defeated

[dih-fee-tid]

adjective

1. relating to or being the loser in a contest, election, battle, etc.; overcome or vanquished.

   For several days in succession, fragments of the defeated army straggled through the town.

2. frustrated, foiled, or thwarted, as plans, dreams, etc..

   He could not shake off a feeling of acute disappointment, of defeated hopes.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of defeat.

Other Word Forms

• quasi-defeated adjective
• undefeated adjective
• undefeatedly adverb
• undefeatedness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of defeated¹

First recorded in 1575–85; defeat ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. ) for the adjective senses; defeat ( def. ) + -ed ¹ ( def. ) for the verb sense

Example Sentences

The land has a history too, as onetime host to Napoleon, a defeated enemy of Russia.

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In New Zealand's final Test of the year, only captain Scott Barrett, flanker Simon Parker and Will Jordan, who switches from full-back to wing, keep their places from the team defeated at Twickenham.

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This growing crisis is manufactured, so why are we abandoning such successful programs that nearly defeated such crises?

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Plenty of people relate to Tommy, a plain-spoken executive with a working man’s hands and a defeated father’s liver, chain-smoking his way around Midland, Texas.

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Look what he accomplished; look how he outfoxed and defeated every opponent.

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