Definition of beat – Learner’s Dictionary

beat

verb

/biːt/ us

past tense beat | past participle beaten | also US beat

beat verb (DEFEAT)

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to defeat someone in a competition:

Our team beat Germany 3-1.

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Germany beat England three nil.
I beat him at tennis last week.
He beat his opponent six games to two.
He was beaten in the first round.
We were comprehensively beaten in the finals.

beat verb (HIT)

to hit a person or animal hard many times:

She beat the dog with a stick.

She was beaten to death.

beat verb (SOUND)

to hit against something hard, making a continuous or regular sound:

Rain beat against the windows.

The soldiers started beating their drums

the sound of birds beating their wings

beat verb (GET RID OF)

to get rid of something bad:

measures to beat crime

I'm determined to beat this illness.

beat verb (HEART)

When your heart beats, it makes regular movements and sounds:

By the time the doctor arrived, his heart had stopped beating.

beat verb (BE BETTER)

to be better than something:

[ + doing sth ] Being at the youth club beats sitting at home.

you can't beat sth

used to emphasize that something is best:

You can't beat Pedro's for a great pizza.

take a lot of/some, etc beating

mainly UK

to be so good or enjoyable that it is hard to find anything better:

For romantic movies, The Notebook takes some beating.

beat verb (FOOD)

to mix food using hard, quick movements:

Beat the egg whites until they are stiff.

Idioms

It beats me

Phrasal verbs

beat down
beat sb down
beat sb/sth off
beat sb to sth
beat sb up

beat

noun [ C ]

/biːt/ us

beat noun [C] (REGULAR SOUND)

a regular sound that is made by your heart or by something hitting a surface:

a heart beat

the beat of a drum

beat noun [C] (RHYTHM)

the main rhythm of a piece of music:

loud music with a repetitive beat

beat noun [C] (AREA)

the area of a town or city that a police officer walks around regularly:

Having more police officers on the beat (= walking around their beat) should help to reduce crime.

(Definition of beat from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Translations of beat

in Chinese (Traditional)

打敗, 打敗，戰勝, （非正式）比…好…

in Chinese (Simplified)

打败, 打败，战胜, （非正式）比…好…

in Spanish

ganar, ser mejor que, pegar…

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vencer, derrotar, ser melhor do que…

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पराभूत करणे किंवा त्यापेक्षा चांगले करणे, इतर क्रिया किंवा अनुभवापेक्षा चांगले किंवा अधिक आनंददायक असणे, मारणे…

（対戦相手）を打ち破る, （相手）に勝つ, （心臓が）鼓動する…

yenmek, mağlup etmek, dövmek…

battre, frapper, échapper à qqn ou qqch…

guanyar, bategar, copejar…

slaan, verslaan, kloppen…

தோற்கடிக்க அல்லது ஒன்றை விட சிறப்பாக செய்ய, மற்றொரு செயல்பாடு அல்லது அனுபவத்தை விட சிறந்த அல்லது சுவாரஸ்யமாக இருக்க வேண்டும், மீண்டும் மீண்டும் அடித்தல்…

हराना, पराजित करना, बेहतर करना…

હરાવવું, હારી જવું, ચડિયાતું…

slå, piske, banke…

slå, piska, hamra…

pukul, kalahkan, degup…

schlagen, Takt angeben/schlagen, der (Takt-)Schlag…