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pokonać — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • defeat verb To beat someone in a fight, contest, or competition.
  • negotiate verb To discuss something with others in order to reach an agreement.
  • trounce verb To beat severely; to thrash.

Senses

pokonać is used for these senses in English:

  • defeat (transitive) To overcome in battle or contest.
  • negotiate (transitive) To succeed in coping with, getting over or navigate a hazard or obstacle.
  • trounce (transitive) To beat or overcome thoroughly, to defeat heavily; especially (games, sports) to win against (someone) by a wide margin.
  • wipe out (transitive) To destroy (especially, a large number or complete set of people or things); to obliterate.

defeat — full definition

  1. verb To beat someone in a fight, contest, or competition.
  2. verb To prevent something from succeeding or being achieved.
  3. noun An instance of losing, or of being overcome.

negotiate — full definition

  1. verb To discuss something with others in order to reach an agreement.
  2. verb To successfully deal with or get past a difficult obstacle.

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