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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An initial assessment suggests the items were buried around the time of the Roman conquest of southern Britain, in the first century AD.
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Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 25 Mar. 2025
The conquest of love will not be abstract but vividly concrete for everyone, especially young people, and soon.
—Jaron Lanier, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2025
Ezekiel did his prophesying from exile before and after the destruction of the First Temple in the Babylonian conquest of 586 B.C.E., another defining cataclysm in Jewish history.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2025
Farah Mohammed March 1, 2019 La Malinche was a key figure in the conquest of the Aztecs.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 3 Mar. 2025
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Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 25 Mar. 2025
The conquest of love will not be abstract but vividly concrete for everyone, especially young people, and soon.
—Jaron Lanier, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2025
Ezekiel did his prophesying from exile before and after the destruction of the First Temple in the Babylonian conquest of 586 B.C.E., another defining cataclysm in Jewish history.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2025
Farah Mohammed March 1, 2019 La Malinche was a key figure in the conquest of the Aztecs.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 3 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for conquest
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“Conquest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/conquest. Accessed 6 Apr. 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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