Meaning of quest | Babel Free

Definitions

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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