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The meaning of CONQUEST is the act or process of conquering. How to use conquest in a sentence.
CONQUEST definition: 1. the act of conquering a country, area, or situation 2. someone you have had sex with but…. Learn more.
noun. the act or an instance of conquering or the state of having been conquered; victory. a person, thing, etc, that has been conquered or won. the act or art of gaining a person's compliance, love, etc, by seduction or force of personality.
Conquest derives from the Vulgar Latin word conquaerere, meaning "to search for, procure by effort, or win." In addition to its most commonly used meanings — conquering and seduction — conquest has a third, less well-known meaning: a success in mastering something difficult, like the violin, for instance, or flying an airplane.
If someone makes a conquest, they succeed in attracting and usually sleeping with another person. You usually use conquest when you want to indicate that this relationship is not important to the person concerned.
CONQUEST meaning: 1 : the act of taking control of a country, city, etc., through the use of force; 2 : a country, city, etc., that an army has taken control of through the use of force
Filter (0) noun. conquests. The act or process of conquering. Webster's New World. Something conquered, esp. land taken in war. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. A winning of someone's affection or favor.
Definition of conquest noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
CONQUEST meaning: an occasion when someone takes control of a country, area, or situation: . Learn more.
Conquest is the act of military subjugation of an enemy by force of arms. Military history provides many examples of conquest: the Roman conquest of Britain, the Mauryan conquest of Afghanistan and of vast areas of the Indian subcontinent, the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire and various Muslim conquests, to mention just a few.
