conquest
Americannoun
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the act or state of conquering or the state of being conquered; vanquishment.
- Synonyms:
- mastery, defeat, subjugation
- Antonyms:
- surrender
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the winning of favor, affection, love, etc..
the conquest of Antony by Cleopatra.
- Synonyms:
- enchantment, seduction
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a person whose favor, affection, etc., has been won.
He's another one of her conquests.
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anything acquired by conquering, as a nation, a territory, or spoils.
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the Conquest. Norman Conquest.
noun
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the act or an instance of conquering or the state of having been conquered; victory
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a person, thing, etc, that has been conquered or won
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the act or art of gaining a person's compliance, love, etc, by seduction or force of personality
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a person, whose compliance, love, etc, has been won over by seduction or force of personality
noun
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See Norman Conquest
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the conquest by the United Kingdom of French North America, ending in 1763
Related Words
See victory.
Other Word Forms
- postconquest adjective
- reconquest noun
- self-conquest noun
Etymology
Origin of conquest
First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English conqueste, from Anglo-French, Old French, from unattested Vulgar Latin conquēsta (for Latin conquīsīta, feminine past participle of conquīrere ). See con-, quest
Example Sentences
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At the time, Americans mainly cheered that conquest, with the notable exception of a newly elected congressman, Abraham Lincoln.
On Saturday, leaders of his party largely refrained from joining a thousands-strong march against American conquest, which was described as the largest protest in Greenland’s modern history.
That name is thought to honor the Zoroastrian Iranians’ resistance to Arab conquest.
The tapestry tells the story of the Norman conquest of England in 1066 and is widely believed to have been created in Kent.
From BBC
Historically, more territory has changed hands through conquest than transactions, but cash and gold have shifted many international borders.
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