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

  1. Ireland became an English possession by conquest.
  2. Conquest and occupation have been the main instruments of large-scale territorial expansion.
  3. 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.
  4. The queen was required to surrender her conquests in Italy, and to confirm her cessions of Silesia to Prussia.
  5. 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)