conquest

Meanings

Noun

• Victory gained through combat; the subjugation of an enemy.
• An act or instance of overcoming an obstacle.
• That which is conquered; possession gained by force, physical or moral.
• The acquiring of property by other means than by inheritance; acquisition.
• A person whose romantic affections one has gained, or with whom one has had sex, or the act of gaining another's romantic affections.
• A competitive mode found in first-person shooter games in which competing teams (usually two) attempt to take over predetermined spawn points labeled by flags.

Verb

• To conquer.
• To compete with an established competitor by placing advertisements for one's own products adjacent to editorial content relating to the competitor or by using terms and keywords for one's own products that are currently associated with the competitor.

Origin

• From Middle English conquest, from Old French conqueste (French conquête).