conquer
pronunciation
How to pronounce conquer in British English:
UK [ˈkɒŋkə(r)]
How to pronounce conquer in American English:
US [ˈkɑːŋkər]
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- Verb:
- to put down by force or authority
- take possession of by force, as after an invasion
- overcome by conquest
Word Origin
- conquer
- conquer: [13] Latin conquīrere originally meant ‘seek something out’. It was a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix com- and quaerere ‘seek’ (source of English query, quest, question, inquire, and require). Bit by bit, ‘searching for something’ slid into ‘acquiring it’, including by force of arms: hence the sense ‘vanquish’, already current in the 13th century. The term Conqueror appears first to have been applied to William I of England around 1300.=> enquire, inquest, query, quest, question, require
- conquer (v.)
- c. 1200, cunquearen, from Old French conquerre "conquer, defeat, vanquish," from Vulgar Latin *conquaerere (for Latin conquirere) "to search for, procure by effort, win," from Latin com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + quaerere "to seek, gain" (see query (v.)). Related: Conquered; conquering.
Example
- 1. Who will conquer china 's rampant retail market ?
- 2. Fidelity embraced bolton 's plan to conquer china .
- 3. I start getting the urge to conquer poland .
- 4. Conquer your fears or they will conquer you .
- 5. Mobile is one platform that mozilla has yet to conquer .