EGAVE

conquest

About 10.58 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun An act or instance of achieving victory through combat; the subjugation of an enemy.
    Alexander the Great's conquest of the Persians
  2. noun An act or instance of gaining control of or mastery over something, overcoming obstacles.
    Mankind's conquest of space
  3. noun That which is conquered; possession gained by mental or physical effort, force, or struggle.
  4. noun The acquiring of property by other means than by inheritance; acquisition.
  5. noun 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. noun 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.
  7. verb 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.
  8. verb To conquer.

Similar words

subjugation subjection seduction conquering victory seizure capture success gain achievement

Often followed by

of and in by was to or is the

Word family

conquests

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