BEAT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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B1 [ T ]

to defeat or do better than:

beat someone at something Simon always beats me at tennis .

The Miami Heat beat the Pacers by five points , 95-90.

Holland beat Belgium (by) 3–1.

Our team was comfortably / easily / soundly beaten in the first round of the competition .

The Nationalists were narrowly beaten in the election .

He beat me fair and square (= without cheating ) .

They were beaten hands down (= completely ) by their opponents .

beat a record She has beaten her own record of three minutes ten seconds .

Synonyms

      
        annihilate
       
        informal
       
        conquer
       
        crush
       
        (BEAT)
       
        defeat
       
        hammer
       
        (DEFEAT)
       
        informal
       
        thrash
       
        (DEFEAT)
       
        informal
       
        trounce

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to beat someone in a race, competition, etc.

beat United beat City 3 - 2.
defeat Can Ireland defeat New Zealand in this high-stakes match?
conquer The Greeks had fought and conquered the army of Mardonius.
vanquish The superhero always vanquishes his foes and saves the world.
annihilate Modern superpowers succeed not by annihilating their enemies but by buying them off.
hammer The Colts got hammered by the Patriots.

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B2 informal

to be better or more enjoyable than another activity or experience :

beat the hell out of slang Taking the bus beats the hell out of (= is much better than) walking all the way there.

you can't beat You can't beat (= there is nothing more enjoyable than) a cold beer on a hot afternoon .

[ + -ing verb ] Taking the bus sure beats walk ing .

to do something before someone else does it:

I was just going to clean the kitchen , but you beat me to it.

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Paul beat me by three games to two.
With this new product , we are well situated to beat our competitors .
They will be a tough team to beat.
The Liberal Democrats may form a pact with Labour to try to beat the Conservatives in the next election .
She came within two seconds of beating the world record .

B2 [ I or T , usually + adv/prep ]

to hit repeatedly :

beat down The rain was beating down incessantly on the tin roof .

be beaten to death She was beaten to death .

They saw him beating his dog with a stick .

The child had been brutally / savagely beaten.

[ + obj + adj ] He was beaten senseless .

Beat the drum .

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to hit someone or something

hit She was expelled for hitting another pupil.
whack She whacked the water with her paddle.
bash The swinging door bashed him in the face.
strike She had been struck on the head with a golf ball.
beat He was cruel to his dog and beat it with a stick.
punch He punched me in the stomach.

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beat a path through something

to form a path in an area where long grass or bushes grow closely together, by hitting the plants with your hands or an object , or by stepping on them:

We beat a path through the undergrowth .

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The rain beat against her face as she struggled through the wind .
They've threatened to beat him to a jelly if he doesn't repay the money .
People were shocked by the advertisement which depicted a woman beating her husband .
His bruises lent credence to his statement that he had been beaten.
I felt sick when I heard about the prisoners being beaten.

to make a regular sound or movement to music :

He beat time on the table to mark the rhythm of the poem .

extremely tired :

dead beat You've been working too hard—you look dead beat.

I'm beat - I'm going to bed .

Synonym

bushed

( also walk the beat )

A police officer who is on the beat or walking the beat is on duty , walking around rather than driving in a police car :

Most people would like to see more bobbies on the beat in their area .

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It's all about making sense of the story from beat to beat, figuring out if a scene adds up.
The series has yet to progress from its promising debut , reiterating the same plot and character beats.
The sequences are told sideways ; the story beats aren’t as obvious as they usually are, but they do connect up with the larger story .
Sometimes, when they cut the movie together, it doesn't work . Because the beats of comedy are in the cutting .
This week in Washington, for many there is only one story , only one beat: the allegations against the president .

not miss/skip a beat

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

beat | American Dictionary

beat

verb

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[ T ] past tense beat | past participle beaten us / ˈbi·t ə n / beat

to defeat a competitor , or to do or be better than someone or something:

In football , the Giants beat the 49ers, 17-3.

Most people think that the governor will beat his opponent .

The room wasn’t much, but it beat driving to a hotel 20 miles away.

[ T ] past tense beat | past participle beaten us / ˈbi·t ə n / beat

To beat something that is going to happen is to take action that will prevent it from having an effect on you:

I leave work early to beat the traffic .

beat verb ( HIT )
[ I/T ] past tense beat | past participle beaten us / ˈbit· ə n / beat
to hit repeatedly :

[ T ] He looked as if he’d been beaten.

[ I ] The children were beating on the table .

beat verb ( MIX )
[ I/T ] past tense beat | past participle beaten us / ˈbit· ə n / beat
to make a rhythmic sound or movement , or to hit something in rhythm to make such a sound :

[ I ] I was so nervous I could feel my heart beating.

[ T ] He steadily beat the drum .

[ I ] Without calcium , your heart could not beat correctly .

Idioms

                  
                    beat around the bush
                   
                    beat it
                   
                    (it) beats me

Phrasal verbs

an area for which someone, esp . a police officer , has responsibility as part of the job :

People are comforted to see cops on the beat.

beat noun [C usually sing] ( RHYTHM ) (Definition of beat from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

beat | Business English

beat

verb [ T ]

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to do better than someone or something:

Yesterday's close beat the record set Feb . 1.

With their lowest price guarantee , they will beat the price of a competitor's product by 10%.

beat estimates/expectations/forecasts Declines in shares of the world's biggest chip maker halted when the company beat expectations for profits .

They are selling the software packages at prices that are hard to beat .

beat the competition

to be more successful than other people or companies that you are competing against:

The way to beat the competition is to recruit and retain talented staff .

beat a path to sb's door

to decide not to continue with something that has become too difficult or not worth doing:

Most of the market beat a hasty retreat , investors being unimpressed by a volatile performance on Wall Street .

beat a retreat from sth The prime minister's cabinet continues to beat a retreat from many economic reforms .

beat sb at their own game

informal

to use the methods by which someone has tried to defeat you to your own advantage :

By buying two competitors who tried to beat him at his own game , he created the three networks he now owns .

beat sb to it

to succeed despite having a disadvantage :

Many mergers fail to deliver value to shareholders , but the bank's new president thinks it will be able to beat the odds .

if you can't beat 'em, join 'em informal ( also if you can't beat them, join them )

said when you accept that you cannot be as successful as someone else without doing what they do:

If you can't beat them, join them. Beginning in February the domestic distributor will become the exclusive U.S. importer for the popular foreign brands .

take some beating

to do something so well that it is difficult for anyone else to do better :

The automaker has delivered an impressive hatchback car that will take some beating.

Phrasal verbs

                                                  
                                                    beat sb/sth back
                                                   
                                                    beat sb/sth down
                                                   
                                                    beat off sb/sth
                                                   
                                                    beat out sb/sth

(Definition of beat from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) What is the pronunciation of beat ?

beat | American Dictionary

beat verb ( HIT ) [ I/T ] past tense beat | past participle beaten us / ˈbit· ə n / beat to hit repeatedly : [ T ] He looked as if he’d been beaten. [ I (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); ] The children were beating on the table .

Idioms

Phrasal verbs

beat noun [C usually sing] ( RHYTHM ) (Definition of beat from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

beat | Business English

Phrasal verbs

beat verb ( HIT )
[ I/T ] past tense beat | past participle beaten us / ˈbit· ə n / beat
to hit repeatedly :

[ T ] He looked as if he’d been beaten.

[ I ] The children were beating on the table .