"defeat" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

defeat verbo

defeat + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 211
defeat enemies • defeat one's opponent • defeat several candidates • defeat the champion • defeat one's rivals • defeat the purpose • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 30
(3) purpose, plan
Kolokacji: 2
2. defeat legislation = ustawodawstwo porażki defeat legislation
3. defeat the Ottawa Senators = zwyciężać Ottawę Senatorzy defeat the Ottawa Senators
4. defeat the bill = zwycięż rachunek defeat the bill
  • Mr. Fitzwater said his side had spent $10 million to defeat the bill.
  • Conservation groups, which helped defeat the bill last year, said the changes would not be enough to eliminate their opposition.
  • The state Senate defeated the bill in a bipartisan 18-17 vote.
  • Langan led a 23-hour filibuster to defeat the new bill.
  • Many acknowledge that defeating the bill remains an uphill battle.
  • Labor leaders, however, said they had mobilized to defeat the bill.
  • If so, it cannot be stopped on the House floor without defeating the entire bill.
  • However, just the right number of right-wingers would call in sick that day to allow the Labor party members present to defeat the bill.
  • That's why minority contractors have organized to defeat the bill.
  • The best result would be for the Senate to defeat the bill and go back to the drawing board.
(11) way, Wing, rebel, like
Kolokacji: 4
(14) brother, member, son, Satan
Kolokacji: 4
(16) game, Buffalo, Hawk
Kolokacji: 3
(18) Russia, Empire, Israel
Kolokacji: 3
(22) China, Islander, Celtic, Cuba
Kolokacji: 4
(23) Bruin, Bear
Kolokacji: 2
(24) Duke, Knights
Kolokacji: 2
(25) proposal, challenge
Kolokacji: 2
(26) attempt, quest, effort
Kolokacji: 3
(27) Communism, fascism, extremism
Kolokacji: 3
(28) h, Thompson
Kolokacji: 2
(29) Young, Cub
Kolokacji: 2
(30) Redskin, others
Kolokacji: 2
verbo + defeat
Kolokacji: 24
defeat before losing • help defeat • team to defeat • try to defeat • manage to defeat • go to defeat • ...
defeat + preposición
Kolokacji: 31
defeat by • defeat in • defeat after • defeat at • defeat for • ...
defeat + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 49
narrowly defeated • easily defeat • soundly defeated • eventually defeated • decisively defeated • finally defeated • later defeated • ...

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