"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
1. decisive defeat = decydująca porażka decisive defeat
  • Unlike the previous confrontation, it ended in a decisive Austrian defeat.
  • The result was a decisive defeat of the Scottish army.
  • This battle resulted in a decisive defeat for the Pompeian forces.
  • His only bid for elective office ended in decisive defeat.
  • The battle marked the French fleet's destruction and decisive defeat.
  • A quick and decisive defeat of Denmark was however only seen as a means to a greater end.
  • A decisive political defeat for the rabid right might open a path; but that didn't happen in this election.
  • A decisive defeat was that close for the 13th.
  • Despite the above, the offensive was considered a decisive Syrian defeat by both sides.
  • The second battle, near Gaza was a decisive defeat.
2. certain defeat = pewna porażka certain defeat
3. inevitable defeat = nieuchronna klęska inevitable defeat
(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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