noun, verb
noun (formal or literary) ~ (for sth) a long search for sth, especially for some quality such as happiness:
the quest for happiness / knowledge / truth * He set off in quest of adventure.
verb [V] ~ (for sth) (formal or literary) to search for sth that is difficult to find
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for quest is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does quest appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — quest appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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