conquest
[zone: 1, ipm: 148.58]
Definitions
- the act of taking control of a country, city, etc. by force
- an area of land taken by force
Examples
- Ireland became an English possession by conquest.
- Conquest and occupation have been the main instruments of large-scale territorial expansion.
- The discoveries and conquests which had been made, and the settlements that had been established, served both as incentives and facilities to new and bolder enterprises.
- The queen was required to surrender her conquests in Italy, and to confirm her cessions of Silesia to Prussia.
- Beyond those limits they had discovered a new world, in which they might hope for liberty, and aspire to conquest.
Collocations
- achieve [score: 9.61, freq: 47] (achieved the conquest of)
- extend [score: 9.39, freq: 62] (extended the conquest of)
- Egypt [score: 9.28, freq: 54] (conquest of Egypt)
- easy [score: 9.25, freq: 44] (an easy conquest)
- Norman [score: 8.99, freq: 25] (the Norman conquest)
- Italy [score: 8.99, freq: 56] (conquest of Italy)
- Canada [score: 8.26, freq: 27] (conquest of Canada)
- Sicily [score: 8.26, freq: 17] (conquest of Sicily)
- Africa [score: 8.25, freq: 31] (conquest of Africa)
- island [score: 8.02, freq: 21] (conquest of an island)
- undertake [score: 8, freq: 16] (undertake the conquest of)
- Constantinople [score: 7.95, freq: 20] (conquest of Constantinople)
- Mexico [score: 7.88, freq: 12] (conquest of Mexico)
- Persia [score: 7.83, freq: 15] (conquest of Persia)
- China [score: 7.78, freq: 17] (conquest of China)
- Gaul [score: 7.78, freq: 14] (conquest of Gaul)
- Mongol [score: 7.72, freq: 10] (the Mongol conquest)
- Jerusalem [score: 7.68, freq: 12] (conquest of Jerusalem)
- consolidate [score: 7.58, freq: 8] (consolidating the Italian conquest)
- Arab [score: 7.56, freq: 10] (the Arab conquest)
- England [score: 7.55, freq: 34] (conquest of England)
- foreign [score: 7.45, freq: 44] (foreign conquest)
- Italian [score: 7.41, freq: 17] (Italian conquest)
- territorial [score: 7.35, freq: 10] (territorial conquest)
- pursue [score: 7.34, freq: 12] (pursue his conquest)
- acquire [score: 7.23, freq: 6] (acquired by conquest)
- Turkish [score: 7.2, freq: 15] (the Turkish conquest)
- plan [score: 7.19, freq: 6] (plan the conquest of)
- Ottoman [score: 7.18, freq: 7] (the Ottoman conquest)
- extensive [score: 7.17, freq: 10] (extensive conquests)
- Mohammedan [score: 7.14, freq: 7] (the Mohammedan conquest)
- Arabian [score: 7.1, freq: 7] (the Arabian conquest)
- secure [score: 7.1, freq: 19] (secure the conquest)
- eastern [score: 7.01, freq: 14] (eastern conquest)
- Macedonian [score: 7, freq: 6] (the Macedonian conquest)
- accomplish [score: 6.94, freq: 7] (accomplish the conquest of)
- renounce [score: 6.94, freq: 7] (renounce the conquest of)
- Russian [score: 6.86, freq: 21] (the Russian conquest)
- glorious [score: 6.86, freq: 7] (glorious conquest)
- abandon [score: 6.86, freq: 11] (abandon his conquests)
- survive [score: 6.82, freq: 6] (survive the conquest of)
- obtain [score: 6.73, freq: 5] (obtained by conquest)
Thesaurus
- invasion [score: 0.282, freq: 2824]
- revolution [score: 0.255, freq: 5751]
- possession [score: 0.245, freq: 6237]
- victory [score: 0.233, freq: 6272]
- settlement [score: 0.228, freq: 3264]
- independence [score: 0.224, freq: 4259]
- dominion [score: 0.213, freq: 3864]
- campaign [score: 0.212, freq: 4048]
- success [score: 0.204, freq: 6323]
- affair [score: 0.199, freq: 7222]
- occupation [score: 0.197, freq: 1934]
- enterprise [score: 0.193, freq: 2624]
- development [score: 0.189, freq: 3861]
- operation [score: 0.189, freq: 3558]
- war [score: 0.188, freq: 28840]
- empire [score: 0.188, freq: 21781]
- territory [score: 0.186, freq: 7765]
- union [score: 0.186, freq: 3415]
- expedition [score: 0.185, freq: 3600]
- action [score: 0.182, freq: 6332]
Translations
Russian | завоевание (0.618) захват (0.059) победа (0.088) покорение (0.059) |
Czech | dobytí (0.057) úspěch (0.036) vítězství (0.1) výboj (0.057) zábor (0.079) |