conquest

Meaning

Noun

1. An act or instance of achieving victory through combat; the subjugation of an enemy.
2. An act or instance of gaining control of or mastery over something, overcoming obstacles.
3. That which is conquered; possession gained by mental or physical effort, force, or struggle.
4. (obsolete) The acquiring of property by other means than by inheritance; acquisition.
5. (colloquial) A person whose romantic affections one has gained, or with whom one has had sex, or the act of gaining another's romantic affections.
6. 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.

Verb

1. To conquer.
2. 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.

Synonyms

victory

triumph

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subjugation

success

overcoming

win

subjection

winning

conquering

subdual

defeat

domination

mastery

seduction

subdue

subject

subjugating

subsidiary

suppression

taking

yield

coming first

achievement

licking subjugation

capture

competition

contention

contest

defeating

enslavement

fight

genus

overcome

overpowering

race

reduction

seizure

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkɒŋkwɛst/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: conquest

Cognate with French: conquête

In summary

From Middle English conquest, from Old French conqueste (French conquête).