Definition of conquer in English:

conquer

verb ˈkɒŋkəˈkɑŋkər

[with object]

1Overcome and take control of (a place or people) by military force.
he conquered Cyprus
figurative they've conquered new markets in Japan
Example sentencesExamples
- Capital is conquering the world, making the earth a gigantic cesspool of exploitation.
- After a while, there is no point trying to conquer the place, and the soldiers go home, leaving a force of a few men who are soon integrated into the country.
- Traditional Chinese medicine is destined to conquer the world.
- By controlling the countryside, they conquered the towns.
- According to them it was God's own destiny for them to conquer the entire continent to bring it under the U.S. control.
- This is the oldest quarter of Granada, the haven to which the Moors fled when the Christians conquered the city, and for centuries it was the poorest.
- The ego's perverted version of this noble drive is the desire for power and control, the urge to conquer the world.
- The life and early death of the soldier king who won his first battles at 16, conquered the known world in his twenties and died at 32 should make for gripping audiovisual entertainment.
- Little in our history prepares us to administer conquered territories.
- Until now, we have read this history as a hero story in which the clever human lineage triumphantly conquers the world.
- Sometimes, conquering the capital city isn't the only way to bring about a victory.
- It speaks, you could say, for much in the accelerated world where we speed between continents and think we have conquered both space and time.
- Differential pay rates and the prospect of becoming a professional salaried officer encouraged ambition; estates in newly conquered territories were a final reward.
- Once his home territories were settled, Alexander set out to conquer new territory.
- In 1393, the town was conquered by the Ottoman army and burned to the ground.
- A country which once conquered the commercial world now fails to make the most of the global market place.
- He seems much less concerned with conquering territory than with exerting what might be termed feudal control over his neighbours.
- You begin with a starbase and a couple of other structures and ships, and must collect resources to build massive strike forces to conquer an area of space.
- Another Dark Lord has risen to conquer the world.
- I have to say that I am quite happy relying on theirs, and the guidebooks description, and have no urge to come back to conquer the place.
Synonyms
defeat, beat, vanquish, trounce, annihilate, triumph over, be victorious over, best, get the better of, worst, bring someone to their knees, overcome, overwhelm, overpower, overthrow, subdue, subjugate, put down, quell, quash, crush, repress, rout
informal lick, hammer, clobber, thrash, paste, pound, pulverize, demolish, destroy, drub, give someone a drubbing, cane, wipe the floor with, walk all over, give someone a hiding, take to the cleaners, blow someone out of the water, make mincemeat of, murder, massacre, slaughter, flatten, turn inside out, tank
British informal stuff
North American informal blow out, cream, shellac, skunk, slam
US informal own
seize, take possession of, take control of, take over, appropriate, subjugate, capture, occupy, invade, annex, overrun, win
1. 1.1 Successfully overcome (a problem or weakness)
  a fear she never managed to conquer
  Example sentencesExamples
  To conquer this problem, we used a second beamsplitter to introduce integrated in-line illumination in the system.
  The challenge, he says, is to conquer those troubles, for that is what life is about.
  By overlapping cells, the network conquers the line-of-sight problem, enabling customers to roam.
  Learning to conquer setbacks with a smile on one's face is in itself a great achievement.
  Each flag signals that the driver of the vehicle is clinically obese, and would welcome help from passers-by in conquering the problem.
  To researchers who enjoy conquering the technological problems of creating a nanotech world, these social, legal and regulatory concerns may seem like dull things.
  Here is the one who could unite interests and conquer problems, and yet, he isn't really a choice at all.
  To conquer mold, you must also conquer moisture problems.
  The events of the last night she remembered flashed before her eyes as she tried to conquer the weakness she was feeling all over her body.
  Both have conquered adversity, overcoming significant injuries.
