A quest is all about seeking something important, and it often involves a journey. You would travel the world in a quest for gold. You would not travel to the front of the lunchroom in a quest for tater tots.
To search for; to examine.
Noun
the act of searching for something; "a quest for diamonds"
Noun
a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria; "the pursuit of love"; "life is more than the pursuance of fame"; "a quest for wealth"
Verb
express the need or desire for; ask for; "She requested an extra bed in her room"; "She called for room service"
Verb
seek alms, as for religious purposes
Verb
bark with prolonged noises, of dogs
Verb
search the trail of (game); "The dog went off and quested"
Verb
make a search (for); "Things that die with their eyes open and questing"; "The animal came questing through the forest"
n.
The act of seeking, or looking after anything; attempt to
find or obtain; search; pursuit; as, to rove in quest of game, of a
lost child, of property, etc.
n.
Request; desire; solicitation.
n.
Those who make search or inquiry, taken collectively.
n.
Inquest; jury of inquest.
n.
To search for; to examine.
v. i.
To go on a quest; to make a search; to go in pursuit; to
beg.
Quest
Quest
If his questing had been unsuccessful, he appeased the rage of hunger with some scraps of broken meat.
To search for; to examine.
To go on a quest; to make a search; to go in pursuit; to beg.
Usage Examples
If those committed to the quest fail, they will be forgiven. When lost, they will find another way. The moral imperative of humanism is the endeavor alone, whether successful or not, provided the effort is honorable and failure memorable.
A quest for knowledge is not a war with faith spirituality is not usually an infelicitous amalgam of superstition and philistinism and moral relativism, taken outside midfield, leads inexorably both to heresy and to secular wickedness, which are often identical.
Man is wise and constantly in quest of more wisdom but the ultimate wisdom, which deals with beginnings, remains locked in a seed. There it lies, the simplest fact of the universe and at the same time the one which calls forth faith rather than reason.
The fear of being deceived is the vulgar version of the quest for Truth.
My quest these days is to find my long lost inner child, but I'm afraid if I do, I'll end up with food in my hair and way too in love with the cats.
I'm undaunted in my quest to amuse myself by constantly changing my hair.
The quest for peace begins in the home, in the school and in the workplace.
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Other Usage ExamplesScientists have become the bearers of the torch of discovery in our quest for knowledge.
I feel the older I get, the more I'm learning to handle life. Being on this quest for a long time, it's all about finding yourself.
Love, the quest marriage, the conquest divorce, the inquest.
Rarely do we find men who willingly engage in hard, solid thinking. There is an almost universal quest for easy answers and half-baked solutions. Nothing pains some people more than having to think.
If religion were true, its followers would not try to bludgeon their young into an artificial conformity but would merely insist on their unbending quest for truth, irrespective of artificial backgrounds or practical consequences.
I think top scientists need to be compensated at a different scale in society. Somebody with experience will tell you that true scientists are not motivated by money - they are motivated by the quest itself. That is true. But I think an additional recognition will not hurt.
I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom I am one who is fond of olden times and intense in quest of the sacred knowing of the ancients.
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