"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 • ...
(1) humiliating, humbling
Kolokacji: 2
(5) military, naval, tactical
Kolokacji: 3
(9) only, single, lone
Kolokacji: 3
(15) Australian, American
Kolokacji: 2
(17) political, professional
Kolokacji: 2
1. resounding defeat = dojmująca porażka resounding defeat
2. greatest defeat = najbardziej wielka porażka greatest defeat
3. rare defeat = rzadka porażka rare defeat
4. dramatic defeat = dramatyczna porażka dramatic defeat
5. staggering defeat = wprawiając w osłupienie porażkę staggering defeat
6. spectacular defeat = porażka wielkiego widowiska spectacular defeat
7. glorious defeat = wielka porażka glorious defeat
  • Today is Vidovdan, the 612th anniversary of the battle of Kosovo, when the Serbs found a national myth in their glorious defeat by the Turks.
  • "We, however, have somewhat greater aspirations than to achieve another glorious defeat," Bukato continued.
  • In this scenario, even as he savored the fruit of a glorious Serbian defeat, Mr. Milosevic would not share Prince Lazar's unpleasant end.
  • Hussein had but a few under his command, while Yazid had many, yet Hussein led his few into a glorious and disastrous defeat.
  • It is a treasured part of Serbian tradition, the site of a glorious medieval defeat at the hands of the Ottoman Turks.
  • It was a glorious defeat and we have all come to see it.
  • One glorious defeat after another.
  • Scotland has been in the doldrums of international competition for years, only able to raise its game in occasional moments of glorious defeat as in the last European Championship.
  • Davie Power and other sponsors realised how much the tendency to ennoble glorious defeat was ingrained in the Scottish psyche.
  • Was I going after Antonin in search of a glorious defeat in order to avoid admitting that there were no clear answers, or that they weren't what I wanted?
(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
preposición + defeat
Kolokacji: 22
of defeat • from defeat • after one's defeat • to one's defeat • following one's defeat • ...

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