"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 • ...

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 • ...

Kolokacji: 16

Grup znaczeniowych: 7

(1) narrowly, utterly, comprehensively

Kolokacji: 3

1. narrowly defeated = ledwie pokonany narrowly defeated

He ran for Congress in 1856, and was narrowly defeated.
Our team was narrowly defeated in this year's area final.
Such a bill was narrowly defeated last week in the Senate.
He left Congress to run for governor and was narrowly defeated in 1999.
He also stood in the 1896 election, but was narrowly defeated.
In 1946, it was narrowly defeated by the full Senate, 38-35.
My main proposals were narrowly defeated in the committee vote.
The same year, he stood for the federal seat of Herbert, but was narrowly defeated.
She was narrowly defeated by Ferguson in the 2006 election.
A similar proposal was narrowly defeated by California voters last year.

2. utterly defeated = całkowicie pokonany utterly defeated

3. comprehensively defeated = kompleksowo pokonany comprehensively defeated

Kolokacji: 10

(3) eventually, finally, initially

Kolokacji: 3

Kolokacji: 3

Kolokacji: 23

Kolokacji: 5

(7) unexpectedly, duly

Kolokacji: 2

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