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quest¹
- /kwɛst/
Rhymes with -ɛst
Where it comes from
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.
noun quests
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A journey or effort in pursuit of a goal (often lengthy, ambitious, or fervent); a mission.
the hero's quest
Similar: emprise
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A task that a player may complete in order to gain a reward or advance the story.
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.
Similar: emprise
- 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.
- A request; a desire; a solicitation. Gad not abroad at every quest and call Of an untrained hope or passion.
- A group of people conducting a search or inquiry. The senate hath sent about three several quests to search you out.
- An inquest; a jury of inquest. 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 quests · questing · quested
- To seek or pursue a goal; to undertake a mission or job.
- To search for something; to seek. Next day we quested in search of our caravan, and after some pains recovered it.
- To locate and attach to a host animal.
quest²
Where it comes from
Blend of quiz + test, to avoid using the word test.
noun quests
- A short test. I had a calculus quest (not a quiz or a test, but somewhere in between...) it was on limits, and l'hopital's rule...
QUEST³
noun QUESTs
- Acronym of quantized electronic structure
Quest⁴
Where it comes from
Borrowed from German Quest.
proper noun Quests
- A surname from German.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: seeking, pursuit, request, bespeak, call for, hunt, bay, exploration, seek, search, seeker, lookup, attainment, searching, attempted, attempt
Translations
Every language
noun journey or effort in pursuit of a goal
| Español | búsqueda, esfuerzo, misión |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 탐색 tamsaek, 탐구 tamgu |
| 日本語 | 探索 tansaku, 探求 tankyū, クエスト kuesuto |
| 中文 | 探索 tànsuǒ, 尋求 /寻求 xúnqiú |
| हिन्दी | खोज khoj |
| Português | busca |
| Français | quête |
| Deutsch | Suche, Queste |
| Italiano | missione, impresa |
| Ελληνικά | αναζήτηση anazítisi, έρανος éranos |
| Русский | по́иск póisk, по́иски póiski, квест kvest, ми́ссия míssija |
noun task in a game
| Deutsch | Quest |
|---|
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title = {quest},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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