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Conquest is the missionary of valor, and the hard impact of military virtues beats meanness out of the world.
Walter Bagehot

Meaning of "conquest" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CONQUEST

From Old French conqueste, from Vulgar Latin conquēsta (unattested), from Latin conquīsīta, feminine past participle of conquīrere to seek out, procure.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CONQUEST

conquest  [ˈkɒnkwɛst] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CONQUEST

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Conquest is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CONQUEST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of conquest in the English dictionary

The first definition of conquest in the dictionary is the act or an instance of conquering or the state of having been conquered; victory. Other definition of conquest is a person, thing, etc, that has been conquered or won. Conquest is also the act or art of gaining a person's compliance, love, etc, by seduction or force of personality.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CONQUEST


acquest
əˈkwɛst
bequest
bɪˈkwɛst
inquest
ˈɪnˌkwɛst
Midwest
ˈmɪdˈwɛst
northwest
ˌnɔːθˈwɛst
preconquest
priːˈkɒnkwɛst
quest
kwɛst
request
rɪˈkwɛst
Sackville-West
ˌsækvɪl ˈwɛst
southwest
ˌsaʊθˈwɛst
west
wɛst

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CONQUEST

conominee
conoscente
conoscenti
conquer
conquerability
conquerable
conqueress
conquering
conqueringly
Conqueror
conquian
conquistador
Conrad
Cons.
consanguine
consanguineous
consanguineously
consanguinity
conscience
conscience clause

WORDS THAT END LIKE CONQUEST

be my guest
bluest
by request
coroner´s inquest
guest
house guest
in request
letter of request
nonguest
Norman Conquest
on request
paying guest
postconquest
reconquest
the Conquest
truest
wedding guest

Synonyms and antonyms of conquest in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CONQUEST»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «conquest» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of conquest

Translation of «conquest» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CONQUEST

Find out the translation of conquest to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of conquest from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «conquest» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

征服
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

conquista
570 millions of speakers

English

conquest
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

विजय
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الفتح
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

завоевание
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

conquista
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিজয়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

conquête
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penaklukan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Eroberung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

征服
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

정복
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Penaklukan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chinh phục
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வெற்றி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विजय
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

fetih
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

conquista
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

podbój
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

завоювання
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cucerire
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κατάκτηση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verowering
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

erövring
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

erobringen
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of conquest

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CONQUEST»

The term «conquest» is very widely used and occupies the 17.510 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of conquest
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «conquest».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CONQUEST» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «conquest» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «conquest» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about conquest

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10 QUOTES WITH «CONQUEST»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word conquest.
1
Alfred Adler
To be a human being means to possess a feeling of inferiority which constantly presses towards its own conquest. The greater the feeling of inferiority that has been experienced, the more powerful is the urge for conquest and the more violent the emotional agitation.
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Alfred Adler
The greater the feeling of inferiority that has been experienced, the more powerful is the urge to conquest and the more violent the emotional agitation.
3
Walter Bagehot
Conquest is the missionary of valor, and the hard impact of military virtues beats meanness out of the world.
4
James Henry Breasted
It is the recognition of history as a record of human experience which has inevitably resulted in the inclusion of this conquest of civilization within the framework of a complete human history.
5
Benjamin Disraeli
A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest; Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem; and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art.
6
Carl Clinton Van Doren
In fiction, too, after the death of Cooper the main tendency for nearly a generation was away from the conquest of new borders to the closer cultivation, east of the Mississippi, of ground already marked.
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Noah Feldman
The rise of the presidency began with the Louisiana Purchase, which in 1803 doubled the land mass of the United States. History taught the framers that, just as Rome changed from republic to empire with conquest of new lands, territorial acquisition would lead to the centralization of political power.
8
Albert Bushnell Hart
The residence of the Plymouth settlers in the Netherlands, and the later conquest of the Dutch colonies, had brought the Americans into contact with the singularly wise and free institutions of the Dutch.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Our purpose in Vietnam is to prevent the success of aggression. It is not conquest, it is not empire, it is not foreign bases, it is not domination. It is, simply put, just to prevent the forceful conquest of South Vietnam by North Vietnam.
10
Ignatius of Loyola
The principal end both of my father and of myself in the conquest of India... has been the propagation of the holy Catholic faith.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONQUEST»