  Who, after all, could deride the allocation of funding to the process of conquering the problems associated with those issues?
  He is a role model who conquered adversity, remained in school, and now looks forward to a promising future.
  The former had conquered her problems, the latter was oblivious of hers.
  Neither problem was fully conquered here, still less with the dodgy leaps at the close.
  Such is her commitment to conquering her problem that she regularly goes twice a day to group counselling
  She said children should learn how to conquer setbacks and ought not sacrifice their dreams at the altar of their inhibitions.
  Last year, 58 addicts were treated, of which around 20 are believed to have conquered their problems.
  Over 40 works conquer the difficulties of reproducing prints that are large, dark and detailed.
  It is the means for conquering poverty at the lowest rung of society, the basis on which children and the elderly are cared for, the foundation for the cultivation of arts and learning.
  Thrilled with my progress, and under the assumption I had conquered my problem, I fell back into my old ways.
  Synonyms
  overcome, get the better of, control, get control of, master, gain mastery over, get a grip on, deal with, cope with, surmount, rise above, get over
  curb, subdue, repress, quell, quash, defeat, vanquish, beat, triumph over, prevail over
  informal lick
2. 1.2 Climb (a mountain) successfully.
  the second Briton to conquer Everest
  Example sentencesExamples
  She was one of those astonishing Victorian women who conquered mountains and crossed scorching deserts corseted in whalebone and steel, sporting smart designer tweeds and improbable hats.
  Until that point, the action has centred on two mountaineers who have come adrift from each other after conquering a peak never climbed before (or since - this is a true story).
  I learned that you never really conquer a mountain; you are just blessed to spend time on one.
  James always had his sights set firmly on conquering the mountain and prior to the climb the spirited and adventuresome youngster trained for five weeks in the Commeragh mountains.
  It took a week to conquer the summit from base camp during a two-month expedition.
  The expedition, that was flagged off on Thursday, will start the climb this week-end and have 15 days to conquer the peak.
  It would be a tough climb, near impossible, but I felt real faith that I could conquer the mountain.
  I was born in the Fifties when the mountain was conquered.
  Let's just say that it sounds like the concern was for nothing since the ladies conquered the mountain like champs.
  Without stopping they had conquered an awesome mountain 20 minutes faster than the experts expect serious cyclists to complete the challenge.
  To conquer this peak one has to climb on rock and ice.
  He recalls how he first conquered the holy mountain.
  The early expeditioners, who climbed in Norfolk jackets and nailed boots, believed their only obstacle to conquering the mountain was getting at it.
  A Scottish doctor has died in a climbing accident on Mont Blanc, moments after fulfilling his dream to conquer the mountain.
  Many attempt to climb this mountain but the climb is steep and on loose scree; to be physically fit and have a real desire to climb is essential to conquer this small mountain.
  Be ready to come home exhausted, having given it your all for three straight weeks and possibly still not conquered the summit.
  He doesn't have to wrestle a bear, conquer a mountain or solve the theory of relativity.
  We were unwilling to waste energy conquering the high peak.
  Based on a true story, it recalls how two ambitious mountaineers set out to conquer a previously unclimbed peak in the Peruvian Andes in 1985.
  It would seem that at least one Scottish filmmaker has conquered another mountain.
  Synonyms
  climb, ascend, mount, scale, top, crest
3. 1.3 Gain the love, admiration, or respect of (a person or group of people)
  the Beatles were to leave Liverpool and conquer the world
  Example sentencesExamples
  Establishing themselves first in the highly competitive Cork music scene, they then went north to Dublin to conquer the capital.
  For a time in the 1970's they were the British band that conquered America.
  At the moment the band is conquering the world.
  Its success is quite impressive because of the fact it is all about a German band that conquered Europe with hits on the German language.

