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Meanings of conquer in English

Catalan
dominar
Spanish
dominar

To put down by force or authority.

        dominar
        Catalan
        embargar
        Spanish
        tomar

        To take possession of by force.

              embargar
              Usage of conquer in English
              1
              Amazing to think we shall conquer Persia in such a short time.
              Julian
              2
              He said, 'Is it so surprising that her beauty should conquer all?'
              Dancer’s Lament
              3
              Labor could conquer all things, and custom sweeten them in the conquest.
              The Caxtons: A Family Picture — Volume 07
              4
              In a way, to conquer it in the city is more noble.
              Captivity
              5
              Great efforts have been made by scientists worldwide to conquer this disease.
              Pubmed
              6
              Unfortunately, this was one of the occasions when truth did not conquer.
              Ghosts
              7
              We had gone to war to conquer those territories, which were Italian.
              The white war: life and death on the italian front 1915-1919
              8
              She accepted the challenge, and she meant to conquer in the fight.
              Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume ...
              9
              He stared all that long way down and tried to conquer terror.
              Surrender to the will of the night
              10
              This was the last attempt of the Romans to conquer the Vandals.
              Famous Men of the Middle Ages
              11
              The great Rishis conquer all the worlds by the practice of Brahmacharya.
              The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 / Books 8,...
              12
              In case of war, England would in all probability conquer Spanish Louisiana.
              Jefferson and His Colleagues: A Chronicle of the Virginia Dynast...
              13
              I might have known that you would conquer me in the end.
              The Swindler and Other Stories
              14
              It is purely physical, and I hope to conquer it in time.
              Joseph II. and His Court: An Historical Novel
              15
              The guide would think she was trying to conquer a normal fear.
              A change in altitude
              16
              Do you know why the English managed to conquer half the globe?
              The power of one
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              Conquer through the time
              Conquer across language varieties
              United Kingdom
              Common
              United States of America
              Less common
              Ireland
              Less common