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Yes, defeat is a verb. It's an action verb.

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What part of speech is the word defeat?

Defeat is a noun (a defeat) and a verb (to defeat).


What is the past participle of defeat?

Defeat is regular verb so the past participle is verb + -ed = defeated


What is the syonym of defeat?

If used as a noun: downfall, conquest If used as a verb: conquer, annihilate


How do you say defeated in french?

battu, battue, from the verb 'battre', to defeat


What is the Hebrew word for defeat?

noun = tvusah (תבוסה) verb = hevis (הביס)


How do you spell concurred?

That is the correct spelling of the verb "concur" meaning to agree.The similar verb is conquer which means to take over, or defeat.


Allied defeat of the axis powers in Europe?

Hate to say it, but this is not an actual question: there is no verb in the sentence, for starters....without a verb, this is just a phrase - an incomplete attempt at asking a question.


Is defeated a gerund?

No, "defeated" is either the past tense of "defeat" ("Caesar defeated the Gauls") or its past participle ("The defeated Gauls paid tribute to Rome"). A gerund is the -ing form of a verb used as a noun, as in "Defeating the Gauls posed no problem for Caesar" (here it's the subject of the verb "posed").


Is destroyed a noun?

No, the word 'destroy' is a verb: destroy, destroys, destroying, destroyed.The verb to "destroy" means to put an end to, ruin, or damage something or defeat someone.The noun forms of the verb to destroy are: destroyer, destruction, and the gerund, destroying.


Is defeat an action verb?

Yes because it is often used when the person either loses to someone in a game or loses a war against a nation.


Is conquer an adjective?

No, it is a verb. It means to defeat, overcome, or seize by force. Both the present and past participles are used as adjectives: conquering and conquered.


Is defeated a noun?

No, the word 'defeated' is the past participle, past tense of the verb to defeat. The past participle of the verb is also an adjective (a defeatedopponent; the defeated army).The word defeat is the nounform.When you see 'defeated' used as a noun, as in "The defeated marched silently past the soldiers." That is actually a shortened form of, "The defeated townspeople...", or "The defeated army marched silently past the soldiers."