CONQUERING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does conquering mean? 

• CONQUERING (noun)
  The noun CONQUERING has 1 sense:

1. the act of conquering

  Familiarity information: CONQUERING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONQUERING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of conquering

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

conquering; conquest; subjection; subjugation

Hypernyms ("conquering" is a kind of...):

capture; gaining control; seizure (the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property)

Instance hyponyms:

Norman Conquest (the invasion and settlement of England by the Normans following the battle of Hastings (1066))

Derivation:

conquer (bring under control by force or authority)

conquer (overcome by conquest)

conquer (take possession of by force, as after an invasion)

 Context examples 

But I must be more in want of a friend, or an agreeable companion, than I have yet been, to take the trouble of conquering any body's reserve to procure one.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Can you not see that there are other foes in this world besides Frenchmen, and as much glory to be gained in conquering them?

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“For what did Jekyll”—he caught himself up at the word with a start, and then conquering the weakness—“what could Jekyll want with it?

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

I'll come, Teddy, rain or shine, and march before you, playing 'Hail the conquering hero comes' on a jew's-harp.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

But where is her all-conquering brother?

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

“This giant leap is a decisive move for our exploration of space and the conquering of the universe,” Wu Weiren said.

(Chinese Rover Making Tracks on Dark Side of the Moon, VOA)

Wizards, who are the game heroes, need to prevent them from conquering the kingdom and seal the portal.

(Brazilian professor creates mobile game that combines fun with mathematics, Agência Brasil)

Is it a wonder that we were a conquering race; that we were proud; that when the Magyar, the Lombard, the Avar, the Bulgar, or the Turk poured his thousands on our frontiers, we drove them back?

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

But, instead of proposals for conquering that magnanimous nation, I rather wish they were in a capacity, or disposition, to send a sufficient number of their inhabitants for civilizing Europe, by teaching us the first principles of honour, justice, truth, temperance, public spirit, fortitude, chastity, friendship, benevolence, and fidelity.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

Then the all conquering Tudor had danced four times with Amy at a late party and only once with May—that was thorn number two.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)