conquest
noun
con·quest
ˈkän-ˌkwest 
ˈkäŋ-;
ˈkäŋ-kwəst
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
Examples of conquest in a Sentence
tales of the ancient army's conquests
She was one of his many conquests.
people who boast about their sexual conquests
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The stone is carved in the style of Teotihuacan, but it’s also covered with Maya hieroglyphs, which tell the tale of the conquest.
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ArsTechnica, 10 Apr. 2025
The items date from the first century B.C., about the time of the Roman conquest under Emperor Claudius, Duncan Garrow, professor of archaeology at the University of Reading, said in a description of the find on the Durham University website.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 6 Apr. 2025
Kodak Black has identified his next romantic conquest.
—Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 25 Mar. 2025
His account begins in the Spanish colonial period, when Spaniards and other Europeans debated the philosophical underpinnings of conquest and slavery, setting in motion an ideological battle between humanism and barbarism which, Grandin thinks, continues to this day.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2025
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ArsTechnica, 10 Apr. 2025
The items date from the first century B.C., about the time of the Roman conquest under Emperor Claudius, Duncan Garrow, professor of archaeology at the University of Reading, said in a description of the find on the Durham University website.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 6 Apr. 2025
Kodak Black has identified his next romantic conquest.
—Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 25 Mar. 2025
His account begins in the Spanish colonial period, when Spaniards and other Europeans debated the philosophical underpinnings of conquest and slavery, setting in motion an ideological battle between humanism and barbarism which, Grandin thinks, continues to this day.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2025
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“Conquest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/conquest. Accessed 15 May. 2025.
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conquest
noun
con·quest
ˈkän-ˌkwest
ˈkäŋ-
1
: the act or process of conquering
2
: something conquered
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