First Known Use: 14th century
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conquest
noun con·quest \ˈkän-ˌkwest, ˈkäŋ-; ˈkäŋ-kwəst\
: the act of taking control of a country, city, etc., through the use of force
: a country, city, etc., that an army has taken control of through the use of force
: a person someone has succeeded in having a romantic and especially a sexual relationship with
Full Definition of CONQUEST
1
: the act or process of conquering
2
a : something conquered; especially : territory appropriated in war b : a person whose favor or hand has been won
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Origin of CONQUEST
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *conquaesitus, alteration of Latin conquisitus, past participle of conquirere
Related to CONQUEST
- Synonyms
- dominating, domination, overpowering, subduing, subjecting, subjection, subjugating, subjugation, vanquishing
Rhymes with CONQUEST
abreast, abscessed, appressed, armrest, arrest, at best, at rest, attest, backrest, beau geste, bed rest, behest, bequest, blood test, congest, contest, crow's nest, depressed, detest, devest, digest, distressed, divest, egest, eighth rest, field-test, flight-test, footrest, gabfest, half rest, hard-pressed, headrest, high-test, hillcrest, hope chest, houseguest, imprest, incest, infest, ingest, inquest, interest, invest, Key West, lovefest, love nest, Mae West, mare's nest, Midwest, molest, northwest, patch test, posttest, pretest, professed, protest, redbreast, repressed, request, revest, road test, scratch test, screen test, sea chest, skin test, slop chest, slugfest, southwest, spot test, steam chest, stress test, suggest, Trieste, t-test, unblessed, undressed, unrest, unstressed, war chest, whole rest, Wild West
CONQUEST Defined for Kids
conquest
noun con·quest \ˈkän-ˌkwest\
Definition of CONQUEST for Kids
1
: the act or process of getting or gaining especially by force
2
: something that is gotten or gained especially by force
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