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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

synonym study for conquest

1. See victory.

OTHER WORDS FROM conquest

post·con·quest, adjectivere·con·quest, nounself-conquest, noun

Words nearby conquest

Conon, conoscenti, conoscope, conquer, conqueror, conquest, conquian, conquistador, conquistadores, Conrad, Conrad I

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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 Post
Missions 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 Diego
The 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|Vox
Situating 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 Post

The maturation of Grundberg as a renowned critic coincides with the maturation of photography as an art form and its conquest of the art market.
The art of the photograph; the photograph as art|Michael Roth|April 16, 2021|Washington Post
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 Tracy
Ferdinand de Soto sailed from Havana with ten ships for the conquest of Florida.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
Bonaparte with an immense armament sailed from Toulon for the conquest of Egypt.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
Before 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)

conquest

/ (ˈkɒnkwɛst, ˈkɒŋ-) /

noun

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

Word Origin for conquest

C13: from Old French conqueste, from Vulgar Latin conquēsta (unattested), from Latin conquīsīta, feminine past participle of conquīrere to seek out, procure; see conquer

British Dictionary definitions for conquest (2 of 2)

Conquest

/ (ˈkɒnkwɛst, ˈkɒŋ-) /

noun

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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