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conquest

/ˈkɑnkwɛst/noun2 syllables

Conquest means: the act of conquering.

Synonyms for conquest4

noun, as in the act of conquering

conquering, subjection, subjugation

noun, as in an act of winning the love or sexual favor of someone

seduction

What does conquest mean?3

noun

1

the act of conquering

2

an act of winning the love or sexual favor of someone

3

success in mastering something difficult“the conquest of space”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Conquest in a sentence

  • The horse is the noblest conquest ever made by man.Scott
  • The countdown to the conquest of every sentence has finally begun.tsp_2
  • Go is a game of dispute and conquest of territory.carlosalberto
  • The conquest of İstanbul antedates the discovery of America.MostAssertive
  • Switzerland makes its conquest even easier for us, thanks to the best conditions for electric bicycles.Eccles17
  • Archeologically speaking, there was never any Hebrew conquest of Canaan.shekitten
  • I'm out for commerce, not conquest!Adelpa
  • This is what is called the Norman Conquest.unknown

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of conquest

as a noun

plural
conquests