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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conquest/#m1)

2) A conquest is a place or land that has been taken this way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conquest/#m2)

3) Conquest can mean beating a very hard challenge, like the conquest of a mountain or of a disease. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conquest/#m3)

4) (informal, old-fashioned) A conquest can be a person someone has won the love of, said in a boastful way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conquest/#m4)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conquest/#x1)
- The Romans began their conquest of Britain with a large army. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conquest/#x2)
- Spain's conquest of the Aztec Empire brought terrible suffering. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conquest/#x3)
- Climbing Everest was the greatest conquest of his life. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conquest/#x4)
- The conquest of smallpox is one of medicine's big wins. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conquest/#x5)
- The king boasted about his new conquest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conquest/#x6)
- The conquest of space started with tiny satellites. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conquest/#x7)
- Many people died during the conquest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conquest/#x8)
- They are possibly a relic of the days of Aryan conquest, when the fair-skinned, fair-haired Aryan conquered the swarthier aboriginals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conquest/#x9)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/76-when-civilizations-meet-seen-from-both-sides/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «conquest» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conquest/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.