quest
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
video-games
Etymology: 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”).
Inflected forms:
form: quests
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: quests
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: questing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: quested
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: quested
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A journey or effort in pursuit of a goal (often lengthy, ambitious, or fervent); a mission.
pos: noun
examples: the hero's quest
Cease your quest of love.
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.
gloss: A journey or effort in pursuit of a goal (often lengthy, ambitious, or fervent); a mission.
pos: noun
examples: 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.
gloss: The act of seeking, or looking after anything; attempt to find or obtain; search; pursuit.
pos: noun
examples: to rove in quest of game, of a lost child, of property, etc.
gloss: A request; a desire; a solicitation.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
examples: Gad not abroad at every quest and call / Of an untrained hope or passion.
gloss: A group of people conducting a search or inquiry.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
examples: The senate hath sent about three several quests to search you out.
gloss: An inquest; a jury of inquest.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
examples: 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 […]
gloss: To seek or pursue a goal; to undertake a mission or job.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To search for something; to seek.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Next day we quested in search of our caravan, and after some pains recovered it.
gloss: To locate and attach to a host animal.
pos: verb
Derived words: FedEx quest
fetch quest
quester
questful
question
questless
questlike
questline
questman
questmonger
questward
second quest
sidequest
subquest
vision quest
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: kërkim
lang: Belarusian
word: по́шук
roman: póšuk
lang: Belarusian
word: мі́сія
roman: mísija
lang: Bengali
word: তলাশ
roman: tôlaś
lang: Bulgarian
word: ди́рене
roman: dírene
lang: Bulgarian
word: ми́сия
roman: mísija
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 探索
roman: tànsuǒ
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 尋求 /寻求
roman: xúnqiú
lang: Czech
word: výprava
lang: Dutch
word: queeste
lang: Dutch
word: zoektocht
lang: Dutch
word: streeftocht
lang: Esperanto
word: misio
lang: Finnish
word: etsintä
lang: French
word: quête
lang: Galician
word: busca
lang: Galician
word: procura
lang: Georgian
word: ძებნა
roman: ʒebna
lang: Georgian
word: კვესტი
roman: ḳvesṭi
lang: German
word: Suche
lang: German
word: Queste
lang: Greek
word: αναζήτηση
roman: anazítisi
lang: Greek
word: έρανος
roman: éranos
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἀναζήτησις
roman: anazḗtēsis
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἔρανος
roman: éranos
lang: Hindi
word: खोज
roman: khoj
lang: Hungarian
word: küldetés
lang: Indonesian
word: pencarian
lang: Italian
word: missione
lang: Italian
word: impresa
lang: Japanese
word: 探索
roman: tansaku
lang: Japanese
word: 探求
roman: tankyū
lang: Japanese
word: クエスト
roman: kuesuto
lang: Korean
word: 탐색
roman: tamsaek
lang: Korean
word: 탐구
roman: tamgu
lang: Latin
word: indāgātiō
lang: Latin
word: investīgātiō
lang: Latin
word: inquīsītiō
lang: Latin
word: scrūtātiō
lang: Macedonian
word: по́трага
roman: pótraga
lang: Macedonian
word: за́дача
roman: zádača
lang: Macedonian
word: ми́сија
roman: mísija
lang: Macedonian
word: квест
roman: kvest
lang: Macedonian
word: приклуче́ние
roman: priklučénie
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: søken
lang: Persian
word: پویش
roman: puyeš
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Jeforsch
lang: Polish
word: poszukiwanie
lang: Polish
word: poszukiwania
lang: Portuguese
word: busca
lang: Russian
word: по́иск
roman: póisk
lang: Russian
word: по́иски
roman: póiski
lang: Russian
word: квест
roman: kvest
lang: Russian
word: ми́ссия
roman: míssija
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: sireadh
lang: Spanish
word: búsqueda
lang: Spanish
word: esfuerzo
lang: Spanish
word: misión
lang: Swedish
word: resa
lang: Swedish
word: uppdrag
lang: Swedish
word: mål
lang: Swedish
word: strävan
lang: Turkish
word: arama
lang: Ukrainian
word: по́шук
roman: póšuk
lang: Ukrainian
word: мі́сія
roman: mísija
lang: Ukrainian
word: квест
roman: kvest
lang: Welsh
word: cwest
lang: Welsh
word: cwestau