conquest — English Dictionary

Noun

1. An act or instance of achieving victory through combat; the subjugation of an enemy.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Examples

   Alexander the Great's conquest of the Persians

2. An act or instance of gaining control of or mastery over something, overcoming obstacles.

   Usage

   • broadly
   • Countable
   • Figurative
   • often
   • Uncountable

   Examples

   Mankind's conquest of space

   Three years sufficed for the conquest of the country.

   More examples (2)

   The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much.

   Therefore, this dream of the human conquest of selfishness appeared devoid of any strong sense of the necessity of internal struggle to overcome it

3. That which is conquered; possession gained by mental or physical effort, force, or struggle.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Examples

   Wherefore rejoice? What conquest brings he home?

4. The acquiring of property by other means than by inheritance; acquisition.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Obsolete
   • Uncountable

   Examples

   What we call purchase, perquisitio, the feudists called conquest, conqucestus, or conquisitio

5. A person whose romantic affections one has gained, or with whom one has had sex, or the act of gaining another's romantic affections.

   Usage

   • Colloquial
   • Countable
   • Figurative
   • Uncountable

   Examples

   More examples (1)

   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. 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.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

Verb

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.

Verb

1. To conquer.

   Usage

   • Archaic

Noun

1. the act of conquering

   Synonyms

   conqueringsubjectionsubjugation

   Broader terms

   capturegaining controlseizure

2. success in mastering something difficult

   Broader terms

   success

   Examples

   the conquest of space

3. an act of winning the love or sexual favor of someone

   Synonyms

   seduction

   Broader terms

   success