Discover the use of conquest in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to conquest and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Conquest: Sexual Violence And American Indian Genocide
Native American activist links colonialism and racism to sexual violence, exploring the impact on native women.
Andrea Smith, 2005
2
The Social Conquest of Earth
Refashioning the story of human evolution, Wilson draws on his remarkable knowledge of biology and social behavior to demonstrate that group selection, not kin selection, is the premier driving force of human evolution.
Edward O. Wilson, 2012
3
Conquest: Cortes, Montezuma, and the Fall of Old Mexico
Ring with the fury of two great empires locked in an epic battle, Conquest captures in extraordinary detail the Mexican and Spanish civilizations and offers unprecedented in-depth portraits of the legendary opponants, Montezuma and Cortes.
Hugh Thomas, 1995
4
Conquest: How Societies Overwhelm Others
A radical new history of conquest through the ages, showing how conquering societies have established their claims to the lands of the conquered and how this has affected the invaded peoples, the invaders themselves, and the wider world
David Day, 2008
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The Conquest of Cool: Business Culture, Counterculture, and ...
Looks at advertising during the 1960s, focusing on the relationship between the counterculture movement and commerce
Thomas Frank, 1997
6
The Great Terror: A Reassessment
Drawing on sources only available since glasnost, this study reexamines a horrific period in Soviet history and sheds new light on the Moscow trials and the purge of the intelligentsia
Robert Conquest, 1990
7
Bell: Alexander Graham Bell and the Conquest of Solitude
A reprint of the 1973 biography of the American inventor.
Robert V. Bruce, 1990
8
The Conquest of a Continent: Siberia and the Russians
This epic of adventure, heroism, discovery, exploitation, and almost unimaginable cruelty is perhaps unrivaled in human history.
W. Bruce Lincoln, 2007
9
The Nuer Conquest: The Structure and Development of an ...
A study of Nuer expansionism with implications for research into the relationship between social and material causes of change
Raymond Case Kelly, 1985
10
American Holocaust: The Conquest of the New World
Moreover, the perpetrators of the American Holocaust drew on the same ideological wellspring as did the later architects of the Nazi Holocaust--an ideology that remains dangerously alive today. Photos and line drawings.
David E. Stannard, 1993

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONQUEST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term conquest is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Conquest for Urban Food Canteen of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh
The popular news in recent times on food security is that Food Canteens run by the State Governments of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. «The Hans India, Jul 15»
2
Two versions of Fire Emblem Fates confirmed; titled “Birthright” and…
The two versions, titled “Conquest” and “Birthright”, were first referenced by Nintendo in June. Listings for both versions of the game can be ... «Gamespresso, Jul 15»
3
Post time: Casse takes aim at Queen's Plate with Conquest Boogaloo
Conquest Curlinate, a talented colt who would have been a large factor in today's Plate, suffered a career-ending sesamoid injury due to the ... «Buffalo News, Jul 15»
4
Michael Pittman Chooses USC Over Oregon
Conquest Chronicles, an USC Trojans community. Home · Fanposts ... More from Conquest Chronicles ... Conquest Chronicles · FanPosts ... «Conquest Chronicles, Jul 15»
5
Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright Sold More Than Conquest In Japan
For the first time in the series' history, the game is available in two versions—Birthright and Conquest—and between both versions, Fates sold ... «Siliconera, Jul 15»
6
Conquest Curlinate retired with sesamoid injury
"We had no information that was medically documented at the draw time other than what Mark said, which was that Conquest Curlinate had incurred a minor ... «Brisnet.com, Jul 15»
7
Conquest Stables takes first shot at Queen's Plate
ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Ernie Semersky and partner Dory Newell's Conquest Stables has ascended to prominence after just three years in ... «Daily Racing Form, Jul 15»
8
Atlantic inks sales for “Conquest,” “Monsters”
Meanwhile, the prodco's collaborations with David Attenborough – including David Attenborough's Conquest of the Skies (4 x 50 minutes) and ... «Realscreen, Jul 15»
9
USC Track and Field has success at USATF Championships
Conquest Chronicles, an USC Trojans community. Home · Fanposts ... More from Conquest Chronicles ... Conquest Chronicles · FanPosts ... «Conquest Chronicles, Jul 15»
10
Revolt! A look back at Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
As Conquest opens, Armando and the child ape, now grown and named Caesar (played by McDowall), arrive at an unnamed North American ... «Den of Geek!, Jun 15»

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