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noun
1.
the act or state of conquering or the state of being conquered; vanquishment.
2.
the winning of favor, affection, love, etc.: the conquest of Antony by Cleopatra.
3.
a person whose favor, affection, etc., has been won: He's another one of her conquests.
4.
anything acquired by conquering, as a nation, a territory, or spoils.
5.
the Conquest. Norman Conquest.
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Conquest
is always a great word to know.
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Example Sentences
- Its conquest deserves the best of all mankind, and its opportunity for peaceful cooperation many never come again.
- Glorious-until the easy conquest gave way to a long and painful insurgency.
- Yet one of the lessons that shines through the book is that neither conquest nor economic might guarantees a language's survival.
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World English Dictionary
| Conquest (ˈkɒnkwɛst, ˈkɒŋ-) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the Conquest See Norman Conquest |
| 2. | (Canadian) the Conquest the conquest by the United Kingdom of French North America, ending in 1763 |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
conquest
c.1300, a merged word from O.Fr. conquest "acquisition" (Mod.Fr. conquêt), and O.Fr. conqueste "conquest, acquisition" (Mod.Fr. conquête), both from pp. of conquerre, from V.L. *conquærere (see conquer).
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American Heritage
Abbreviations & Acronyms
| CONQUEST Computerized Needs-Oriented Quality Measurement Evaluation System |
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Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia
conquest
in international law, the acquisition of territory through force, especially by a victorious state in a war at the expense of a defeated state. An effective conquest takes place when physical appropriation of territory (annexation) is followed by "subjugation" (i.e., the legal process of transferring title)
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