Definitions for defeats

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defeats de·feat

Spelling: [dih-feet]

IPA: /dɪˈfit/

Defeats is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 158 anagrams from letters in defeats (adeefst).

Definitions for defeats

noun

1. the act of overcoming in a contest:
2. an instance of defeat; setback:
3. an overthrow or overturning; vanquishment:
4. a bringing to naught; frustration:
5. the act or event of being bested; losing:
6. Archaic. undoing; destruction; ruin.

verb (used with object)

1. to overcome in a contest, election, battle, etc.; prevail over; vanquish:
2. to frustrate; thwart.
3. to eliminate or deprive of something expected:
4. Law. to annul.

Origin of defeats

1325-75; Middle English defeten (v.) Anglo-French, Old French desfait, past participle of desfaire to undo, destroy Medieval Latin disfacere, equivalent to Latin dis- dis-

Examples for defeats

And then there was a defiance about his nostrils that showed he was undefeated.

In Super Bowl XLII, perhaps the most astounding Super Bowl ever played, the Giants managed to beat the undefeated Patriots 17-14.

But there will be no peace for Europe while Germany remains an undefeated autocracy.

Jack snorted, but Sarella, undefeated, proceeded to put the case of his being ill.

The New England Patriots came into Super Bowl XLII, an undefeated 18-0 team that was poised to be the greatest in NFL history.

In 2004, Smarty Jones—undefeated going into the race—had the benefit of a nice story.

But nevertheless you are a masculine being, strong and undefeated.

undefeated Harvard, which had three games left, including its finale with Yale, did not follow suit.

Now they are the undefeated winners of Group D, conquerors of Greece, and the latest quarterfinalists.

Meanwhile the poet in 1833 went on quietly and undefeated with his work.