To defeat in combat; to subjugate.
Used in a Sentence
conquered
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for conquered.
Editorial note
Thus, e.g., we split up the sentence ‘Caesar conquered Gaul’ into ‘Caesar’ and ‘conquered Gaul’.
Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
To defeat in combat; to subjugate.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of conquered gathered in one view.
To acquire by force of arms, win in war; to become ruler of; to subjugate.
To overcome an abstract obstacle.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for conquered.
verb
To defeat in combat; to subjugate.
See also: overcome, defeated, beaten, vanquished, overwhelmed
verb
To acquire by force of arms, win in war; to become ruler of; to subjugate.
See also: overcome, defeated, beaten, vanquished, overwhelmed
verb
To overcome an abstract obstacle.
See also: overcome, defeated, beaten, vanquished, overwhelmed
verb
(dated) To gain, win, or obtain by effort.
See also: overcome, defeated, beaten, vanquished, overwhelmed
Example sentences
Thus, e.g., we split up the sentence ‘Caesar conquered Gaul’ into ‘Caesar’ and ‘conquered Gaul’.
Is this a case where someone launched a product that conquered the non-USA users that USA companies ignore?
In Persian cuisine at least, pomegranate was used in a lot of dishes that the tomato then conquered.
This way, when you have a larger capital base, you've learned some lessons and hopefully conquered some behavioral pitfalls.
If the choice is to either develop and deploy autonomous weapons or to risk having your population conquered and murdered by enemies that use them, then there is no choice.
Heck, such attitudes may well be why Windows conquered the corporate desktop while OSX gets nowhere near it (outside of special cases).
To me, that article feels incredibly negative, sexist, and rooted on a men-women dynamic that assumes women are things to be conquered.
Even their military was based on the enslavement of children from their conquered territories.
But liberté, égalité, fraternité requires not having your society conquered by Hitler or Stalin.
He's basically built a blog (and possibly a career) around dating advice that's negative, sexist, and treats women as things to be conquered.
Its hero is Albert Sabin – for if any one man conquered polio, it was Sabin, who developed the oral attenuated live-virus vaccine.
Stories like 50 shades of grey show that it is not just a male instinct to rape but also a female instead to be conquered.
Quote examples
Yes, but that doesn't mean you should exactly seek out the advice of those who haven't conquered the failures and reached the end of the road of "success".
You really think the "oppression" of women in western industrialized nations today is comparable to the oppression of a conquered people in medieval times?
If I remember correctly from "Collapse" by Jared Diamond, a lot of human societies have been conquered and destroyed in human history.
Don't know about China, but they do have an issue with colonialism going back centuries and centuries, even if the Han culture eventually "conquered" the invaders.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use conquered in a sentence?
Thus, e.g., we split up the sentence ‘Caesar conquered Gaul’ into ‘Caesar’ and ‘conquered Gaul’.
What does conquered mean?
To defeat in combat; to subjugate.
What part of speech is conquered?
conquered is commonly used as verb.