Pronunciations (2)
-
/kwɛst/
-
kwɛst
Noun
A journey or effort in pursuit of a goal (often lengthy, ambitious, or fervent); a mission.
- Examples
-
the hero's quest
Cease your quest of love.
More examples (2)
Everything I have done pales in comparison to what I am about to achieve. I am on a quest... a quest for the most revered icon in Klingon history. An icon that predates the Klingon Empire, an icon more sacred than the Torch of G'boj — More revered than Sabak's armor, and more coveted than the Emperor's crown!
In his first book since the 2008 essay collection Natural Acts: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature, David Quammen looks at the natural world from yet another angle: the search for the next human pandemic, what epidemiologists call “the next big one.” His quest leads him around the world to study a variety of suspect zoonoses—animal-hosted pathogens that infect humans.
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.
- Examples
-
More examples (1)
At the same time, players are not forced to complete quests in a certain order; they're allowed enough free will within the game to determine their goals and needs.
The act of seeking, or looking after anything; attempt to find or obtain; search; pursuit.
- Examples
-
to rove in quest of game, of a lost child, of property, etc.
A request; a desire; a solicitation.
Usage- Obsolete
- Examples
-
Gad not abroad at every quest and call Of an untrained hope or passion.
A group of people conducting a search or inquiry.
Usage- Obsolete
- Examples
-
The senate hath sent about three several quests to search you out.
An inquest; a jury of inquest.
Usage- Obsolete
- Examples
-
More examples (1)
To 'cide this title is impanneled A quest of thoughts, all tenants to the heart, And by their verdict is determined The clear eye's moiety and the dear heart's part […]
Verb
To seek or pursue a goal; to undertake a mission or job.
Usage- Intransitive
To search for something; to seek.
Usage- Transitive
- Examples
-
Next day we quested in search of our caravan, and after some pains recovered it.
To locate and attach to a host animal.
Usage- of a tick
Noun
A short test.
- Examples
-
I had a calculus quest (not a quiz or a test, but somewhere in between...) it was on limits, and l'hopital's rule...
However took a quest, quiz/test combination that this math progrm^([sic]) uses, and got ten out of ten on it!
More examples (2)
Quests, bigger than quizzes and smaller than tests, consist of around 10 questions worth 2 points each, designed to take about 30–40 minutes.
Most outcomes were assessed with 10 min, single-page, five-question quizzes/tests (“quests”) given at the beginning of class, followed immediately with a brief discussion of the correct answers; mastery could be demonstrated by the student with four of five complete, correct answers (with no partial credit). […] Students were given a finite number of “quest” retakes. Three class periods during the semester were used as quest makeup periods, during which students would be able to take new versions of EO and GO quests.
Noun
a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria
- Broader terms
- Examples
-
the pursuit of love
life is more than the pursuance of fame
More examples (1)
a quest for wealth
the act of searching for something
- Synonyms
- Examples
-
a quest for diamonds
Verb
make a search (for)
- Broader terms
- Examples
-
Things that die with their eyes open and questing
The animal came questing through the forest
search the trail of (game)
- Examples
-
The dog went off and quested
bark with prolonged noises, of dogs
- Synonyms
- Broader terms
seek alms, as for religious purposes
express the need or desire for
- Broader terms
- Examples
-
She requested an extra bed in her room
She called for room service
More examples (1)
when you call, always ask for Mary