English Explanatory Dictionary

quest

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A journey or effort in pursuit of a goal (often lengthy, ambitious, or fervent); a mission.
  2. A task that a player may complete in order to gain a reward or advance the story.
  3. The act of seeking, or looking after anything; attempt to find or obtain; search; pursuit.
  4. A request; a desire; a solicitation.
  5. A group of people conducting a search or inquiry.
  6. An inquest; a jury of inquest.
verb
  1. To seek or pursue a goal; to undertake a mission or job.
  2. To search for something; to seek.
  3. To locate and attach to a host animal.
noun
  1. A short test.
noun
  1. Acronym of quantized electronic structure.
name
  1. A surname from German.

Pronunciation

/kwɛst/ kwĕst en-us-quest.ogg

Word forms

quest quests questing quested

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 quaerere (“to ask, seek”).

Derived words

FedEx quest fetch quest quester questful question questless questlike questline questman questmonger questward second quest sidequest subquest vision quest

Translations

Albanian: kërkim Belarusian: по́шук Belarusian: мі́сія Bengali: তলাশ Bulgarian: ди́рене Bulgarian: ми́сия Chinese Mandarin: 探索 Chinese Mandarin: 尋求 /寻求 Czech: výprava Dutch: queeste Dutch: zoektocht Dutch: streeftocht Esperanto: misio Finnish: etsintä French: quête Galician: busca Galician: procura Georgian: ძებნა Georgian: კვესტი German: Suche German: Queste Greek: αναζήτηση Greek: έρανος Ancient Greek: ἀναζήτησις Ancient Greek: ἔρανος Hindi: खोज Hungarian: küldetés Indonesian: pencarian Italian: missione Italian: impresa Japanese: 探索 Japanese: 探求 Japanese: クエスト Korean: 탐색 Korean: 탐구 Latin: indāgātiō Latin: investīgātiō Latin: inquīsītiō Latin: scrūtātiō Macedonian: по́трага Macedonian: за́дача Macedonian: ми́сија Macedonian: квест Macedonian: приклуче́ние Norwegian Bokmål: søken Persian: پویش Plautdietsch: Jeforsch Polish: poszukiwanie Polish: poszukiwania Portuguese: busca Russian: по́иск Russian: по́иски Russian: квест Russian: ми́ссия Scottish Gaelic: sireadh Spanish: búsqueda Spanish: esfuerzo Spanish: misión Swedish: resa Swedish: uppdrag Swedish: mål Swedish: strävan Turkish: arama Ukrainian: по́шук Ukrainian: мі́сія Ukrainian: квест Welsh: cwest Welsh: cwestau
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