{
    "term": "defeat",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "defeat",
            "heSheIt": "defeats"
        },
        "pastSimple": "defeated",
        "pastParticiple": "defeated",
        "ingForm": "defeating"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to win against somebody in a war, competition, sports game, etc.",
            "sensetop": "defeat somebody/somethingdefeat somebody by somethingdefeat somebody in something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He defeated the champion in three sets.",
                    "contextForm": "defeat somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to defeat a rival/an opponent"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The goal is to **defeat the enemy** by whatever means possible."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **defeated army**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Garibaldi defeated the Neapolitan army."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The government was defeated by 200 votes to 83.",
                    "contextForm": "defeat somebody by something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Davis defeated Morris by eight points in the semi-final."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Our team was **narrowly defeated** in the final.",
                    "contextForm": "defeat somebody in something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was said that he could not be **defeated in battle**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He said it was impossible to defeat the terrorists militarily."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The English were decisively defeated by the rebels in the battle that followed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The senator was decisively defeated by his rivals."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She narrowly defeated the rival candidate in the leadership contest."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "beat",
            "topics": ["War and conflict", "Sports: other sports"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["comprehensively", "convincingly", "decisively"],
                "preposition": ["by"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to stop something from being successful",
            "sensetop": "defeat somethingbe defeated by something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They are united in their determination to **defeat** global **terrorism**.",
                    "contextForm": "defeat something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The proposed bill was decisively defeated in Parliament."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The motion was defeated by 19 votes.",
                    "contextForm": "be defeated by something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Writing down your password so you remember it **defeats the purpose** of having a password."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Staying late at the office to discuss shorter working hours rather **defeats the object of the exercise**!"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Difficulty and failure"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["comprehensively", "convincingly", "decisively"],
                "preposition": ["by"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "if something defeats you, you cannot understand it",
            "sensetop": "defeat somebody",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The instruction manual completely defeated me."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Question 6 defeated us."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["comprehensively", "convincingly", "decisively"],
                "preposition": ["by"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈfiːt/",
                "audio": "de/defeat/defeat__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈfiːts/",
                "audio": "de/defeat/defeats__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈfiːtɪd/",
                "audio": "de/defeat/defeated__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈfiːtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "de/defeat/defeating__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈfiːt/",
                "audio": "de/defeat/defeat__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈfiːts/",
                "audio": "de/defeat/defeats__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈfiːtɪd/",
                "audio": "de/defeat/defeated__us_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈfiːtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "de/defeat/defeating__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the sense ‘undo, destroy, annul’): from Old French desfait ‘undone’, past participle of desfaire, from medieval Latin disfacere ‘undo’."
}