quest

noun

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

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

(video games, roleplaying games) A task that a player may complete in order to gain a reward or advance the story.

(education) A short test.

A surname from German.

Acronym of quantized electronic structure. [(physics) Any material that confines electrons in such a small space that their wavelike behaviour becomes important and their properties are strongly modified by quantum mechanical effects; examples include atoms and layered semiconductor devices.]

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

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

(obsolete) An inquest; a jury of inquest.

verb

(intransitive) To seek or pursue a goal; to undertake a mission or job.

(transitive) To search for something; to seek.

(entomology, of a tick) To locate and attach to a host animal.

Roots

quaeroquest- · Latin · seek, ask

Synonyms for quest

pursuitn seekingn searchn pursuancen explorationn huntn crusaden expeditionn pursuingadj investigationn missionn researchn

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