English-Thai Dictionary

conquest

N ชัยชนะ  victory chai-cha-na

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONQUEST

n.[The primary sense is to seek, to press or drive towards. ] 1. The act of conquering; the act of overcoming or vanquishing opposition by force, physical or moral. Applied to persons, territory and the like, it usually implies or includes a taking possession of; as the conquest of Canada by the British troops. So we speak of the heart, the passions, or the will.
2. Victory; success in arms; the overcoming of opposition.
In joys of conquest he resigns his breath.
3. That which is conquered; possession gained by force, physical or moral; as, Jamaica was a valuable conquest for England.
4. In a feudal sense, acquest; acquisition; the acquiring of property by other means than by inheritance, or the acquisition of property by a number in community or by one for all the others.
5. In the law of nations, the acquisition of sovereignty by force of arms.
The right of conquest is derived from the laws of war.
6. The act of gaining or regaining by effort; as the conquest of liberty or peace; a French phrase.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CONQUEST

Con "quest, n. Etym: [OF. conquest, conqueste, F. conquête, LL. conquistum, conquista, prop. p.p. from L. conquirere. See Conquer. ]

 

1. The act or process of conquering, or acquiring by force; the act of overcoming or subduing opposition by force, whether physical or moral; subjection; subjugation; victory. In joys of conquest he resigns his breath. Addison. Three years sufficed for the conquest of the country. Prescott.

 

2. That which is conquered; possession gained by force, physical or moral. Wherefore rejoice What conquest brings he home Shak.

 

3. (Feudal Law )

 

Defn: The acquiring of property by other means than by inheritance; acquisition. Blackstone.

 

4. The act of gaining or regaining by successful strugle; as, the conquest of liberty or peace. The Conquest (Eng. Hist. ), the subjugation of England by William of Normandy in 1 66.

 

Syn. -- Victory; triumph; mastery; reduction; subjugation; subjection.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

conquest

con quest |ˈkänˌkwest, ˈkäNG -ˈkɑŋˌkwɛst | ▶noun the subjugation and assumption of control of a place or people by use of military force: the conquest of the Aztecs by the Spanish. • a territory that has been gained in such a way: colonial conquests. • ( the Conquest ) the invasion and assumption of control of England by William of Normandy in 1066. See also Norman Conquest. • the overcoming of a problem or weakness: the conquest of inflation. • a person whose affection or favor has been won: someone he could display before his friends as his latest conquest. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French conquest (e ), based on Latin conquirere (see conquer ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

conquest

con |quest |ˈkɒŋkwɛst | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the subjugation and assumption of control of a place or people by military force: the conquest of the Aztecs by the Spanish. • [ count noun ] a territory which has been subjugated by military force: colonial conquests. • ( the Conquest ) the invasion and assumption of control of England by William of Normandy in 1066. • the overcoming of a problem or weakness: the conquest of inflation. • the successful ascent of a mountain, especially one not previously climbed: the conquest of Everest. • [ count noun ] a person whose affection or favour has been won. PHRASES make a conquest of win the affections of. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French conquest (e ), based on Latin conquirere (see conquer ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

conquest

conquest noun 1 the conquest of the Aztecs: defeat, vanquishment, annihilation, overthrow, subjugation, rout, mastery, crushing; victory over, triumph over. 2 their conquest of the valley: seizure, takeover, capture, occupation, invasion, acquisition, appropriation, subjugation, subjection. 3 the conquest of K2: ascent, climbing, scaling. 4 she's his latest conquest: catch, acquisition, prize, slave; admirer, fan, worshiper; lover, boyfriend, girlfriend.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

conquest

conquest noun 1 the conquest of the Aztecs by the Spanish: defeat, beating, conquering, vanquishment, vanquishing, trouncing, annihilation, overpowering, overthrow, subduing, subjugation, rout, mastery, crushing; victory (over ), triumph (over ); informal hammering, clobbering, thrashing, drubbing, caning, murder, massacre. ANTONYMS victory. 2 Charlemagne ’s conquest of Italy: seizure, seizing, takeover, acquisition, gain, appropriation, subjugation, subjection, capture, occupation, invasion, annexation, overrunning. ANTONYMS surrender. 3 the conquest of Everest: ascent, climbing, scaling. 4 he regarded her as someone he could display before his friends as his latest conquest: catch, acquisition, captive, prize, slave; admirer, fan, worshipper; lover, love, boyfriend, girlfriend; informal fancy man, fancy woman, toy boy, sugar daddy; literary swain; archaic gallant, paramour, leman.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

conquest

con quest /kɑ́nkwest |kɔ́ŋ -/→conquer 名詞 複 ～s /-ts /1 U 〖具体例ではa (…) ～/～s 〗(武力による )征服 , 勝利 ; (困難 障害などの )克服 ▸ the European conquest of the Americas ヨーロッパ人による南北アメリカ大陸征服 ▸ the conquest of disease 病気の克服 2 C 〖通例 ～s 〗征服して得た土地 [物 ]; 被征服国民 .3 C ｟おどけて ｠〖通例one 's ～〗(ふつう異性を )口説き落とすこと ; 口説き落とした恋人 (!本気の相手ではないことを暗示 ) ▸ He often brags about his conquests .彼はしばしば (女性を )口説き落としたことを自慢する 4 〖the C- 〗＝Norman Conquest .