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 someone has succeeded in having a romantic and especially sexual relationship with
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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To that point, human history was a tale of conquest and caste and rigid hierarchies, a world where the strong dominated the weak, where power and wealth and status flowed through lineage and the many were ruled by the few.
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Hilary Gowins, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2026
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—Callum McLennan, Variety, 19 June 2026
Self-renewal in nature’s company has been a defining tenet of Atzaró Agroturismo Hotel’s ethos since the 300-year-old family finca–whose owners trace their lineage back to the Catalan conquest of the island in the early 1200s–opened in 2004 as one of Ibiza’s first five-star destinations.
—Alexandra Kirkman, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
Iraq was losing the war that would create the state of Israel, a humiliation that challenged fantasies of Arab unity and conquest.
—Adam Louis-Klein, The Atlantic, 18 June 2026
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Hilary Gowins, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2026
Related Stories What these producers share is a conviction that the Canaries’ historical position — as a staging post for conquest, migration and ecological transformation — generates stories with the kind of cross-cultural resonance that buyers in Japan, West Asia and Latin America will recognize.
—Callum McLennan, Variety, 19 June 2026
Self-renewal in nature’s company has been a defining tenet of Atzaró Agroturismo Hotel’s ethos since the 300-year-old family finca–whose owners trace their lineage back to the Catalan conquest of the island in the early 1200s–opened in 2004 as one of Ibiza’s first five-star destinations.
—Alexandra Kirkman, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
Iraq was losing the war that would create the state of Israel, a humiliation that challenged fantasies of Arab unity and conquest.
—Adam Louis-Klein, The Atlantic, 18 June 2026
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“Conquest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/conquest. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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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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