Derivatives

conquerable

adjective ˈkɒŋkərəb(ə)lˈkɑŋk(ə)rəb(ə)l

It raises fundamental questions about extending significantly the human life span or even (for some true believers) recasting aging as a conquerable disease.
Example sentencesExamples
- But I think that the digital divide is conquerable.
- ‘I felt this market was conquerable,’ he responds, ‘so I was on my white horse trying to prove I could sell through this.’
- And because it is a tiny island, it is conquerable, it is yours.
- The greens have long been the defence of Augusta, but now they seem conquerable.

Origin

Middle English (also in the general sense 'acquire, attain'): from Old French conquerre, based on Latin conquirere 'gain, win', from con- (expressing completion) + quaerere 'seek'.

conker from mid 18th century:
Children originally played conkers not with horse chestnuts but with snail shells. The word conker is first recorded in the 1840s as a dialect word for a snail shell, and may have originally come from conch (Middle English), a kind of mollusc, which is probably also the origin of conk (early 19th century), meaning ‘the nose’. On the other hand, conker could be related to conquer (ME, from Latin conquirere ‘gain, win’), which was how conker was often spelled. Indeed, an alternative name for the game at one time was conquerors. Horse chestnuts seem to have replaced snail shells late in the 19th century.

Rhymes

concha, conker, Dzongkha, stonker

Definition of conquer in US English:

conquer

verbˈkɑŋkərˈkäNGkər

[with object]

