"defeat" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

defeat sustantivo

sustantivo + defeat
Kolokacji: 25
election defeat • defeat of the army • home defeat • league defeat • landslide defeat • ...
defeat + verbo
Kolokacji: 27
defeat comes • defeat leaves • defeat leads • defeat means • defeat ends • ...
verbo + defeat
Kolokacji: 58
concede defeat • admit defeat • accept defeat • make in a defeat • lead to one's defeat • score in a defeat • play in the defeat • ...
adjetivo + defeat
Kolokacji: 123
humiliating defeat • major defeat • final defeat • bad defeat • military defeat • heavy defeat • electoral defeat • decisive defeat • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 31
(1) humiliating, humbling
Kolokacji: 2
1. humiliating defeat = upokarzająca klęska humiliating defeat
2. humbling defeat = ucząc pokory porażkę humbling defeat
  • The Giants' season, wayward from the start, ended today as it began, in humbling defeat.
  • It ended in a humbling 126-101 defeat.
  • Despite his humbling defeat for the governorship of California in 1962, the latter had made a remarkable comeback.
  • In the wake of the humbling defeat, they admitted that the Nets were a level above them.
  • The Hurricanes had last week off to heal from a humbling 26-14 defeat to Florida State.
  • The result was a humbling defeat that had Columbia heading back to the drawing board.
  • He now faces a humbling defeat by the interior minister, Daniel Vaillant.
  • The humbling American defeat in Vietnam suggests two conflicting courses of action.
  • In the consolation game, Texas Tech endured a painful 5-point loss one night after a humbling 35-point defeat.
  • Because this one meant the humbling defeat of his arrogant brother.
(5) military, naval, tactical
Kolokacji: 3
(9) only, single, lone
Kolokacji: 3
(15) Australian, American
Kolokacji: 2
(17) political, professional
Kolokacji: 2
(21) friendly, personal
Kolokacji: 2
(22) stinging, bloody
Kolokacji: 2
(26) Japanese, Iraqi
Kolokacji: 2
(27) quick, rapid, swift
Kolokacji: 3
(29) Italian, Roman
Kolokacji: 2
(30) Russian, Soviet, Royalist
Kolokacji: 3
(31) Greek, Athenian
Kolokacji: 2

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