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Defeats meaning
plural of defeat
Using Defeats
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of defeat
- In the example corpus, defeats often appears in combinations such as: defeats in, defeats the, defeats to.
Context around Defeats
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 5 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Defeats
- In this selection, "defeats" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, link, seven and consecutive stand out and add context to how "defeats" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 16 consecutive defeats have passed and 2 1 defeats were scored. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "defeats" sits close to words such as adrian, boulder and collector, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with defeats
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
All of those defeats were by three points. (8 words)
A controversial choice on current form but both of the Londoner’s defeats have come with caveats. (17 words)
But rather, Ichigo somehow defeats them by accessing a form similar to the enemies he’s facing. (17 words)
After stepping up from his B team role to replace the sacked Robbie Neilson on a caretaker basis last month, Naismith led Hearts to fourth place in the Premiership with two victories, three draws and two defeats from his seven games in charge. (43 words)
When Link defeats a Soldier Construct IV, they lose their green magic and explode, they may also drop a Construct Soldier IV or a large or small Zonai charge when Link defeats them. (33 words)
Battle Mountain opened its season with a tough loss on Thursday against Durango and is still searching for a win after two more defeats in a doubleheader Friday against Liberty and Salida. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
In the game, a supernatural fox called a kitsune (狐) defeats the village head, the village head (庄屋) defeats the hunter, and the hunter (猟師) defeats the fox.
A pair of defeats, a pair of heavy defeats, have rather conspired to puncture the Kerry FC balloon a little.
When Link defeats a Soldier Construct IV, they lose their green magic and explode, they may also drop a Construct Soldier IV or a large or small Zonai charge when Link defeats them.
Jose Mourinho was sacked after seven defeats in 24 games to start a season, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer left after a run of seven defeats in 13 games.
A controversial choice on current form but both of the Londoner’s defeats have come with caveats.
After he defeats both of his older versions, Scott manages to see who he might become in the future - a bitter, angry man - and promises that things can change from there.
After Sir Roel defeats the Demon King, the villain decides to use his last breath to turn Sir Roel into a woman.
After sitting comfortably inside the top-eight three weeks ago, the Bombers have slumped to 13th with consecutive defeats to Geelong, Western Bulldogs and Sydney.
After stepping up from his B team role to replace the sacked Robbie Neilson on a caretaker basis last month, Naismith led Hearts to fourth place in the Premiership with two victories, three draws and two defeats from his seven games in charge.
All four goals in the two 2-1 defeats were scored in the last 15 minutes of the game.
All of those defeats were by three points.
As Ryuko's number one fangirl, she constantly celebrated her every minor achievement and treated defeats like opportunities for victories.
A total of 16 consecutive defeats have passed since then, with Hull hoping to change the record after showing plenty of spirit in last week’s cup tie.
Back-to-back defeats against and Middlesbrough have allowed Ipswich Town to pull level on points while opening a window of opportunity for the chasing pack.
Battle Mountain opened its season with a tough loss on Thursday against Durango and is still searching for a win after two more defeats in a doubleheader Friday against Liberty and Salida.
Being labelled a quitter is nothing new for McGregor, as former opponents such as Mayweather and fellow UFC legend Khabib Nurmagomedov have mocked him for his previous submission defeats.
Borthwick failed to provide a 'quick fix' in his first Six Nations campaign, finishing fourth after defeats by Scotland, France and Ireland.
But AJ faces huge pressure to get back to winning ways after his credentials were questioned in his damaging defeats to the Ukrainian, who wrested his three heavyweight titles from him.
But it was another winless weekend for the bottom three as Sheffield United, Bournemouth and Burnley suffered damaging home defeats.
But rather, Ichigo somehow defeats them by accessing a form similar to the enemies he’s facing.
Common combinations with defeats
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- defeats in 28×
- defeats the 18×
- defeats to 18×
- two defeats 12×
- consecutive defeats 11×
- back-to-back defeats 10×
- of defeats 8×
- defeats on 8×
- defeats and 8×
- defeats against 7×