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quest
[ kwest ]
noun
- a search or pursuit made in order to find or obtain something:
a quest for uranium mines;
a quest for knowledge.
Synonyms: , , , , ,
- Classical and Medieval Legend. an adventurous expedition undertaken by a knight or knights to secure or achieve something:
the quest of the Holy Grail.
- those engaged in such an expedition.
- British Dialect. inquest.
- Obsolete. a jury of inquest.
verb (used without object)
- to search; seek (often followed by for or after ):
to quest after hidden treasure.
- to go on a quest.
- Hunting. (of a dog)
- to search for game.
- to bay or give tongue in pursuit of game.
verb (used with object)
- to search or seek for; pursue.
quest
/ ɛ /
noun
- the act or an instance of looking for or seeking; search
a quest for diamonds
- (in medieval romance) an expedition by a knight or company of knights to accomplish some prescribed task, such as finding the Holy Grail
- the object of a search; goal or target
my quest is the treasure of the king
- rare.a collection of alms
verb
- foll byfor or after to go in search (of)
- to go on a quest
- of gun dogs or hounds
- to search for game
- to bay when in pursuit of game
- rare.to collect alms
- archaic.also tr to go in search of (a thing); seek or pursue
Derived Forms
- ˈܱٱ, noun
- ˈܱپԲ, adverb
- ˈܱپԲ, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- ܱİ noun
- ܱiԲ· adverb
- ܲ·ܱĻ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of quest1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of quest1
Idioms and Phrases
see under in search of .Example Sentences
The result means Arsenal suffered a potentially fatal blow in their quest for the Premier League crown.
The self-professed “Make America Great Again” president is yet again reaching back to some bad old days in his chaotic quest for this never-defined national greatness.
Black bowls through the movie like the king of the sandbox, the lord of the playground, rallying the rest of us to join him on a quest that he’s made up on the spot.
A 1-0 win maintained Forest's relentless quest to reach the Champions League and left them third in the Premier League, with a 10-point lead over Newcastle in sixth.
The Dodgers, meanwhile, are hoping the hunger of their new additions will serve as a different kind of catalyst in their 2025 quest.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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