(~s)
1.
Conquest is the act of conquering a country or group of people.
He had led the ~ of southern Poland in 1939...
After the Norman Conquest the forest became a royal hunting preserve...
N-UNCOUNT: also N in pl, oft N of n
2.
Conquests are lands that have been conquered in war.
He had realized that Britain could not have peace unless she returned at least some of her former ~s.
N-COUNT: usu pl
3.
If someone makes a ~, they succeed in attracting and usually sleeping with another person. You usually use ~ when you want to indicate that this relationship is not important to the person concerned.
Despite his ~s, he remains lonely and isolated.
N-COUNT: usu poss N
4.
You can refer to the person that someone has succeeded in attracting as their ~.
Pushkin was a womaniser whose ~s included everyone from prostitutes to princesses.
N-COUNT: oft poss N
5.
The ~ of something such as a problem is success in ending it or dealing with it.
The ~ of inflation has been the Government’s overriding economic priority for nearly 15 years.
= defeat
N-SING: usu the N of n