conquest
/ˈkɑnkwɛst/
Frequency: 3.77 in modern English
Meaning
noun
An act or instance of achieving victory through combat; the subjugation of an enemy.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
An act or instance of gaining control of or mastery over something, overcoming obstacles.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
That which is conquered; possession gained by mental or physical effort, force, or struggle.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The acquiring of property by other means than by inheritance; acquisition.
Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable
noun
A person whose romantic affections one has gained, or with whom one has had sex, or the act of gaining another's romantic affections.
Colloquial; Countable; Uncountable
noun
A competitive mode found in first-person shooter games in which competing teams (usually two) attempt to take over predetermined spawn points labeled by flags.
Countable; Uncountable
verb
To compete with an established competitor by placing advertisements for one's own products adjacent to editorial content relating to the competitor or by using terms and keywords for one's own products that are currently associated with the competitor.
Example Sentences
- "Alexander the Great's conquest of the Persians"
- "Mankind's conquest of space"
- "Three years sufficed for the conquest of the country."
- "The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much."
- "Therefore, this dream of the human conquest of selfishness appeared devoid of any strong sense of the necessity of internal struggle to overcome it"
- "Wherefore rejoice? What conquest brings he home?"
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈkɑnkwɛst/
- British English: /ˈkɒŋkwɛst/