Meaning of conquest | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An act or instance of achieving victory through combat; the subjugation of an enemy
2. An act or instance of achieving victory through combat; the subjugation of an enemy.
   countable, uncountable
3. The personification of conquest, often depicted riding a white horse.
4. An act or instance of gaining control of or mastery over something, overcoming obstacles
5. An act or instance of gaining control of or mastery over something, overcoming obstacles.
   broadly, countable, figuratively, often, uncountable
6. An English surname from Old French, from Old French conqueste (“conquest”), probably originally a nickname.
7. That which is conquered; possession gained by mental or physical effort, force, or struggle
8. That which is conquered; possession gained by mental or physical effort, force, or struggle.
   countable, uncountable
9. A town in Cayuga County, New York, United States.
10. The acquiring of property by other means than by inheritance; acquisition
11. The acquiring of property by other means than by inheritance; acquisition.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
12. A village in the Rural Municipality of Fertile Valley, Saskatchewan, Canada.
13. A person whose romantic affections one has gained, or with whom one has had sex, or the act of gaining another's romantic affections
14. A person whose romantic affections one has gained, or with whom one has had sex, or the act of gaining another's romantic affections.
    colloquial, countable, figuratively, uncountable
15. 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.
    countable, uncountable

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Examples

“Alexander the Great's conquest of the Persians”

“Mankind's conquest of space”

“Three years sufficed for the conquest of the country.”

“The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much.”

“Therefore, this dream of the human conquest of selfishness appeared devoid of any strong sense of the necessity of internal struggle to overcome it”

“Wherefore rejoice? What conquest brings he home?”

“What we call purchase, perquisitio, the feudists called conquest, conqucestus, or conquisitio”

“And, crowning glory of the evening! a conquest was made, a conquest so sudden, so brilliant, and so obvious, that it was enough to give any fête at which it occurred the immortality of a season.”

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