Meaning

7 senses
  1. A journey or effort in pursuit of a goal (often lengthy, ambitious, or fervent); a mission.

    the hero's quest

    Suche, Queste

    по́искpóisk, по́искиpóiski, квестkvest

    по́шукpóšuk, мі́сіяmísija, квестkvest

  2. A journey or effort in pursuit of a goal (often lengthy, ambitious, or fervent); a mission.

    A task that a player may complete in order to gain a reward or advance the story.

    Quest

  3. The act of seeking, or looking after anything; attempt to find or obtain; search; pursuit.

    to rove in quest of game, of a lost child, of property, etc.

    Suche

    по́искpóisk

    шука́нняšukánnja, по́шукpóšuk

  4. A short test.

  5. (obsolete)A request; a desire; a solicitation.

  6. (obsolete)A group of people conducting a search or inquiry.

  7. (obsolete)An inquest; a jury of inquest.

More definitions
  • the act of searching for something
  • a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria

Examples

50 sentences
  1. They explored the desert in quest of buried treasure.

    ruОни исследовали пустыню в поисках клада.

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  2. Tom went on a vision quest.

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  3. And just like that, the quest began.

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  4. We hope you will join us in our quest.

    deWir hoffen, dass Sie sich unserem Bestreben anschließen.

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  5. David went far and away in his quest for freedom.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
journey or effort in pursuit of a goal:
search:
Русский
By meaning 1
journey or effort in pursuit of a goal:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
journey or effort in pursuit of a goal:
task in a game:

Origin

From Middle English quest, queste; partly from Anglo-Norman queste, Old French queste (“ac

From Middle English quest, queste; partly from Anglo-Norman queste, Old French queste (“acquisition, search, hunt”), and partly from their source, Latin quaesta (“tribute, tax, inquiry, search”), noun use of quaesita, the feminine past participle of quaerō (“to ask, seek”). Doublet of question.

Blend of quiz + test, to avoid using the word test.

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Forms

plural: quests
Singularquest
Pluralquests

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the act of searching for something:seeking
  • a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria:pursuitpursuance

Word family

14 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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