- a long search for something, especially for some quality such as happiness
- quest for something the quest for happiness/knowledge/truth
- in quest of something He set off in quest of adventure.
- a quest narrative/novel/story
Extra Examples- The team will continue its quest for Olympic gold this afternoon.
- her quest for a better life
- He is on an endless quest for knowledge.
- This is an important stage in their quest for the truth.
- We set off in quest of the perfect wedding dress.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- endless
- eternal
- never-ending
- …
- begin
- embark on
- go on
- …
- in a/the quest
- in quest of
- quest for
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French queste (noun), quester (verb), based on Latin quaerere ‘ask, seek’. See also inquest.Definitions on the go
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