1 [sing.,U] the act of taking control of a country, city, etc. by force:
the Norman Conquest (= of England in 1066)
2 [C] an area of land taken by force:
the Spanish conquests in South America
3 [C] (usually humorous) a person that sb has persuaded to love them or to have sex with them:
I'm just one of his many conquests. * I think you've made a conquest.
4 [U] the act of gaining control over sth that is difficult or dangerous:
the conquest of inflation
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is conquest a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, conquest is tagged as noun.
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