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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024quest /kwɛst/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a search:a single-minded quest for truth.
- Literaturea trip made as an adventure in search of something:the quest for the Holy Grail.
v. [no object] - to search;
seek:to quest after hidden treasure. - to go on a quest.
Idioms- in quest of, in search of.
See -ques-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024quest (kwest),USA pronunciation n. - a search or pursuit made in order to find or obtain something:a quest for uranium mines; a quest for knowledge.
- Literature[Medieval Romance.]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 Termsinquest.
- [Obs.]a jury of inquest.
v.i. - to search;
seek (often fol. by for or after):to quest after hidden treasure. - to go on a quest.
- Sport[Hunting.](of a dog)
- to search for game.
- to bay or give tongue in pursuit of game.
v.t. - to search or seek for;
pursue.
- Old French quester, derivative of the noun, nominal
- Latin quaesīta, feminine past participle of quaerere to seek; (verb, verbal) Middle English questen
- Old French
- (noun, nominal) Middle English queste 1275–1325
1. hunt, seeking, journey, mission, enterprise. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: quest /kwɛst/ n - the act or an instance of looking for or seeking; search
- (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
vb (mainly intr)- followed by for or after: to go in search (of)
- (of gun dogs or hounds) to search for game
- (also tr) archaic to go in search of (a thing); seek or pursue
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French queste, from Latin quaesita sought, from quaerere to seekˈquester n ˈquesting adj ˈquestingly adv |