"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
1. defeat the purpose = mijać się z celem (robić coś bezsensownego) defeat the purpose
2. defeat one's plan = porażka czyjś plan defeat one's plan
  • But with the help of a lot of others, we defeated Roosevelt's plan and saved the nation.
  • Ah, if you could but help me - if we could both together defeat their plan!
  • His maneuvering blunted the opposition of the only constituency with enough power to defeat his plan.
  • The circumstances have surely changed since I worked to defeat the board's plan.
  • Very little could go wrong now that could defeat his plan.
  • The other side wants to win too, so they try to figure out how to defeat your plan.
  • A word would brand him as an impostor and defeat his whole plan.
  • A local referendum in 1925 defeated the Moses commission's plan, 12,695 to 5,331.
  • But a breathing space in which to defeat D'Fani's immediate plan was all she wanted now.
  • The dissenters are unlikely to defeat Kmart's plan during a vote at its annual meeting on Friday.
(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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