conquer

«conquer» in Mova's school dictionary: to take control of them by fighting — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (conquer, conquers, conquered, conquering); nouns: conqueror, conquest

meaning for a pupil

1) To conquer a country or people means to take control of them by fighting. tree →

2) To conquer a problem or a fear means to deal with it successfully and beat it. tree →

3) To conquer a mountain means to climb to the top of it. tree →

4) To conquer a place can also mean to become very popular there: «The band conquered America». tree →

sense in the lessons

In history lessons: the Romans conquered much of Britain, the Normans conquered England, the Spanish conquered the Aztecs and Incas — history shows both the winners and the people who lost their land. In personal stories and PSHE: «conquer your fears», like learning to swim. Phrases: «divide and conquer» (split enemies or a big problem into parts), «conquer a fear», «William the Conqueror», «the conquest of…».

examples

• The Romans conquered most of Britain. tree →
• William the Conqueror won the Battle of Hastings. tree →
• Maya finally conquered her fear of the dark. tree →
• They conquered the mountain in three days. tree →
• The Spanish conquered the Aztec Empire. tree →
• Divide and conquer: break the big problem into small steps. tree →
• Her song conquered the charts all over the world. tree →
• How did you manage to conquer it?" tree →

note

Regular verb: conquered (one r before -ed). Spelling trap: «qu» after «con», and the ending is «-er» (conquer), not «-or»; but the person is a «conqueror» (-or). Say KONG-ker.

In the corpora

• Toad thinks a long time and then says sadly: «You have conquered, my friends...
• Istanbul was Constantinople, the Byzantine capital, which the Ottomans conquered in 1453.
• Ashoka, the grandson of Chandragupta Maurya, conquered the land of Kalinga in a terrible war in which very many people died.
• Ashoka, Chandragupta Maurya's grandson, conquered the land of Kalinga in a terrible war in which very many people died.
• In 221 BC the king of Qin conquered all the warring kingdoms and called himself the First Emperor.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «conquer» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.