1Overcome and take control of (a place or people) by use of military force.
the Magyars conquered Hungary in the Middle Ages
Example sentencesExamples
- He seems much less concerned with conquering territory than with exerting what might be termed feudal control over his neighbours.
- In 1393, the town was conquered by the Ottoman army and burned to the ground.
- Differential pay rates and the prospect of becoming a professional salaried officer encouraged ambition; estates in newly conquered territories were a final reward.
- Until now, we have read this history as a hero story in which the clever human lineage triumphantly conquers the world.
- Sometimes, conquering the capital city isn't the only way to bring about a victory.
- Traditional Chinese medicine is destined to conquer the world.
- According to them it was God's own destiny for them to conquer the entire continent to bring it under the U.S. control.
- Once his home territories were settled, Alexander set out to conquer new territory.
- By controlling the countryside, they conquered the towns.
- Another Dark Lord has risen to conquer the world.
- The life and early death of the soldier king who won his first battles at 16, conquered the known world in his twenties and died at 32 should make for gripping audiovisual entertainment.
- A country which once conquered the commercial world now fails to make the most of the global market place.
- It speaks, you could say, for much in the accelerated world where we speed between continents and think we have conquered both space and time.
- This is the oldest quarter of Granada, the haven to which the Moors fled when the Christians conquered the city, and for centuries it was the poorest.
- I have to say that I am quite happy relying on theirs, and the guidebooks description, and have no urge to come back to conquer the place.
- After a while, there is no point trying to conquer the place, and the soldiers go home, leaving a force of a few men who are soon integrated into the country.
- Little in our history prepares us to administer conquered territories.
- Capital is conquering the world, making the earth a gigantic cesspool of exploitation.
- The ego's perverted version of this noble drive is the desire for power and control, the urge to conquer the world.
- You begin with a starbase and a couple of other structures and ships, and must collect resources to build massive strike forces to conquer an area of space.
Synonyms
defeat, beat, vanquish, trounce, annihilate, triumph over, be victorious over, best, get the better of, worst, bring someone to their knees, overcome, overwhelm, overpower, overthrow, subdue, subjugate, put down, quell, quash, crush, repress, rout
seize, take possession of, take control of, take over, appropriate, subjugate, capture, occupy, invade, annex, overrun, win
1. 1.1 Successfully overcome (a problem or weakness)
  a fear she never managed to conquer
  Example sentencesExamples
  By overlapping cells, the network conquers the line-of-sight problem, enabling customers to roam.
  Over 40 works conquer the difficulties of reproducing prints that are large, dark and detailed.
  Thrilled with my progress, and under the assumption I had conquered my problem, I fell back into my old ways.
  Last year, 58 addicts were treated, of which around 20 are believed to have conquered their problems.
  The former had conquered her problems, the latter was oblivious of hers.
  The events of the last night she remembered flashed before her eyes as she tried to conquer the weakness she was feeling all over her body.
  To conquer mold, you must also conquer moisture problems.
  Each flag signals that the driver of the vehicle is clinically obese, and would welcome help from passers-by in conquering the problem.
  To conquer this problem, we used a second beamsplitter to introduce integrated in-line illumination in the system.
  Here is the one who could unite interests and conquer problems, and yet, he isn't really a choice at all.
  She said children should learn how to conquer setbacks and ought not sacrifice their dreams at the altar of their inhibitions.
  Learning to conquer setbacks with a smile on one's face is in itself a great achievement.
  He is a role model who conquered adversity, remained in school, and now looks forward to a promising future.
  It is the means for conquering poverty at the lowest rung of society, the basis on which children and the elderly are cared for, the foundation for the cultivation of arts and learning.
  Such is her commitment to conquering her problem that she regularly goes twice a day to group counselling
  The challenge, he says, is to conquer those troubles, for that is what life is about.
  To researchers who enjoy conquering the technological problems of creating a nanotech world, these social, legal and regulatory concerns may seem like dull things.
  Who, after all, could deride the allocation of funding to the process of conquering the problems associated with those issues?
  Both have conquered adversity, overcoming significant injuries.
  Neither problem was fully conquered here, still less with the dodgy leaps at the close.
  Synonyms
  overcome, get the better of, control, get control of, master, gain mastery over, get a grip on, deal with, cope with, surmount, rise above, get over
2. 1.2 Climb (a mountain) successfully.
  the second American to conquer Everest
  Example sentencesExamples
  Be ready to come home exhausted, having given it your all for three straight weeks and possibly still not conquered the summit.
  We were unwilling to waste energy conquering the high peak.
  Based on a true story, it recalls how two ambitious mountaineers set out to conquer a previously unclimbed peak in the Peruvian Andes in 1985.
  To conquer this peak one has to climb on rock and ice.
  Until that point, the action has centred on two mountaineers who have come adrift from each other after conquering a peak never climbed before (or since - this is a true story).
  He recalls how he first conquered the holy mountain.
  He doesn't have to wrestle a bear, conquer a mountain or solve the theory of relativity.
  Many attempt to climb this mountain but the climb is steep and on loose scree; to be physically fit and have a real desire to climb is essential to conquer this small mountain.
  It would be a tough climb, near impossible, but I felt real faith that I could conquer the mountain.
  Let's just say that it sounds like the concern was for nothing since the ladies conquered the mountain like champs.
  She was one of those astonishing Victorian women who conquered mountains and crossed scorching deserts corseted in whalebone and steel, sporting smart designer tweeds and improbable hats.
  A Scottish doctor has died in a climbing accident on Mont Blanc, moments after fulfilling his dream to conquer the mountain.
  I was born in the Fifties when the mountain was conquered.
  The expedition, that was flagged off on Thursday, will start the climb this week-end and have 15 days to conquer the peak.
  The early expeditioners, who climbed in Norfolk jackets and nailed boots, believed their only obstacle to conquering the mountain was getting at it.
  It took a week to conquer the summit from base camp during a two-month expedition.
  It would seem that at least one Scottish filmmaker has conquered another mountain.
  Without stopping they had conquered an awesome mountain 20 minutes faster than the experts expect serious cyclists to complete the challenge.
  I learned that you never really conquer a mountain; you are just blessed to spend time on one.
  James always had his sights set firmly on conquering the mountain and prior to the climb the spirited and adventuresome youngster trained for five weeks in the Commeragh mountains.
  Synonyms
  climb, ascend, mount, scale, top, crest
3. 1.3 Gain the love, admiration, or respect of (a person or group of people)
  the Beatles were to leave Liverpool and conquer the world
  Example sentencesExamples
  Establishing themselves first in the highly competitive Cork music scene, they then went north to Dublin to conquer the capital.
  At the moment the band is conquering the world.
  Its success is quite impressive because of the fact it is all about a German band that conquered Europe with hits on the German language.
  For a time in the 1970's they were the British band that conquered America.

