- Bulgarian: надвия (nadvija) — to defeat (someone) — see also overcome
- Bulgarian: побеждавам (pobeždavam) — to defeat (someone) — see also overcome
- Bulgarian: победя (pobedja) — to defeat (someone) — see also overcome
- Chinese Mandarin: 消滅 /消灭 (xiāomiè) — to defeat (someone) — see also overcome
- Chinese Mandarin: 征服 (zhēngfú) — to defeat (someone) — see also overcome
- Cornish: tryghi — to defeat (someone) — see also overcome
- Czech: porazit — to defeat (someone) — see also overcome
- Czech: přemoci — to defeat (someone) — see also overcome
- Czech: překonat — to defeat (someone) — see also overcome
- Dutch: overwinnen, verslaan — to defeat (someone) — see also overcome
- Finnish: voittaa — to defeat (someone) — see also overcome
- Finnish: päihittää — to defeat (someone) — see also overcome
- Finnish: kukistaa — to defeat (someone) — see also overcome
- French: vaincre — to defeat (someone) — see also overcome
- Galician: vencer — to defeat (someone) — see also overcome
- Georgian: გამარჯვება (gamarǯveba) — to defeat (someone) — see also overcome
- Georgian: გადალახვა — to defeat (someone) — see also overcome
- Georgian: დაპყრობა (daṗq̇roba) — to defeat (someone) — see also overcome
- German: besiegen — to defeat (someone) — see also overcome
- Greek: καταβάλλω (katavállo) — to defeat (someone) — see also overcome
- Italian: sopraffare — to defeat (someone) — see also overcome
- Italian: sconfiggere — to defeat (someone) — see also overcome
- Italian: vincere — to defeat (someone) — see also overcome
- Japanese: 倒す (taosu) — to defeat (someone) — see also overcome
- Japanese: やっつける (yattsukeru) — to defeat (someone) — see also overcome
- Khmer: ឈ្នះ (cneah) — to defeat (someone) — see also overcome
- Central Kurdish: بەزاندِن (bezandin) — to defeat (someone) — see also overcome
- Latin: ēvincō — to defeat (someone) — see also overcome
- Māori: takapapa — to defeat (someone) — see also overcome
- Norwegian: nedkjempe — to defeat (someone) — see also overcome
- Norwegian: overvinne — to defeat (someone) — see also overcome
- Occitan: véncer — to defeat (someone) — see also overcome
- Occitan: vencir — to defeat (someone) — see also overcome
- Portuguese: derrotar — to defeat (someone) — see also overcome
- Portuguese: vencer — to defeat (someone) — see also overcome
- Portuguese: superar — to defeat (someone) — see also overcome
- Russian: побежда́ть (pobeždátʹ) — to defeat (someone) — see also overcome
- Russian: победи́ть (pobedítʹ) — to defeat (someone) — see also overcome
- Russian: преодолева́ть (preodolevátʹ) — to defeat (someone) — see also overcome
- Russian: преодоле́ть (preodolétʹ) — to defeat (someone) — see also overcome
- Russian: покоря́ть (pokorjátʹ) — to defeat (someone) — see also overcome
- Russian: покори́ть (pokorítʹ) — to defeat (someone) — see also overcome
- Sanskrit: जयति (jayati) — to defeat (someone) — see also overcome
- Sanskrit: सहते (sahate) — to defeat (someone) — see also overcome
- Serbo-Croatian: poraziti — to defeat (someone) — see also overcome
- Serbo-Croatian: potući — to defeat (someone) — see also overcome
- Serbo-Croatian: pobijediti — to defeat (someone) — see also overcome
- Spanish: vencer — to defeat (someone) — see also overcome
- Swedish: besegra — to defeat (someone) — see also overcome
- Swedish: övervinna — to defeat (someone) — see also overcome
- Turkish: yenmek — to defeat (someone) — see also overcome
- Turkish: alt etmek — to defeat (someone) — see also overcome
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