conquest
the act or state of conquering or the state of being conquered; vanquishment.
the winning of favor, affection, love, etc.: the conquest of Antony by Cleopatra.
a person whose favor, affection, etc., has been won: He's another one of her conquests.
anything acquired by conquering, as a nation, a territory, or spoils.
the Conquest. Norman Conquest.
Origin of conquest
1synonym study For conquest
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Other words from conquest
- post·con·quest, adjective
- re·con·quest, noun
- self-conquest, noun
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How to use conquest in a sentence
This was the case for one Atlanta-area man over the weekend who flashed two thumbs up as he was halfway through his conquest.
The viral Milk Crate Challenge has left people injured. Doctors are begging them to stop. | Timothy Bella | August 24, 2021 | Washington PostMissions were sites of conflict, conquest, and forced labor.
The Learning Curve: Why Mission Dioramas Are (Mostly) History | Randy Dotinga | August 5, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoThe result of that conquest has been a full-fledged effort by the GOP conference to whitewash the Capitol attack, which left five people dead and at least 140 police officers wounded.
A bipartisan January 6 commission is probably dead. Democrats have a backup plan. | Cameron Peters | May 29, 2021 | VoxSituating Indigenous people in the past was an important conceptual step for new Americans to make in the process of conquest.
Some representations of Native Americans erase their history | Hayley Negrin | May 21, 2021 | Washington PostThe maturation of Grundberg as a renowned critic coincides with the maturation of photography as an art form and its conquest of the art market.
Before the 16thcentury, Spanish conquest, the Aztecs saw the skull as a symbol of rebirth.
Experts hypothesize the painting represents the “conquest dance,” a Christian conversion ritual still performed to this day.
7 Historically Significant Artifacts Rescued by Happenstance | The Daily Beast | October 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe conquest—and the reaction to it—have given him an aura of invincibility that holy-warrior wannabes find quite thrilling.
French Jihadi Mehdi Nemmouche Is the Shape of Terror to Come | Christopher Dickey | September 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThis conquest has brought instability to unexpected parts of the region.
Nonviolent subjects were easier to rule and more likely to provide the revenue and manpower that would enable further conquest.
When Cortez made conquest of Mexico in 1519 smoking seemed to be a common as well as an ancient custom among the natives.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.They threw down their weapons with sullen obedience and the first great step towards the re-conquest of India was taken.
The Red Year | Louis TracyFerdinand de Soto sailed from Havana with ten ships for the conquest of Florida.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellBonaparte with an immense armament sailed from Toulon for the conquest of Egypt.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellBefore leaving for France the Emperor had drawn up a cut and dried plan for the systematic conquest of the whole Peninsula.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-Pattison
British Dictionary definitions for conquest (1 of 2)
/ (ˈkɒnkwɛst, ˈkɒŋ-) /
the act or an instance of conquering or the state of having been conquered; victory
a person, thing, etc, that has been conquered or won
the act or art of gaining a person's compliance, love, etc, by seduction or force of personality
a person, whose compliance, love, etc, has been won over by seduction or force of personality
Origin of conquest
1British Dictionary definitions for Conquest (2 of 2)
/ (ˈkɒnkwɛst, ˈkɒŋ-) /
the Conquest See Norman Conquest
the Conquest Canadian the conquest by the United Kingdom of French North America, ending in 1763
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