Origin

Middle English (also in the general sense ‘acquire, attain’): from Old French conquerre, based on Latin conquirere ‘gain, win’, from con- (expressing completion) + quaerere ‘seek’.

单词	conquer
释义	Definition of conquer in English: conquer verb ˈkɒŋkəˈkɑŋkər [with object] 1Overcome and take control of (a place or people) by military force. he conquered Cyprus figurative they've conquered new markets in Japan Example sentencesExamples Capital is conquering the world, making the earth a gigantic cesspool of exploitation. After a while, there is no point trying to conquer the place, and the soldiers go home, leaving a force of a few men who are soon integrated into the country. Traditional Chinese medicine is destined to conquer the world. By controlling the countryside, they conquered the towns. According to them it was God's own destiny for them to conquer the entire continent to bring it under the U.S. control. This is the oldest quarter of Granada, the haven to which the Moors fled when the Christians conquered the city, and for centuries it was the poorest. The ego's perverted version of this noble drive is the desire for power and control, the urge to conquer the world. The life and early death of the soldier king who won his first battles at 16, conquered the known world in his twenties and died at 32 should make for gripping audiovisual entertainment. Little in our history prepares us to administer conquered territories. Until now, we have read this history as a hero story in which the clever human lineage triumphantly conquers the world. Sometimes, conquering the capital city isn't the only way to bring about a victory. It speaks, you could say, for much in the accelerated world where we speed between continents and think we have conquered both space and time. Differential pay rates and the prospect of becoming a professional salaried officer encouraged ambition; estates in newly conquered territories were a final reward. Once his home territories were settled, Alexander set out to conquer new territory. In 1393, the town was conquered by the Ottoman army and burned to the ground. A country which once conquered the commercial world now fails to make the most of the global market place. He seems much less concerned with conquering territory than with exerting what might be termed feudal control over his neighbours. You begin with a starbase and a couple of other structures and ships, and must collect resources to build massive strike forces to conquer an area of space. Another Dark Lord has risen to conquer the world. I have to say that I am quite happy relying on theirs, and the guidebooks description, and have no urge to come back to conquer the place. Synonyms defeat, beat, vanquish, trounce, annihilate, triumph over, be victorious over, best, get the better of, worst, bring someone to their knees, overcome, overwhelm, overpower, overthrow, subdue, subjugate, put down, quell, quash, crush, repress, rout informal lick, hammer, clobber, thrash, paste, pound, pulverize, demolish, destroy, drub, give someone a drubbing, cane, wipe the floor with, walk all over, give someone a hiding, take to the cleaners, blow someone out of the water, make mincemeat of, murder, massacre, slaughter, flatten, turn inside out, tank British informal stuff North American informal blow out, cream, shellac, skunk, slam US informal own seize, take possession of, take control of, take over, appropriate, subjugate, capture, occupy, invade, annex, overrun, win 1.1 Successfully overcome (a problem or weakness) a fear she never managed to conquer Example sentencesExamples To conquer this problem, we used a second beamsplitter to introduce integrated in-line illumination in the system. The challenge, he says, is to conquer those troubles, for that is what life is about. By overlapping cells, the network conquers the line-of-sight problem, enabling customers to roam. Learning to conquer setbacks with a smile on one's face is in itself a great achievement. Each flag signals that the driver of the vehicle is clinically obese, and would welcome help from passers-by in conquering the problem. To researchers who enjoy conquering the technological problems of creating a nanotech world, these social, legal and regulatory concerns may seem like dull things. Here is the one who could unite interests and conquer problems, and yet, he isn't really a choice at all. To conquer mold, you must also conquer moisture problems. The events of the last night she remembered flashed before her eyes as she tried to conquer the weakness she was feeling all over her body. Both have conquered adversity, overcoming significant injuries. Who, after all, could deride the allocation of funding to the process of conquering the problems associated