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Quest
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- 1 A surname from German.
- 1 A journey or effort in pursuit of a goal (often lengthy, ambitious, or fervent); a mission.
"the hero's quest"
- 2 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..."
- 3 Acronym of quantized electronic structure. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
- 4 the act of searching for something wordnet
- 5 A journey or effort in pursuit of a goal (often lengthy, ambitious, or fervent); a mission.; 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."
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- 6 a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria wordnet
- 7 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."
- 8 A request; a desire; a solicitation. obsolete
"Gad not abroad at every quest and call / Of an untrained hope or passion."
- 9 A group of people conducting a search or inquiry. obsolete
"The senate hath sent about three several quests to search you out."
- 10 An inquest; a jury of inquest. obsolete
"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 […]"
- 1 To seek or pursue a goal; to undertake a mission or job. intransitive
- 2 express the need or desire for wordnet
- 3 To search for something; to seek. transitive
"Next day we quested in search of our caravan, and after some pains recovered it."
- 4 seek alms, as for religious purposes wordnet
- 5 To locate and attach to a host animal.
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- 6 bark with prolonged noises, of dogs wordnet
- 7 search the trail of (game) wordnet
- 8 make a search (for) wordnet
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”).
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”).
Blend of quiz + test, to avoid using the word test.
Borrowed from German Quest.
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