Meaning & use
quest
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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