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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. |