conquest
noun
con·quest
ˈkän-ˌkwest 
ˈkäŋ-;
ˈkäŋ-kwəst
1
: the act or process of conquering
2
a
: something conquered
especially
: territory appropriated in war
b
: a person whose favor or hand has been won
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Examples of conquest in a Sentence
tales of the ancient army's conquests
She was one of his many conquests.
people who boast about their sexual conquests
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His high school conquests instantly gave him a conversation topic with hitting coach Pat Burrell, another Bellarmine baseball alumnus.
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Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2024
In recent centuries, the conquests of colonial empires, hyper-urbanization, the ever-expanding networks of capitalism, and the monolingual imperatives of nation-states have all driven the vanishing of languages.
—Ross Perlin, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
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Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2024
In recent centuries, the conquests of colonial empires, hyper-urbanization, the ever-expanding networks of capitalism, and the monolingual imperatives of nation-states have all driven the vanishing of languages.
—Ross Perlin, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
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conquest
noun
con·quest
ˈkän-ˌkwest
ˈkäŋ-
1
: the act or process of conquering
2
: something conquered
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