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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
defeated
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a defeated army
▪ The survivors of his defeated army settled in Provence.
motion...defeated
▪ The motion was defeated by 201 votes to 159.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
soundly defeated/beaten/thrashed
▪ In Hayward, a proposed library improvement tax was soundly defeated.
▪ Synthonia are now the only side without a win after they were soundly beaten at Blackhall.
▪ The Republicans were soundly defeated in the South, even in places where there were voting black majorities.
▪ They were led by a fanatical chieftain named Yusuf and Alfonso was soundly defeated at the battle of Sagrajas.
▪ When it came up for a vote in March, it was soundly defeated.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Let's have a quick word with the two defeated finalists.
▪ The rebels hope to weaken the regime further by attacking its defeated and demoralised forces.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Both housed defeated, but martial, races who made dominion enjoyable.
▪ I can see Mrs Berzins's defeated hesitancy as she fingers her amber necklace.
▪ She looked defeated, quite unlike her normal self.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Defeated

Defeat \De*feat"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Defeated; p. pr. & vb. n. Defeating.] [From F. d['e]fait, OF. desfait, p. p. ofe d['e]faire, OF. desfaire, to undo; L. dis- + facere to do. See Feat, Fact, and cf. Disfashion.]

  1. To undo; to disfigure; to destroy. [Obs.]

    His unkindness may defeat my life.
    --Shak.

  2. To render null and void, as a title; to frustrate, as hope; to deprive, as of an estate.

    He finds himself naturally to dread a superior Being that can defeat all his designs, and disappoint all his hopes.
    --Tillotson.

    The escheators . . . defeated the right heir of his succession.
    --Hallam.

    In one instance he defeated his own purpose.
    --A. W. Ward.

  3. To overcome or vanquish, as an army; to check, disperse, or ruin by victory; to overthrow.

  4. To resist with success; as, to defeat an assault.

    Sharp reasons to defeat the law.
    --Shak.

    Syn: To baffle; disappoint; frustrate.

Wiktionary
defeated
  1. subjugate, beaten, overcome. v

  2. (en-past of: defeat)

WordNet
defeated
  1. adj. beaten or overcome; not victorious; "the defeated enemy" [ant: undefeated]

  2. disappointingly unsuccessful; "disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions"; "their foiled attempt to capture Calais"; "many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers"; "his best efforts were thwarted" [syn: disappointed, discomfited, foiled, frustrated, thwarted]

  3. n. people who are defeated; "the Romans had no pity for the defeated" [syn: discomfited]

Wikipedia
Defeated

Defeated may refer to:

  • Defeated (song), a song by Anastacia
  • Defeated (Breaking Benjamin song), a song by Breaking Benjamin
  • Defeated, Tennessee, an unincorporated community
Defeated (song)

"Defeated" is the third and final single from American singer Anastacia's fourth studio album, Heavy Rotation. The single was released in May 2009 as a promotional single only, without a music video or physical single release. The R&B song was released to European radio on March 23, 2009. The song was written by Anastacia, J.R. Rotem and Damon Sharpe, and produced by J.R. Rotem.

Defeated (Breaking Benjamin song)

"Defeated" is a song by American rock band Breaking Benjamin. It was released as an airplay-only single on May 12, 2015 from the band's fifth studio album Dark Before Dawn.

Usage examples of "defeated".

Panting, Abrim tried to brace himself against the smooth tunnel wall, but the low-friction coating defeated him and he began to slide slowly backward.

State of Texas filed an original petition in the Supreme Court, in which it asserted that its claim, together with those of three other States, exceeded the value of the estate, that the portion of the estate within Texas alone would not suffice to discharge its own tax, and that its efforts to collect its tax might be defeated by adjudications of domicile by the other States.

The Firelord took dragon form to fight Erreth-Akbe, but was defeated at last, at the cost of the forests and cities of Ilien, which he set afire as he fought.

Tiin traced his ancestory back through an entirely male line for a thousand generations to Ramszak himself but he fared no better than his illustrious but defeated ancestor.

The turning point to Civilization was marked by Napoleon, the herald of absolute war and politics, but this tradition continued so strong that in the French War against Prussia, 1870-1871, victorious Prussia still did not think of annihilating the totally defeated foe, nor of subjecting it to an endless military occupation, but contented itself with reincorporating two provinces and imposing an indemnity which was paid off in a few years.

He bravely endured her taunts, courageously defeated all her adversaries, and finally won her admiration and respect to such a degree that she bade him ride beside her, and humbly asked his pardon for having so grievously misjudged him.

June 8th, 1869, when they defeated the Columbias of that city by the remarkable score of 209 to 10, two of the Niagaras scoring twenty-five runs each, and the least number of runs, scored by any one batsman amounted to twenty.

The black bicorne hats turned left, the cavalry saw the squares with horror, and the trumpets pealed above the defeated charge.

Wellington, and the bluff old Prussian, Blucher, met him at Waterloo, defeated his armies and drove him from the field.

Neither the love of Margaret, nor the suspicions of Rupert, nor the hysteria of Bunning had as yet defeated him .

He was in disguise, and he made an effort to deny himself, but thanks to the astuteness of the Carabineer charged with the warrant the device was defeated, and he was now lodged in the prison at Milan, where it was probable that he would remain some days.

The forces under his lordship reached Arikera, on the Cavery, and about nine miles from Seringapatam, on the 13th of May, and Tippoo having ventured to oppose him, the Mysorean army was defeated and obliged to seek shelter under the guns of the capital.

Chapter VIII Don Jose de Antequera -- Appoints himself Governor of Asuncion -- Unsettled state of affairs in the town -- He is commanded to relinquish his illegal power -- He refuses, and resorts to arms -- After some success he is defeated and condemned to be executed -- He is shot on his way to the scaffold -- Renewed hatred against the Jesuits -- Their labours among the Indians of the Chaco From the departure of Cardenas in 1650, to about 1720, was the halcyon period of the Jesuit missions in Paraguay.

There he had met and defeated the Chud and allied himself with the Agharti--two of the great Subterranean Peoples, as they were called.

Instead of ignoble death and defeat this day, our sons and allies are but hours away from seeing the head of our enemy, Agamemnon, lifted high on a spike, while our Thracians and Trojans and Pelasgians and Cicones and Paeonians and Paphlagonians and Halizonians have lived to watch the end of this long war at last, and soon will be raking up the gold of defeated Argives, soon will be sweeping up the well-earned armor of Agamemnon and his men.