conquest
Meanings
noun
- An act or instance of achieving victory through combat; the subjugation of an enemy.
- An act or instance of gaining control of or mastery over something, overcoming obstacles.
- That which is conquered; possession gained by mental or physical effort, force, or struggle.
- The acquiring of property by other means than by inheritance; acquisition.
- A person whose romantic affections one has gained, or with whom one has had sex, or the act of gaining another's romantic affections.
- 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
- 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.
verb
- To conquer.
name
- The personification of conquest, often depicted riding a white horse.
- An English surname from Old French, from Old French conqueste (“conquest”), probably originally a nickname.
- A town in Cayuga County, New York, United States.
- A village in the Rural Municipality of Fertile Valley, Saskatchewan, Canada.
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Etymology
Etymology tree Latin conquīsītusder. Old French conquestebor. Middle English conquest English conquest Inherited from Middle English conquest, borrowed from Old French conqueste.
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