English Dictionary

conquest

/ˈkɒŋkwɛst/

noun

Victory gained through combat; the subjugation of an enemy. / (figuratively, by extenstion) An act or instance of overcoming an obstacle.

The conquest of the enemy's territory was a significant achievement for the army.

意味（1）

Victory gained through combat; the subjugation of an enemy.

意味（2）

(figuratively, by extenstion) An act or instance of overcoming an obstacle.

Three years sufficed for the conquest of the country.

意味（3）

That which is conquered; possession gained by force, physical or moral.

Wherefore rejoice? What conquest brings he home?

意味（4）

(obsolete, feudal law) The acquiring of property by other means than by inheritance; acquisition.

What we call purchase, perquisitio, the feudists called conquest, conqucestus, or conquisitio

意味（5）

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

And, crowning glory of the evening! a conquest was made, a conquest so sudden, so brilliant, and so obvious, that it was enough to give any fête at which it occurred the immortality of a season.

意味（6）

(video games) 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.