quest

3 definitions • 7 examples

a long search for something that is difficult to find, or an attempt to achieve something difficult:

in someone’s quest for something Nothing will stop them in their quest for truth.

on a quest She went to India on a spiritual quest.

[ + to infinitive ] She does aerobics four times a week in her quest to achieve the perfect body.

to spend a long time searching for something that is difficult to find, or to spend a long time trying to achieve something difficult:

His eyes moved across the crowd, searching, questing.

quest for Generation X quests for a balance between work and private life.

quest after He was a real scientist, questing after truth.

a long search for something that is difficult to find:

a quest for the meaning of life