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

Synonyms

• dominating
• domination
• overpowering
• subduing
• subjecting
• subjection
• subjugating
• subjugation
• vanquishing

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

Recent Examples on the Web

From there, the Vikings embarked on a conquest of Britain, raiding coastal communities with increasingly large and brutal armies. —Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Mar. 2024

But the financial and trade restrictions have not precipitated an economic collapse, let alone persuaded the Kremlin to abandon its plans for conquest. —David J. Lynch, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2024

With all of this Guinness World Record hoopla, and the blatant overstating of commercial personal conquests, has adventure tourism jumped the shark? —Jim Clash, Forbes, 17 Feb. 2024

One of the most famous examples is Casanova’s The Story of My Life, a compendium of conquests strained through the male gaze. —Kanya Kanchana, Longreads, 21 Mar. 2024

Some of those recipes are based upon recipes that were original to the Americas before the colonial conquest of the Europeans. —Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Jan. 2024

That undeniable confirmation for the world’s revisionist forces that America was an exhausted power incapable of defending its interests for very long was swiftly followed on by Russia’s second invasion of Ukraine — a horrific war of territorial conquest unseen on the European continent since 1945. —Noah Rothman, National Review, 18 Mar. 2024

Nearly a quarter-century after his initial conquest, Schiff’s departure for a Senate run has opened the floodgates, with 15 people vying to replace him and represent a district that includes a wide swath of the city of Los Angeles, all of West Hollywood, Glendale and Burbank, and part of Pasadena. —Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2024

The various Celtic peoples who lived across Northern and Western Europe from about 450 B.C.E. until the Roman conquest also took care burying horses. —Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Feb. 2024

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *conquaesitus, alteration of Latin conquisitus, past participle of conquirere

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing conquest

• pre-conquest

Kids Definition

conquest

noun

con·​quest ˈkän-ˌkwest 

ˈkäŋ-

1

: the act or process of conquering

2

: something conquered