quest

C1 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /kwɛst/ See IPA manual

Freq #5813

Meanings

1

noun
A long or determined search or effort to achieve something.

She devoted her life to the quest for knowledge.
2

verb
To search for something with determination.

For years he quested after the truth about his family.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a long or determined search... search seeking mission pursuit

2 verb · to search for something... search seek

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Forms questedquestingquests

Derived forms questerquestfulquestionquestlessquestlikequestlinequestmanquestmongerquestwardsidequestsubquest

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”).

quest Middle English queste Old French quaesta Latin

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# quest

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /kwɛst/
**Frequency rank:** 5813

## Meanings
1. A long or determined search or effort to achieve something.
2. To search for something with determination.

## Examples
- She devoted her life to the quest for knowledge.
- For years he quested after the truth about his family.

## Derived Forms
- quester
- questful
- question
- questless
- questlike
- questline
- questman
- questmonger
- questward
- sidequest
- subquest

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: quest
- Root: queste
- Root: quaesta

## 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”).

## AI Etymology
Quest is 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”). In present-day use, it can mean a long or determined search or effort to achieve something, or to search for something with determination. Derived formations include quester, questful, question, questless, questlike.

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- Describing Qualities

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