Conquest

Quick meaning: Conquest is a noun meaning An act or instance of achieving victory through combat; the subjugation of an enemy.

Meaning

An act or instance of achieving victory through combat; the subjugation of an enemy.

More Meanings

1. (by extension, often figuratively) An act or instance of gaining control of or mastery over something, overcoming obstacles.
2. That which is conquered; possession gained by mental or physical effort, force, or struggle.
3. (colloquial, figurative) A person whose romantic affections one has gained, or with whom one has had sex, or the act of gaining another's romantic affections.
4. (video games) A competitive mode found in first-person shooter games in which competing teams (usually two) attempt to take over predetermined spawn points labeled by flags.
5. (marketing) To compete with an established competitor by placing advertisements for one's own products adjacent to editorial content relating to the competitor or by using terms and keywords for one's own products that are currently associated with the competitor.
6. (obsolete, feudal law) The acquiring of property by other means than by inheritance; acquisition.
7. (archaic) To conquer.

Example Sentences

Mankind's conquest of space

Alexander the Great's conquest of the Persians

Wherefore rejoice? What conquest brings he home?

Three years sufficed for the conquest of the country.

Word Forms

• conquests
• conquesting
• conquested

Synonyms for conquest

Depending on context, synonyms include subjugation, seduction, subjection, conquering.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include subjugation, subjection, seduction, conquering, victory, seizure.

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