Meaning & use

quest

noun·Academic

A long, often difficult search or journey undertaken to find or achieve something important.

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The knight set out on a quest to recover the stolen sword.

Her quest for the perfect recipe took her through cookbooks from a dozen countries.

A note on using this word

Quest often carries a sense of adventure or nobility that a plain 'search' does not.

Words with a similar meaning

searchpursuit

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