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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waterloo/#m1)

2) Waterloo is a big railway station and area in London. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waterloo/#m2)

3) To meet your Waterloo means to suffer a final defeat after a long run of success. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waterloo/#m3)

4) "Waterloo" is also a famous 1974 song by the Swedish band ABBA. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waterloo/#m4)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waterloo/#x1)
- We took the train to London Waterloo. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waterloo/#x2)
- The champion finally met his Waterloo in the final. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waterloo/#x3)
- The Duke of Wellington led the British army at Waterloo. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waterloo/#x4)
- ABBA won Eurovision with "Waterloo". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waterloo/#x5)
- Waterloo is also a city in Ontario, Canada. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waterloo/#x6)

### 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waterloo/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.