name · noun · verb · 15 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈkɒŋkwɛst/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈkɒŋkwəst/
General-American:/ˈkɑnkwɛst/
General-American:/ˈkɑnkwəst/
General-American:/ˈkɑŋ-/
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
name
Meaning 1
The personification of conquest, often depicted riding a white horse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Pestilence, white rider
Antonyms: none provided
2
name
Meaning 2
An English surname from Old French, from Old French conqueste (“conquest”), probably originally a nickname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
name
Meaning 3
A town in Cayuga County, New York, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
name
Meaning 4
A village in the Rural Municipality of Fertile Valley, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
An act or instance of achieving victory through combat; the subjugation of an enemy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
Alexander the Great's conquest of the Persians
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
noun
Meaning 6
An act or instance of gaining control of or mastery over something, overcoming obstacles.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
10
noun
Meaning 10
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: video-games
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
11
verb
Meaning 11
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, marketing
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
12
verb
Meaning 12
To conquer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
13
noun
Meaning 13
success in mastering something difficult
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the conquest of space
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: success
14
noun
Meaning 14
the act of conquering
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: conquering, subjection, subjugation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: capture, gaining control, seizure
Narrower terms: Norman Conquest
15
noun
Meaning 15
an act of winning the love or sexual favor of someone
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: seduction
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: success
Narrower terms: sexual conquest, score
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin quaerō Latin conquirō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin conquīsītusder. Old French conquestebor. Middle English conquest English conquest Inherited from Middle English conquest, borrowed from Old French conqueste.
Etymology tree Medieval Latin conquestōlbor. Old French conquester Middle French conquesterbor. Middle English conquesten English conquest Inherited from Middle English conquesten, borrowed from Middle French conquester, from Old French conquester.
Across languages
Translations
99 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
pushtim
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Arabic:
فَتْح
(fatḥ)
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Arabic:
اِسْتِيلَاء
(istīlāʔ)
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Arabic:
تَسْخِير
(tasḵīr)
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Arabic:
إِخْضَاع
(ʔiḵḍāʕ)
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Arabic:
اِحْتِلال
(iḥtilāl)
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Arabic:
اِنْتِصَار
(intiṣār)
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Armenian:
նվաճում
(nvačum)
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Azerbaijani:
istila
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Azerbaijani:
fəth
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Belarusian:
заваёва
(zavajóva)
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Belarusian:
заваява́нне
(zavajavánnje)
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Belarusian:
здабыццё
(zdabyccjó)
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Bengali:
বিজয়
(bijoẏ)
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Bulgarian:
завоева́ние
(zavoevánie)
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Bulgarian:
завою́ване
(zavojúvane)
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Catalan:
conquesta
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Catalan:
conquista
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Chinese Mandarin:
戰勝 /战胜
(zhànshèng)
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Chinese Mandarin:
征服
(zhēngfú)
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Czech:
dobytí
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Danish:
erobring
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Dutch:
verovering
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Esperanto:
konkero
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Estonian:
vallutus
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Finnish:
voitto
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Finnish:
valloitus
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
French:
conquête
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Galician:
conquista
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Georgian:
დაპყრობა
(daṗq̇roba)
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
German:
Eroberung
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Greek:
άλωση
(álosi)
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Greek:
κατάκτηση
(katáktisi)
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Ancient Greek:
ἅλωσις
(hálōsis)
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Ancient Greek:
κατάκτησις
(katáktēsis)
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Hebrew:
כִּבּוּשׁ
(kibúsh)
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Hindi:
विजय
(vijay)
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Hindi:
फ़तह
(fatah)
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Hindi:
जयन
(jayan)
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Hindi:
पराजय
(parājay)
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Hungarian:
hódítás
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Irish:
concas
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Italian:
conquista
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Italian:
soggiogamento
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Japanese:
征服
(seifuku)
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Korean:
정복
(jeongbok)
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Latvian:
uzvara
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Latvian:
iekarošana
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Lithuanian:
užkariavimas
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Macedonian:
освојување
(osvojuvanje)
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Māori:
raupatu
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Norman:
contchête
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Norwegian Bokmål:
erobring
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Pashto:
فتح
(fathá)
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Pashto:
استيلا
(estilã)
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Persian:
استیلا
(estilâ)
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Persian:
فتح
(fath)
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Persian:
تسخیر
(tasxir)
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Polish:
podbój
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Portuguese:
conquista
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Romanian:
cucerire
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Russian:
завоева́ние
(zavojevánije)
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Scottish Gaelic:
ceannsachadh
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Serbo-Croatian:
осва́ја̄ње
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Serbo-Croatian:
osvájānje
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Slovak:
dobytie
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Slovene:
osvojitev
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Spanish:
conquista
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Swedish:
erövring
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Tajik:
истило
(istilo)
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Tajik:
фатҳ
(fath)
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Tocharian B:
yūkalñe
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Turkish:
fetih
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Turkish:
istila
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Turkmen:
basyp
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Ukrainian:
завоюва́ння
(zavojuvánnja)
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Ukrainian:
здобуття́
(zdobuttjá)
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Urdu:
فتح
(fatah)
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Uzbek:
istilo
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Uzbek:
fath
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Uzbek:
bosib
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Vietnamese:
sự chinh phục
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Volapük:
konker
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Welsh:
concwest
— act or instance of achieving victory through combat; subjugation of an enemy
Finnish:
valloitus
— act or instance of gaining control of or mastery over something, overcoming obstacles
Finnish:
voitto
— act or instance of gaining control of or mastery over something, overcoming obstacles
Russian:
покоре́ние
(pokorénije)
— act or instance of gaining control of or mastery over something, overcoming obstacles
Russian:
преодоле́ние
(preodolénije)
— act or instance of gaining control of or mastery over something, overcoming obstacles
Finnish:
valloitus
— that which is conquered; possession gained by mental or physical effort, force, or struggle
Finnish:
valtaus
— that which is conquered; possession gained by mental or physical effort, force, or struggle
German:
Eroberung
— that which is conquered; possession gained by mental or physical effort, force, or struggle
Irish:
gabháltas
— that which is conquered; possession gained by mental or physical effort, force, or struggle
Finnish:
valloitus
— person whose romantic affections one has gained
Finnish:
lipunvaltaus
— competitive mode in first-person shooter games
German:
Conquest-Modus
— competitive mode in first-person shooter games
German:
Conquestmodus
— competitive mode in first-person shooter games
German:
Conquest
— competitive mode in first-person shooter games
Polish:
tryb podboju
— competitive mode in first-person shooter games
Polish:
podbój
— competitive mode in first-person shooter games