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conquerconquer /ˈkɑŋkɚ/ ●●○ verb ETYMOLOGYconquerOrigin: 1200-1300 Old French conquerre, from Latin conquirere to look for, collect VERB TABLEconquer |
| Present | I, you, we, they | conquer | | he, she, it | conquers | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | conquered | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have conquered | | he, she, it | has conquered | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had conquered | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will conquer | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have conquered |
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| Present | I | am conquering | | he, she, it | is conquering | | you, we, they | are conquering | | Past | I, he, she, it | was conquering | | you, we, they | were conquering | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been conquering | | he, she, it | has been conquering | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been conquering | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be conquering | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been conquering |
► conquered the world Alexander the Great conquered the world, but died at 33. ► conquering hero a conquering hero ► love conquers all The moral of the story is that love conquers all (=love helps to solve any problem). ► conquer somebody’s heart (=make someone love you) THESAURUSto win a victory over someone in a war, competition, game, etc.► defeatto win a victory over someone in a war, competition, game, etc.: He has begun his campaign to defeat the president. Napoleon was defeated at the battle of Waterloo. ► overcome to fight and win against someone in a war, battle, or competition: Union troops finally overcame rebel forces in the south. ► conquer to defeat someone, especially a country, and get control of land and people: The Greeks conquered the Trojans. ► vanquish formal to defeat someone or something completely in a war or battle. Used in literature: The king and his knights vanquished their enemies and saved the kingdom. ► rout to defeat someone completely or by a very large amount: The Sioux were routed by the U.S. Cavalry, largely because of the army’s superior weapons. ► best formal to defeat someone, especially unexpectedly: In the Senate race, she bested two rivals who both had more money to spend and were better known. 1[intransitive, transitive] to defeat and take control of an area, country, or group of people by fighting a war: Hernán Cortés led Spanish troops to conquer the Aztecs. Alexander the Great conquered the world, but died at 33. a conquering hero → see also divide and conquer at divide1 (7)
► see thesaurus at defeat22[transitive] to gain control over a feeling, or successfully deal with something that is difficult or dangerous SYN overcome: He conquered his drinking problem and found a new career. They’re developing new drugs to conquer the disease. The moral of the story is that love conquers all (=love helps to solve any problem).3[transitive] to become very successful in a particular activity: In the last few years, the company has succeeded in conquering the overseas markets.conquer somebody’s heart (=make someone love you)4[transitive] to succeed in climbing to the top of a mountain when no one has ever climbed it before: Hillary and Tenzing conquered Mount Everest in 1953. [Origin: 1200–1300 Old French conquerre, from Latin conquirere to look for, collect]—conqueror noun [countable] |