conquest

«conquest» in Mova's school dictionary: taking control of a country, city or people by force… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a conquest, conquests; also uncountable: conquest)

meaning for a pupil

1) Conquest is taking control of a country, city or people by force, usually in a war. tree →

2) A conquest is a place or land that has been taken this way. tree →

3) Conquest can mean beating a very hard challenge, like the conquest of a mountain or of a disease. tree →

4) (informal, old-fashioned) A conquest can be a person someone has won the love of, said in a boastful way. tree →

sense in the lessons

In history lessons you meet the Norman Conquest of England, the Roman conquest of Britain and the Spanish conquest of the Aztecs and Incas; lessons ask why people conquered others and what happened to the conquered. In science and adventure stories «the conquest of space» or «the conquest of Everest» means a great achievement. Phrases: the Norman Conquest, conquest of, wars of conquest, a new conquest.

examples

• The Norman Conquest changed the English language for ever. tree →
• The Romans began their conquest of Britain with a large army. tree →
• Spain's conquest of the Aztec Empire brought terrible suffering. tree →
• Climbing Everest was the greatest conquest of his life. tree →
• The conquest of smallpox is one of medicine's big wins. tree →
• The king boasted about his new conquest. tree →
• The conquest of space started with tiny satellites. tree →
• Many people died during the conquest. tree →
• They are possibly a relic of the days of Aryan conquest, when the fair-skinned, fair-haired Aryan conquered the swarthier aboriginals. tree →

note

Noun from the verb «conquer» (to take by force, or to beat a problem). Pronounced «KONG-kwest». The person who conquers is a «conqueror»; William the Conqueror led the Norman Conquest. Capital C in «the Norman Conquest» because it is the name of an event. Do not mix up «conquest» (the act) and «conquer» (the verb): «They conquered the land» but «The conquest of the land».

In the corpora

• After the conquest, Nahua writers working with the Spanish friar Bernardino de Sahagún recorded Aztec memories of the conquest in the Florentine Codex.

Trees and pragmatics

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