with those issues? He is a role model who conquered adversity, remained in school, and now looks forward to a promising future. The former had conquered her problems, the latter was oblivious of hers. Neither problem was fully conquered here, still less with the dodgy leaps at the close. Such is her commitment to conquering her problem that she regularly goes twice a day to group counselling She said children should learn how to conquer setbacks and ought not sacrifice their dreams at the altar of their inhibitions. Last year, 58 addicts were treated, of which around 20 are believed to have conquered their problems. Over 40 works conquer the difficulties of reproducing prints that are large, dark and detailed. It is the means for conquering poverty at the lowest rung of society, the basis on which children and the elderly are cared for, the foundation for the cultivation of arts and learning. Thrilled with my progress, and under the assumption I had conquered my problem, I fell back into my old ways. Synonyms overcome, get the better of, control, get control of, master, gain mastery over, get a grip on, deal with, cope with, surmount, rise above, get over curb, subdue, repress, quell, quash, defeat, vanquish, beat, triumph over, prevail over informal lick 1.2 Climb (a mountain) successfully. the second Briton to conquer Everest Example sentencesExamples She was one of those astonishing Victorian women who conquered mountains and crossed scorching deserts corseted in whalebone and steel, sporting smart designer tweeds and improbable hats. Until that point, the action has centred on two mountaineers who have come adrift from each other after conquering a peak never climbed before (or since - this is a true story). I learned that you never really conquer a mountain; you are just blessed to spend time on one. James always had his sights set firmly on conquering the mountain and prior to the climb the spirited and adventuresome youngster trained for five weeks in the Commeragh mountains. It took a week to conquer the summit from base camp during a two-month expedition. The expedition, that was flagged off on Thursday, will start the climb this week-end and have 15 days to conquer the peak. It would be a tough climb, near impossible, but I felt real faith that I could conquer the mountain. I was born in the Fifties when the mountain was conquered. Let's just say that it sounds like the concern was for nothing since the ladies conquered the mountain like champs. Without stopping they had conquered an awesome mountain 20 minutes faster than the experts expect serious cyclists to complete the challenge. To conquer this peak one has to climb on rock and ice. He recalls how he first conquered the holy mountain. The early expeditioners, who climbed in Norfolk jackets and nailed boots, believed their only obstacle to conquering the mountain was getting at it. A Scottish doctor has died in a climbing accident on Mont Blanc, moments after fulfilling his dream to conquer the mountain. Many attempt to climb this mountain but the climb is steep and on loose scree; to be physically fit and have a real desire to climb is essential to conquer this small mountain. Be ready to come home exhausted, having given it your all for three straight weeks and possibly still not conquered the summit. He doesn't have to wrestle a bear, conquer a mountain or solve the theory of relativity. We were unwilling to waste energy conquering the high peak. Based on a true story, it recalls how two ambitious mountaineers set out to conquer a previously unclimbed peak in the Peruvian Andes in 1985. It would seem that at least one Scottish filmmaker has conquered another mountain. Synonyms climb, ascend, mount, scale, top, crest 1.3 Gain the love, admiration, or respect of (a person or group of people) the Beatles were to leave Liverpool and conquer the world Example sentencesExamples Establishing themselves first in the highly competitive Cork music scene, they then went north to Dublin to conquer the capital. For a time in the 1970's they were the British band that conquered America. At the moment the band is conquering the world. Its success is quite impressive because of the fact it is all about a German band that conquered Europe with hits on the German language. Derivatives conquerable adjective ˈkɒŋkərəb(ə)lˈkɑŋk(ə)rəb(ə)l It raises fundamental questions about extending significantly the human life span or even (for some true believers) recasting aging as a conquerable disease. Example sentencesExamples But I think that the digital divide is conquerable. ‘I felt this market was conquerable,’ he responds, ‘so I was on my white horse trying to prove I could sell through this.’ And because it is a tiny island, it is conquerable, it is yours. The greens have long been the defence of Augusta, but now they seem conquerable. Origin Middle English (also in the general sense 'acquire, attain'): from Old French conquerre, based on Latin conquirere 'gain, win', from con- (expressing completion) + quaerere 'seek'. conker from mid 18th century: Children originally played conkers not with horse chestnuts but with snail shells. The word conker is first recorded in the 1840s as a dialect word for a snail shell, and may have originally come from conch (Middle English), a kind of mollusc, which is probably also the origin of conk (early 19th century), meaning ‘the nose’. On the other hand, conker could be related to conquer (ME, from Latin conquirere ‘gain, win’), which was how conker was often spelled. Indeed, an alternative name for the game at one time was conquerors. Horse chestnuts seem to have replaced snail shells late in the 19th century. Rhymes concha, conker, Dzongkha, stonker Definition of conquer in US English: conquer verbˈkɑŋkərˈkäNGkər [with object] 1Overcome and take control of (a place or people) by use of military force. the Magyars conquered Hungary in the Middle Ages Example sentencesExamples He seems much less concerned with conquering territory than with exerting what might be termed feudal control over his neighbours. In 1393, the town was conquered by the Ottoman army and burned to the ground. Differential pay rates and the prospect of becoming a professional salaried officer encouraged ambition; estates in newly conquered territories were a final reward. Until now, we have read this history as a hero story in which the clever human lineage triumphantly conquers the world. Sometimes, conquering the capital city isn't the only way to bring about a victory. Traditional Chinese medicine is destined to conquer the world. According to them it was God's own destiny for them to conquer the entire continent to bring it under the U.S. control. Once his home territories were settled, Alexander set out to conquer new territory. By controlling the countryside, they conquered the towns. Another Dark Lord has risen to conquer the world. The life and early death of the soldier king who won his first battles at 16, conquered the known world in his twenties and died at 32 should make for gripping audiovisual entertainment. A country which once conquered the commercial world now fails to make the most of the global market place. It speaks, you could say, for much in the accelerated world where we speed between continents and think we have conquered both space and time. This is the oldest quarter of Granada, the haven to which the Moors fled when the Christians conquered the city, and for centuries it was the poorest. I have to say that I am quite happy relying on theirs, and the guidebooks description, and have no urge to come back to conquer the place. After a while, there is no point trying to conquer the place, and the soldiers go home, leaving a force of a few men who are soon integrated into the country. Little in our history prepares us to administer conquered territories. Capital is conquering the world, making the earth a gigantic cesspool of exploitation. The ego's perverted version of this noble drive is the desire for power and control, the urge to conquer the world. You begin with a starbase and a couple of other structures and ships, and must collect resources to build massive strike forces to conquer an area of space. Synonyms defeat, beat, vanquish, trounce, annihilate, triumph over, be victorious over, best, get the better of, worst, bring someone to their knees, overcome, overwhelm, overpower, overthrow, subdue, subjugate, put down, quell, quash, crush, repress, rout seize, take possession of, take control of, take over, appropriate, subjugate, capture, occupy, invade, annex, overrun, win 1.1 Successfully overcome (a problem or weakness) a fear she never managed to conquer Example sentencesExamples By overlapping cells, the network conquers the line-of-sight problem, enabling customers to roam. Over 40 works conquer the difficulties of reproducing prints that are large, dark and detailed. Thrilled with my progress, and under the assumption I had conquered my problem, I fell back into my old ways. Last year, 58 addicts were treated, of which around 20 are believed to have conquered their problems. The former had conquered her problems, the latter was oblivious of hers. The events of the last night she remembered flashed before her eyes as she tried to conquer the weakness she was feeling all over her body. To conquer mold, you must also conquer moisture problems. Each flag signals that the driver of the vehicle is clinically obese, and would welcome help from passers-by in conquering the problem. To conquer this