conquest
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plural conquests
plural conquests
Britannica Dictionary definition of CONQUEST
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: the act of taking control of a country, city, etc., through the use of force
[count]
- tales of the ancient army's conquests
- the Norman Conquest [=the conquest of England by the Normans in 1066]
[noncount]
- tales of military conquest
2
[count] : a country, city, etc., that an army has taken control of through the use of force
- Napoleon's conquests
3
[count] : 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
4
[noncount] : success in defeating or dealing with something difficult or dangerous — usually + of
- the conquest of space/nature/disease
