defeat
verb (used with object)
to overcome in a contest, election, battle, etc.; prevail over; vanquish.
will have defeated
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future perfectof defeat.future perfect
Used to describe an action that will be fully completed or achieved by a specific point in the future.
Example Sentences
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With the vast majority of ballots counted, it looks like the diverse population of Colorado will have defeated the measure by a wide margin: 20 percentage points, at the time of this writing.
From Slate β Nov. 4, 2020
When one will have defeated the other, of whom can he complain who has the worst of it?
From Four Arthurian Romances by William Wistar Comfort
If he defeats me he will have defeated all the chivalresque acts I have accomplished to my glory and honor.
From The White Knight: Tirant Lo Blanc by Robert S. Rudder
