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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Sheinbaum's predecessor, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, had demanded in 2019 that Spain apologise for human rights violations during its conquest.
From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026
News of the 24 February invitation comes after the monarch acknowledged there had been "a lot of abuse" during the Spanish conquest of the territory that would become Mexico.
From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026
Still, the rule doesn’t make exceptions for violent conquest, and the global community in general has not accepted that invasion.
From Salon • Feb. 25, 2026
The horse also proved indispensable in the Spanish conquest of Mexico in 1521.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026
The conquest of the Thieves Quarter began immediately.
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
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