conquest
🇺🇸
/ˈkɑːŋkwest/
🇬🇧
/ˈkɒŋkwest/
noun
R
taking control of a place by force
The conquest of the city was swift and brutal.
R
land taken by force
These lands were conquests from the ancient wars.
R
someone you have persuaded to love you
She was his latest romantic conquest.
R
gaining control over something hard
The conquest of disease requires global effort.
translation
taking control of a place by force; land taken by force; someone you have persuaded to love you; gaining control over something hard
Word Forms
Plural
conquests