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conquest¹

  • /ˈkɒŋkwɛst/ UK
  • /ˈkɒŋkwəst/ UK
  • /ˈkɑnkwɛst/ US
  • /ˈkɑnkwəst/ US
  • /ˈkɑŋ-/ US

Where it comes from

Inherited from Middle English conquest, borrowed from Old French conqueste.

noun conquests

  1. countable, uncountable An act or instance of achieving victory through combat; the subjugation of an enemy. Alexander the Great's conquest of the Persians
  2. broadly, countable, figuratively, often, uncountable An act or instance of gaining control of or mastery over something, overcoming obstacles. Mankind's conquest of space
  3. countable, uncountable That which is conquered; possession gained by mental or physical effort, force, or struggle. Wherefore rejoice? What conquest brings he home?
  4. countable, obsolete, uncountable The acquiring of property by other means than by inheritance; acquisition. What we call purchase, perquisitio, the feudists called conquest, conqucestus, or conquisitio
  5. colloquial, countable, figuratively, uncountable A person whose romantic affections one has gained, or with whom one has had sex, or the act of gaining another's romantic affections. 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.
  6. countable, uncountable 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.

verb conquests · conquesting · conquested

  1. 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.

conquest²

  • /ˈkɒŋkwɛst/ UK
  • /ˈkɒŋkwəst/ UK
  • /ˈkɑnkwɛst/ US
  • /ˈkɑnkwəst/ US
  • /ˈkɑŋ-/ US

Where it comes from

Inherited from Middle English conquesten, borrowed from Middle French conquester, from Old French conquester.

verb conquests · conquesting · conquested

  1. archaic To conquer.

Conquest³

proper noun

  1. The personification of conquest, often depicted riding a white horse.

    Similar: Pestilence, white rider

  2. An English surname from Old French, from Old French conqueste (“conquest”), probably originally a nickname.
  3. A town in Cayuga County, New York, United States.
  4. A village in the Rural Municipality of Fertile Valley, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: subjugation, subjection, seduction, conquering, victory, seizure, capture, success, gain, achievement, attainment, acquisition, exploration, opening, breakthrough, open

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noun act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy

Españolconquista
한국어정복 jeongbok
日本語征服 seifuku
中文戰勝 /战胜 zhànshèng, 征服 zhēngfú
हिन्दीविजय vijay, फ़तह fatah, जयन jayan, पराजय parājay
Portuguêsconquista
Françaisconquête
DeutschEroberung
Italianoconquista, soggiogamento
Ελληνικάάλωση álosi, κατάκτηση katáktisi
Românăcucerire
Русскийзавоева́ние zavojevánije
Tiếng Việtsự chinh phục
العربيةفَتْح fatḥ, اِسْتِيلَاء istīlāʔ, تَسْخِير tasḵīr, إِخْضَاع ʔiḵḍāʕ, اِحْتِلال iḥtilāl, اِنْتِصَار intiṣār
עבריתכִּבּוּשׁ kibúsh

noun act or instance of gaining control of or mastery over something, overcoming obstacles

Русскийпокоре́ние pokorénije, преодоле́ние preodolénije

noun that which is conquered; possession gained by mental or physical effort, force, or struggle

DeutschEroberung

noun competitive mode in first-person shooter games

DeutschConquest-Modus, Conquestmodus, Conquest

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@misc{conquest_2026,
  title = {conquest},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/conquest},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}