Standard Lemma guide

conquest

name · noun · verb · 15 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɒŋkwɛst/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɒŋkwəst/
  • General-American: /ˈkɑnkwɛst/
  • General-American: /ˈkɑnkwəst/
  • General-American: /ˈkɑŋ-/
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  • CMU ARPABET: K AA1 NG K W EH0 S T 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

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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

Usage: broadly, countable, figuratively, often, uncountable

Examples

  • Mankind's conquest of space

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

That which is conquered; possession gained by mental or physical effort, force, or struggle.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

The acquiring of property by other means than by inheritance; acquisition.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable

Qualifier: feudal law

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

A person whose romantic affections one has gained, or with whom one has had sex, or the act of gaining another's romantic affections.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: colloquial, countable, figuratively, uncountable

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
Real reading context

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