problem, we used a second beamsplitter to introduce integrated in-line illumination in the system. Here is the one who could unite interests and conquer problems, and yet, he isn't really a choice at all. She said children should learn how to conquer setbacks and ought not sacrifice their dreams at the altar of their inhibitions. Learning to conquer setbacks with a smile on one's face is in itself a great achievement. He is a role model who conquered adversity, remained in school, and now looks forward to a promising future. It is the means for conquering poverty at the lowest rung of society, the basis on which children and the elderly are cared for, the foundation for the cultivation of arts and learning. Such is her commitment to conquering her problem that she regularly goes twice a day to group counselling The challenge, he says, is to conquer those troubles, for that is what life is about. To researchers who enjoy conquering the technological problems of creating a nanotech world, these social, legal and regulatory concerns may seem like dull things. Who, after all, could deride the allocation of funding to the process of conquering the problems associated with those issues? Both have conquered adversity, overcoming significant injuries. Neither problem was fully conquered here, still less with the dodgy leaps at the close. Synonyms overcome, get the better of, control, get control of, master, gain mastery over, get a grip on, deal with, cope with, surmount, rise above, get over 1.2 Climb (a mountain) successfully. the second American to conquer Everest Example sentencesExamples Be ready to come home exhausted, having given it your all for three straight weeks and possibly still not conquered the summit. We were unwilling to waste energy conquering the high peak. Based on a true story, it recalls how two ambitious mountaineers set out to conquer a previously unclimbed peak in the Peruvian Andes in 1985. To conquer this peak one has to climb on rock and ice. Until that point, the action has centred on two mountaineers who have come adrift from each other after conquering a peak never climbed before (or since - this is a true story). He recalls how he first conquered the holy mountain. He doesn't have to wrestle a bear, conquer a mountain or solve the theory of relativity. Many attempt to climb this mountain but the climb is steep and on loose scree; to be physically fit and have a real desire to climb is essential to conquer this small mountain. It would be a tough climb, near impossible, but I felt real faith that I could conquer the mountain. Let's just say that it sounds like the concern was for nothing since the ladies conquered the mountain like champs. She was one of those astonishing Victorian women who conquered mountains and crossed scorching deserts corseted in whalebone and steel, sporting smart designer tweeds and improbable hats. A Scottish doctor has died in a climbing accident on Mont Blanc, moments after fulfilling his dream to conquer the mountain. I was born in the Fifties when the mountain was conquered. The expedition, that was flagged off on Thursday, will start the climb this week-end and have 15 days to conquer the peak. The early expeditioners, who climbed in Norfolk jackets and nailed boots, believed their only obstacle to conquering the mountain was getting at it. It took a week to conquer the summit from base camp during a two-month expedition. It would seem that at least one Scottish filmmaker has conquered another mountain. Without stopping they had conquered an awesome mountain 20 minutes faster than the experts expect serious cyclists to complete the challenge. I learned that you never really conquer a mountain; you are just blessed to spend time on one. James always had his sights set firmly on conquering the mountain and prior to the climb the spirited and adventuresome youngster trained for five weeks in the Commeragh mountains. Synonyms climb, ascend, mount, scale, top, crest 1.3 Gain the love, admiration, or respect of (a person or group of people) the Beatles were to leave Liverpool and conquer the world Example sentencesExamples Establishing themselves first in the highly competitive Cork music scene, they then went north to Dublin to conquer the capital. At the moment the band is conquering the world. Its success is quite impressive because of the fact it is all about a German band that conquered Europe with hits on the German language. For a time in the 1970's they were the British band that conquered America. Origin Middle English (also in the general sense ‘acquire, attain’): from Old French conquerre, based on Latin conquirere ‘gain, win’, from con- (expressing completion) + quaerere ‘seek’.
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