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When a great team loses through complacency, it will constantly search for new and more intricate explanations to explain away defeat.
Pat Riley

Meaning of "away defeat" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF AWAY DEFEAT

away defeat  [əˈweɪ dɪˈfiːt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AWAY DEFEAT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Away defeat is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES AWAY DEFEAT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of away defeat in the English dictionary

The definition of away defeat in the dictionary is a game played and lost at the opponent's ground.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH AWAY DEFEAT


beat
biːt
complete
kəmˈpliːt
defeat
dɪˈfiːt
delete
dɪˈliːt
eat
iːt
effete
ɪˈfiːt
elite
ɪˈliːt
feat
fiːt
feet
fiːt
flatfeet
ˈflætˌfiːt
heat
hiːt
meat
miːt
meet
miːt
petite
pəˈtiːt
redefeat
ˌriːdɪˈfiːt
repeat
rɪˈpiːt
seat
siːt
sheet
ʃiːt
splayfeet
ˈspleɪfiːt
suffete
ˈsʌfiːt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AWAY DEFEAT

awarder
awards ceremony
aware
awareness
awareness programme
awarn
awash
awatch
awato
awave
away
away game
away goal
away match
away team
away win
away with
away with the fairies
awayday
awayness

WORDS THAT END LIKE AWAY DEFEAT

back seat
backseat
cheat
child seat
great
heartbeat
hot seat
in the driver´s seat
neat
offbeat
peat
preheat
retreat
sweat
the heat
threat
to be in the driver´s seat
treat
upbeat
wheat

Synonyms and antonyms of away defeat in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «away defeat» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF AWAY DEFEAT

Find out the translation of away defeat to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of away defeat from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «away defeat» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

客场惨败
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

derrota a domicilio
570 millions of speakers

English

away defeat
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दूर हार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الهزيمة خارج أرضه
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

поражение в гостях
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

derrota fora
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দূরে পরাজয়ের
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

défaite à l´extérieur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pergi kekalahan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Auswärtsniederlage
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

離れて敗北
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

거리에 패배
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kalah adoh
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thất bại đi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தோற்கடிக்க
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दूर पराभूत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Uzak yenilgi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sconfitta di distanza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

porażka wyjazdowa
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

поразка в гостях
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

infrangere in deplasare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Η ήττα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

weg nederlaag
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bortaförlust
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bort nederlag
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of away defeat

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AWAY DEFEAT»

The term «away defeat» is normally little used and occupies the 123.186 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «AWAY DEFEAT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about away defeat

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QUOTES WITH «AWAY DEFEAT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word away defeat.
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Pat Riley
When a great team loses through complacency, it will constantly search for new and more intricate explanations to explain away defeat.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AWAY DEFEAT»

