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conquer
[ kong-ker ]
verb (used with object)
- to acquire by force of arms; win in war:
to conquer a foreign land.
- to overcome by force; subdue:
to conquer an enemy.
- to gain, win, or obtain by effort, personal appeal, etc.:
conquer the hearts of his audience.
- to gain a victory over; surmount; master; overcome:
to conquer disease and poverty; to conquer one's fear.
verb (used without object)
- to be victorious; make conquests; gain the victory:
Despite their differences, their love will conquer.
conquer
/ ˈkɒŋkə /
verb
- to overcome (an enemy, army, etc); defeat
- to overcome (an obstacle, feeling, desire, etc); surmount
- tr to gain possession or control of by or as if by force or war; win
- tr to gain the love, sympathy, etc, of (someone) by seduction or force of personality
Derived Forms
- ˈconquering, adjective
- ˈconquerableness, noun
- ˈconqueror, noun
- ˈconquerable, adjective
Other Words From
- con·quer·a·ble adjective
- con·quer·a·ble·ness noun
- con·quer·ing·ly adverb
- half-con·quered adjective
- pre·con·quer verb (used with object)
- re·con·quer verb (used with object)
- un·con·quer·a·ble adjective
- un·con·quered adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of conquer1
Idioms and Phrases
see divide and conquer .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Glazer, for one, expects the machines to conquer his test within his lifetime.
"A man penetrates, conquers, colonizes, plants. A woman receives, surrenders, accepts."
But as dominant as he’s been all season — and as essential as he’s been to USC’s operation — the punter says he isn’t satisfied with just conquering college football.
The US Open eluded him the longest, but when he conquered New York in 2010, he became the youngest man in the Open era to complete the career Grand Slam.
"I feel like I can conquer the world!"
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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