CONQUER


Meaning of CONQUER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ kɒŋkə(r) ]

( conquers, conquering, conquered)

1.

If one country or group of people conquers another, they take complete control of their land.

During 1936, Mussolini conquered Abyssinia...

Early in the eleventh century the whole of England was again conquered by the Vikings.

VERB : V n , be V-ed

2.

If you conquer something such as a problem, you succeed in ending it or dealing with it successfully.

He has never conquered his addiction to smoking.

...the first man in history to conquer Everest.

VERB : V n , V n

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