conquest
(noun) success in mastering something difficult; “the conquest of space”
conquest, conquering, subjection, subjugation
(noun) the act of conquering
seduction, conquest
(noun) an act of winning the love or sexual favor of someone
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Conquest
The personification of conquest, often depicted riding a white horse.
Synonyms: Pestilence, white rider
An English surname, from Old French conqueste (“conquest”), probably originally a nickname.
A town in New York.
A village in Saskatchewan.
conquest (countable and uncountable, plural conquests)
Victory gained through combat; the subjugation of an enemy.
(figuratively, by extenstion) An act or instance of overcoming an obstacle.
That which is conquered; possession gained by force, physical or moral.
(feudal law) The acquiring of property by other means than by inheritance; acquisition.
(colloquial, figurative) A person whose romantic affections one has gained, or with whom one has had sex.
(video games) 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.
conquest (third-person singular simple present conquests, present participle conquesting, simple past and past participle conquested)
(archaic) To conquer.
(marketing) 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.
Source: Wiktionary
Con"quest, n. Etym: [OF. conquest, conqueste, F. conquête, LL. conquistum, conquista, prop. p.p. from L. conquirere. See Conquer.]
1. The act or process of conquering, or acquiring by force; the act of overcoming or subduing opposition by force, whether physical or moral; subjection; subjugation; victory. In joys of conquest he resigns his breath. Addison. Three years sufficed for the conquest of the country. Prescott.
2. That which is conquered; possession gained by force, physical or moral. Wherefore rejoice What conquest brings he home Shak.
3. (Feudal Law)
Definition: The acquiring of property by other means than by inheritance; acquisition. Blackstone.
4. The act of gaining or regaining by successful strugle; as, the conquest of liberty or peace. The Conquest (Eng. Hist.), the subjugation of England by William of Normandy in 1066.
Syn.
– Victory; triumph; mastery; reduction; subjugation; subjection.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 November 2024
(adverb) in a searching manner; “‘Are you really happy with him,’ asked her mother, gazing at Vera searchingly”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.