Discover the use of away defeat in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to away defeat and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Hamilton Accies 25 Year Roller Coaster Ride
A 1-0 away defeat to Partick Thistle, despite dominating the match, was followed by another disappointment, a 2-2 home draw where Adrian Sprott and Stuart Gordon scored against Queen of the South. The manager then made major changes ...
Ian Kelly, 2010
2
Budget Airlines Football Guide, The: A Guide to Do it ...
There they met Liberec of the Czech Republic where a 3-1 away defeat saw them crash out of the tournament. European football returned to the Son Moix in 2003 when Mallorca qualified for the UEFA Cup. After a good win versus APOEL of ...
Stuart Fuller, 2006
3
Always Next Year
Brighton fancied their chances after we suffered a gut-wrenching 3-1 defeat on a ploughed field surrounded by bus shelter seats somewhere on the south coast: our first away defeat in four months. But when the Seagulls visited us soon ...
Lyons, various, Ticher, 2002
4
Sustainable Wealth: Achieve Financial Security in a Volatile ...
As Hall of Fame NBA coach Pat Riley once said, “When a great team loses through complacency, it will constantly search for new and more intricate explanations to explain away defeat.” In many ways we've become a society more geared ...
Axel Merk, 2009
5
A Sporting Rollercoaster
Another away defeat followed for Solent the following weekend when they visited Birmingham at the Aston Villa Leisure Centre. Having weathered early Birmingham pressure, Solent began to take control of the game. Going in ten points down ...
Jim Rumsey
6
A Season with Verona: Travels Around Italy in Search of ...
'Thanks.' He accepts the beer. I feel a little sorry for him, a little guilty for believing he was absolutely the wrong man for the job. 'So, another away defeat, Attilio . . .' ' But . . .' Then he realises I'm joking. 'We had a pizzico di fortuna,' he says.
Tim Parks, 2002
7
England: 20 Defining Matches
The claims are made with all the confidence he can muster but no manager sees his fate and the possibility of heartache will not be chased away. Defeat would mean that England had petered out in the last eight at two World Cups and a ...
Guardian, The
8
Málaga Football Club
Unsurprisingly, with the UEFA Cup taking centre stage, league form began to suffer, and going into the winter break a 1-0 away defeat at Deportivo was followed by a 3-2 home loss to Real Madrid, where a two-goal half-time lead had been ...
David Redshaw, 2010
9
The Return of King Kenny - Liverpool FC's 2010-2011 Season ...
YNWA Liverpool sunk by Seasiders (Thursday, 13 January 2011) Liverpool suffered their eighth away defeat of the season last night as they were swept away by promoted side Blackpool at Bloomfield Road. It was another miserable away ...
Oliver Smith, 2011
10
Comparative Dictionary of Geʻez (Classical Ethiopic): ...
... Ethiopic: Amh. gallabd 'catch fish, make a net to catch fish', Te. gdldb 'fishhook'; also in Cushitic: Af. gilab, Bed. gilab, Som. gilab. galaba III (yaghb) *lAfl (T.Y) ' chase away, defeat, (Y.MA) flee, run away'; >aglaba (K*), causative; >aglabi (K*),  ...
Wolf Leslau, 1987

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AWAY DEFEAT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term away defeat is used in the context of the following news items.
1
PNE youngster is up for fight
... Brownhill featured in 13 of PNE's first 14 games of the season – the only match he missed was the 3-1 away defeat to Walsall in September, ... «Lancashire Evening Post, Jul 15»
2
Ghanaian official denies Egypt's WC qualifier bribe claim
Their hopes were dashed following a thrashing 6-1 away defeat at Accra, putting them in front of a mountain to climb before the return leg. «Ahram Online, Jul 15»
3
Plymouth Devils boss Trigger threatens the axe after Witches defeat
The city speedway team were handed their fifth away defeat of the season by Ipswich, who walloped them 56-35. That result could hurt the ... «Western Morning News, Jul 15»
4
Playgolf Colchester teams' winning runs come to an end
The Jubilee Cup squad ended their season with an away defeat to Five Lakes, to finish in tied first position on six points, but missing out on the ... «Essex County Standard, Jul 15»
5
Alashkert 1 St Johnstone 0: Saints suffer defeat in Armenia
St Johnstone suffered their first away defeat in Europe in three years as FC Alashkert claimed a 1-0 win in their opening Europa League ... «The Courier, Jul 15»
6
St Johnstone's Europa League campaign begins with Alashkert defeat
It was the Saints first away defeat in Europe in three years, Tommy Wright's team have emerged unscathed from trips to Rosenborg, Minsk, ... «Teamtalk.com, Jul 15»
7
Three and easy for Hammers
St Johnstone suffered their first away defeat in Europe in three years as FC Alashkert claimed a 1-0 win. Tommy Wright's team have travelled ... «AOL UK, Jul 15»
8
Egypt FA slams Ghana official over World Cup qualifier bribe …
Their hopes were dashed following a thrashing 6-1 away defeat at Accra, putting them in front of a mountain to climb before the return leg. «Ahram Online, Jul 15»
9
Brad Haddin has final ambition before pulling up stumps with Australia
But while the prospect of leaving the international game after a third away defeat is unpalatable, so too is the idea that the series will be played ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
10
AC Milan fail with proposed Muntari-Kevin swap deal
The 28-year-old was indefinitely suspended by the club's sporting director Horst Heldt following an away defeat to FC Koln in the Bundesliga ... «GhanaWeb, Jun 15»

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