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con|niv|ance /kəna I v ^ə ns/ N‑UNCOUNT [oft with the N of n] Connivance is a willingness to allow or assist something to happen even though you know it is wrong. [DISAPPROVAL ] □ [+ of ] The deficit had grown with the connivance of the banks. □  The goods were exported with official connivance.

con|nive /kəna I v/ (connives , conniving , connived ) VERB If one person connives with another to do something, they secretly try to achieve something which will benefit both of them. [DISAPPROVAL ] □ [V + with ] He accused ministers of conniving with foreign companies to tear up employment rights. □  Senior politicians connived to ensure that he was not released. □ [V + with ] …local authorities suspected of conniving with the Mafia.

con|niv|ing /kəna I v I ŋ/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] If you describe someone as conniving , you mean you dislike them because they make secret plans in order to get things for themselves or harm other people. [DISAPPROVAL ] □  Edith was seen as a conniving, greedy woman.

con|nois|seur /kɒ nəsɜː ^r / (connoisseurs ) N‑COUNT [oft n N ] A connoisseur is someone who knows a lot about the arts, food, drink, or some other subject. □  Sarah tells me you're something of an art connoisseur. □ [+ of ] …connoisseurs of good food.

con|no|ta|tion /kɒ nəte I ʃ ^ə n/ (connotations ) N‑COUNT The connotations of a particular word or name are the ideas or qualities which it makes you think of. □  It's just one of those words that's got so many negative connotations. □ [+ of ] 'Urchin', with its connotation of mischievousness, may not be a particularly apt word.

con|note /kənoʊ t/ (connotes , connoting , connoted ) VERB If a word or name connotes something, it makes you think of a particular idea or quality. [FORMAL ] □ [V n] The term 'organization' often connotes a sense of neatness.

con|quer /kɒ ŋkə ^r / (conquers , conquering , conquered )

1 VERB If one country or group of people conquers another, they take complete control of their land. □ [V n] During 1936, Mussolini conquered Abyssinia. □ [be V -ed] Early in the eleventh century the whole of England was again conquered by the Vikings.

2 VERB If you conquer something such as a problem, you succeed in ending it or dealing with it successfully. □ [V n] He has never conquered his addiction to smoking. □ [V n] …the first man in history to conquer Everest.

con|quer|or /kɒ ŋkərə ^r / (conquerors ) N‑COUNT [usu pl] The conquerors of a country or group of people are the people who have taken complete control of that country or group's land. □  The people of an oppressed country obey their conquerors because they want to go on living.

con|quest /kɒ ŋkwest/ (conquests )

1 N‑UNCOUNT Conquest is the act of conquering a country or group of people. □ [+ of ] He had led the conquest of southern Poland in 1939. □  After the Norman Conquest the forest became a royal hunting preserve.

2 N‑COUNT [usu pl] Conquests are lands that have been conquered in war. □  He had realized that Britain could not have peace unless she returned at least some of her former conquests.

3 N‑COUNT [usu poss N ] If someone makes a conquest , they succeed in attracting and usually sleeping with another person. You usually use conquest when you want to indicate that this relationship is not important to the person concerned. □  Despite his conquests, he remains lonely and isolated.