The word is in the Wiktionary

15 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• defeat v. (Transitive) To overcome in battle or contest.
• defeat v. (Transitive) To reduce, to nothing, the strength of.
• defeat v. (Transitive) To nullify.
• defeat v. To prevent (something) from being achieved.
• defeat n. The act or instance of being defeated, of being overcome or vanquished; a loss.
• defeat n. The act or instance of defeating, of overcoming, vanquishing.
• defeat n. Frustration (by prevention of success), stymieing; (law) nullification.
• defeat n. (Obsolete) Destruction, ruin.

— English word, defined in Dutch —

• defeat n. Nederlaag.

— English words, defined in French —

• defeat v. Vaincre, battre.
• defeat v. Défaire.
• defeat n. Défaite.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• defeat s. Derrota.
• defeat v. Derrotar.

— English word, defined in Portuguese —

• defeat v. Derrotar.

31 English words from 8 English definitions

achieved act battle being contest defeated defeating Destruction from Frustration instance law loss nothing nullification nullify Obsolete overcome overcoming prevent prevention reduce ruin something strength stymieing success the Transitive vanquished vanquishing

7 foreign words from 7 foreign definitions

battre Défaire Défaite Derrota Derrotar Nederlaag Vaincre

32 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

defeats defeated defeater defeaters defeatest defeateth defeather defeating defeatism defeatist defeature defeatable defeatedly defeathers defeatican defeatisms defeatists defeatless defeatured defeatures defeathered defeatherer defeaticans defeatingly defeatistly defeatocrat defeaturing defeatedness defeatherers defeathering defeatocrats defeat␣the␣purpose

12 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

redefeats redefeated undefeated redefeating undefeatable undefeatably undefeatedly self-defeating undefeatables undefeatedness undefeatability undefeatableness

One prefix (New word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

redefeat

9 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

def DEF Def. eat EFE Efé FEA feat feat.

11 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

AEF A.E.F. A.␣E.␣F. EFE Efé e-fed fed Fed FED Fed. f***ed

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

feated

7 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

deafest defeats deflate draftee faceted feasted satfeed

9 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

defat eated e-date Efate fated feted fêted teade teaed

2 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

defect deheat

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

defat

Recommended websites

• Visit 1Word.ws - the word is a valid scrabble word (10 points).
• Visit www.BestWordClub.com - to play scrabble duplicate online.

See this word in another language

Français Español Italiano Deutsch Português Nederlands

This site uses web cookies, click to learn more. Our privacy policy. © Ortograf Inc. Website updated on 23 June 2023 (v-2.0.1z). Informations & Contacts.