"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. bad defeat = zła porażka bad defeat
2. severe defeat = poważna porażka severe defeat
3. big defeat = wielka porażka big defeat
4. serious defeat = poważna porażka serious defeat
5. overwhelming defeat = druzgocąca porażka overwhelming defeat
  • That didn't happen, due to their overwhelming defeat in the waters surrounding Midway.
  • Just then, she was too crushed by overwhelming defeat to be aware of more than her terrible personal failure.
  • In 1932 Smoot went down to overwhelming defeat as a result of the democratic landslide.
  • The memory of China's overwhelming defeat was too close to be ignored.
  • To dream of being beheaded, overwhelming defeat or failure in some undertaking will soon follow.
  • Recent polls indicate that with elections only six months away, the Socialists are heading for an overwhelming defeat.
  • What else does one call a dictatorship that refuses to give up power after it suffers overwhelming electoral defeat?
  • The Southern senators suffered an overwhelming defeat, 31 to 66, in the main vote to table the measure.
  • Democrats and Republicans attributed the measure's overwhelming defeat to a coalition motivated by a variety of reasons.
  • The Democrats began the repeal effort after their overwhelming defeat in the November election.
6. terrible defeat = beznadziejna porażka terrible defeat
7. disappointing defeat = rozczarowując porażkę disappointing defeat
8. apparent defeat = pozorna porażka apparent defeat
9. painful defeat = bolesna porażka painful defeat
10. outright defeat = pełna porażka outright defeat
11. brutal defeat = brutalna porażka brutal defeat
(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
preposición + defeat
Kolokacji: 22
of defeat • from defeat • after one's defeat • to one's defeat • following one's defeat • ...

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