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Difference between Be beat and Be beaten

be beat—(coll.)

1. (also: be dead-beat) be very tired; be utterly exhausted:

  • I am beat from all this packing and moving of stuff.

2. be defeated in a competition:

  • His team was beat because it failed to execute properly during the most critical moments of the game.

be beaten — = be beat 2:

  • The moment was really amazing because Brazil, the champion, was beaten badly.