Conquest Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary (original) (raw)

Britannica Dictionary definition of CONQUEST

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:

the act of taking control of a country, city, etc., through the use of force

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• tales of the ancient army's conquests
• the Norman Conquest [=the conquest of England by the Normans in 1066]

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• tales of military conquest

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a country, city, etc., that an army has taken control of through the use of force

• Napoleon's conquests

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a person someone has succeeded in having a romantic and especially a sexual relationship with

• She was one of his many conquests.
• people who boast about their sexual/amorous conquests

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success in defeating or dealing with something difficult or dangerous

— usually + of

• the conquest of space/nature/disease