waterloo

«waterloo» in Mova's school dictionary: a town in Belgium where Napoleon was finally defeated in… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

proper noun (Waterloo — a name of a place); noun (a waterloo — a final defeat, as in "meet your Waterloo")

meaning for a pupil

1) (a name) Waterloo is a town in Belgium where Napoleon was finally defeated in 1815 by British, Dutch, Belgian and Prussian armies. tree →

2) Waterloo is a big railway station and area in London. tree →

3) To meet your Waterloo means to suffer a final defeat after a long run of success. tree →

4) "Waterloo" is also a famous 1974 song by the Swedish band ABBA. tree →

sense in the lessons

In history lessons it ends the Napoleonic Wars. In the UK it is a station and many places named after the battle. In everyday speech "meet your Waterloo" means final defeat. Phrases: the Battle of Waterloo, Waterloo Station, meet your Waterloo.

examples

• Napoleon lost the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. tree →
• We took the train to London Waterloo. tree →
• The champion finally met his Waterloo in the final. tree →
• The Duke of Wellington led the British army at Waterloo. tree →
• ABBA won Eurovision with "Waterloo". tree →
• Waterloo is also a city in Ontario, Canada. tree →

note

Written with a capital W. "Meet your Waterloo" is an idiom; the place itself is a small town south of Brussels.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «waterloo» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.