Meaning of quest | Babel Free

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1. Acronym of quantized electronic structure.
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
2. A journey or effort in pursuit of a goal (often lengthy, ambitious, or fervent); a mission
3. A journey or effort in pursuit of a goal (often lengthy, ambitious, or fervent); a mission.
4. A surname from German.
5. A short test.
6. A task that a player may complete in order to gain a reward or advance the story
7. An attempting to accomplish or attain:pursuing, pursuit, search.
8. A task that a player may complete in order to gain a reward or advance the story.
9. The act of seeking, or looking after anything; attempt to find or obtain; search; pursuit
10. To try to find something:cast about, hunt, look, search, seek.
11. The act of seeking, or looking after anything; attempt to find or obtain; search; pursuit.
12. A request; a desire; a solicitation
13. a search. the quest for gold; the quest for truth. soektog بَحْث عَن търсене busca hledání die Suche søgen αναζήτησηbusca, búsqueda otsimine جستجو etsintä rechercheחיפוש तलाश potraga keresés pencarian leit ricerca 探求 탐색, 추구 ieškojimas meklējumi; meklēšana usaha seseorang mencari speurtochtsøken, leting, jaktposzukiwanie پلټنه، ښكار، ماجرا جويي busca căutare поиски hľadanie iskanje potraga sökande, jakt การค้นหา; การสืบค้น araştırma 尋找，尋求 пошуки جستجو sự săn lùng 寻找，寻求
14. A request; a desire; a solicitation.
    obsolete
15. A group of people conducting a search or inquiry
16. indagación, búsqueda, pesquisa.
17. A group of people conducting a search or inquiry.
    obsolete
18. The act or an instance of seeking or pursuing something; a search.
19. An inquest; a jury of inquest.
    obsolete
20. An expedition undertaken in medieval romance by a knight in order to perform a prescribed feat: the quest for the Holy Grail.
21. Archaic a. An inquest.
    Archaic
22. To search for something: quested for knowledge.
23. To go on a quest.
24. To search for game or bay when sighting game, as a hound.

Equivalents

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.”

“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.”

“to rove in quest of game, of a lost child, of property, etc.”

“Gad not abroad at every quest and call⟳ / Of an untrained hope⟳ or passion.”

“The senate hath sent about three several quests to search⟳ you out.”

“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 […]”

“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!”

“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.”

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