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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 yvlog Forms
- ܱİ noun
- ܱiԲ· adverb
- ܲ·ܱĻ adjective
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of quest1
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of quest1
Idioms and Phrases
see under in search of .Example Sentences
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.
How big is the threat posed to Rory McIlroy's quest for the career Grand Slam by the leading lights of the LIV Golf League?
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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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