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Meaning quest meaning
What does quest mean?
Definitions in simple English
quest
quest
quest
Synonyms quest synonyms
What other words have the same or similar meaning as quest?
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Topics quest topics
What do people use quest to talk about?
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What words refer to the process of trying to learn something?
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What words refer to the act of searching for something?
Conjugation quest conjugation
How do you conjugate quest?
quest · verb
Present I quest
Positive I quest
Singular
1st person I quest
2nd person you quest
3rd person he/she/it quests
Plural
1st person we quest
2nd person you quest
3rd person they quest
Negative I don't quest
Singular
1st person I don't quest I do not quest
2nd person you don't quest you do not quest
3rd person he/she/it doesn't quest he/she/it does not quest
Plural
1st person we don't quest we do not quest
2nd person you don't quest you do not quest
3rd person they don't quest they do not quest
Question do I quest?
Singular
1st person do I quest?
2nd person do you quest?
3rd person does he/she/it quest?
Plural
1st person do we quest?
2nd person do you quest?
3rd person do they quest?
Negative question don't I quest?
Singular
1st person don't I quest? do I not quest?
2nd person don't you quest? do you not quest?
3rd person doesn't he/she/it quest? does he/she/it not quest?
Plural
1st person don't we quest? do we not quest?
2nd person don't you quest? do you not quest?
3rd person don't they quest? do they not quest?
Past I quested
Positive I quested
Singular
1st person I quested
2nd person you quested
3rd person he/she/it quested
Plural
1st person we quested
2nd person you quested
3rd person they quested
Negative I didn't quest
Singular
1st person I didn't quest I did not quest
2nd person you didn't quest you did not quest
3rd person he/she/it didn't quest he/she/it did not quest
Plural
1st person we didn't quest we did not quest
2nd person you didn't quest you did not quest
3rd person they didn't quest they did not quest
Question did I quest?
Singular
1st person did I quest?
2nd person did you quest?
3rd person did he/she/it quest?
Plural
1st person did we quest?
2nd person did you quest?
3rd person did they quest?
Negative question didn't I quest?
Singular
1st person didn't I quest? did I not quest?
2nd person didn't you quest? did you not quest?
3rd person didn't he/she/it quest? did he/she/it not quest?
Plural
1st person didn't we quest? did we not quest?
2nd person didn't you quest? did you not quest?
3rd person didn't they quest? did they not quest?
Future I'll quest
Positive I'll quest
Singular
1st person I'll quest I will quest
2nd person you'll quest you will quest
3rd person he/she/it'll quest he/she/it will quest
Plural
1st person we'll quest we will quest
2nd person you'll quest you will quest
3rd person they'll quest they will quest
Negative I won't quest
Singular
1st person I won't quest I will not quest
2nd person you won't quest you will not quest
3rd person he/she/it won't quest he/she/it will not quest
Plural
1st person we won't quest we will not quest
2nd person you won't quest you will not quest
3rd person they won't quest they will not quest
Question will I quest?
Singular
1st person will I quest?
2nd person will you quest?
3rd person will he/she/it quest?
Plural
1st person will we quest?
2nd person will you quest?
3rd person will they quest?
Negative question won't I quest?
Singular
1st person won't I quest? will I not quest?
2nd person won't you quest? will you not quest?
3rd person won't he/she/it quest? will he/she/it not quest?
Plural
1st person won't we quest? will we not quest?
2nd person won't you quest? will you not quest?
3rd person won't they quest? will they not quest?
Conditional I'd quest
Positive I'd quest
Singular
1st person I'd quest I would quest
2nd person you'd quest you would quest
3rd person he/she/it'd quest he/she/it would quest
Plural
1st person we'd quest we would quest
2nd person you'd quest you would quest
3rd person they'd quest they would quest
Negative I wouldn't quest
Singular
1st person I wouldn't quest I would not quest
2nd person you wouldn't quest you would not quest
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't quest he/she/it would not quest
Plural
1st person we wouldn't quest we would not quest
2nd person you wouldn't quest you would not quest
3rd person they wouldn't quest they would not quest
Question would I quest?
Singular
1st person would I quest?
2nd person would you quest?
3rd person would he/she/it quest?
Plural
1st person would we quest?
2nd person would you quest?
3rd person would they quest?
Negative question wouldn't I quest?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I quest? would I not quest?
2nd person wouldn't you quest? would you not quest?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it quest? would he/she/it not quest?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we quest? would we not quest?
2nd person wouldn't you quest? would you not quest?
3rd person wouldn't they quest? would they not quest?
Present continuous I'm questing
Positive I'm questing
Singular
1st person I'm questing I am questing
2nd person you're questing you are questing
3rd person he/she/it's questing he/she/it is questing
Plural
1st person we're questing we are questing
2nd person you're questing you are questing
3rd person they're questing they are questing
Negative I'm not questing
Singular
1st person I'm not questing I am not questing
2nd person you aren't questing you're not questing you are not questing
3rd person he/she/it isn't questing he/she/it's not questing he/she/it is not questing
Plural
1st person we aren't questing we're not questing we are not questing
2nd person you aren't questing you're not questing you are not questing
3rd person they aren't questing they're not questing they are not questing
Question am I questing?
Singular
1st person am I questing?
2nd person are you questing?
3rd person is he/she/it questing?
Plural
1st person are we questing?
2nd person are you questing?
3rd person are they questing?
Negative question aren't I questing?
Singular
1st person aren't I questing? am I not questing?
2nd person aren't you questing? are you not questing?
3rd person isn't he/she/it questing? is he/she/it not questing?
Plural
1st person aren't we questing? are we not questing?
2nd person aren't you questing? are you not questing?
3rd person aren't they questing? are they not questing?
Past continuous I was questing
Positive I was questing
Singular
1st person I was questing
2nd person you were questing
3rd person he/she/it was questing
Plural
1st person we were questing
2nd person you were questing
3rd person they were questing
Negative I wasn't questing
Singular
1st person I wasn't questing I was not questing
2nd person you weren't questing you were not questing
3rd person he/she/it wasn't questing he/she/it was not questing
Plural
1st person we weren't questing we were not questing
2nd person you weren't questing you were not questing
3rd person they weren't questing they were not questing
Question was I questing?
Singular
1st person was I questing?
2nd person were you questing?
3rd person was he/she/it questing?
Plural
1st person were we questing?
2nd person were you questing?
3rd person were they questing?
Negative question wasn't I questing?
Singular
1st person wasn't I questing? was I not questing?
2nd person weren't you questing? were you not questing?
3rd person wasn't he/she/it questing? was he/she/it not questing?
Plural
1st person weren't we questing? were we not questing?
2nd person weren't you questing? were you not questing?
3rd person weren't they questing? were they not questing?
Future continuous I'll be questing
Positive I'll be questing
Singular
1st person I'll be questing I will be questing
2nd person you'll be questing you will be questing
3rd person he/she/it'll be questing he/she/it will be questing
Plural
1st person we'll be questing we will be questing
2nd person you'll be questing you will be questing
3rd person they'll be questing they will be questing
Negative I won't be questing
Singular
1st person I won't be questing I will not be questing
2nd person you won't be questing you will not be questing
3rd person he/she/it won't be questing he/she/it will not be questing
Plural
1st person we won't be questing we will not be questing
2nd person you won't be questing you will not be questing
3rd person they won't be questing they will not be questing
Question will I be questing?
Singular
1st person will I be questing?
2nd person will you be questing?
3rd person will he/she/it be questing?
Plural
1st person will we be questing?
2nd person will you be questing?
3rd person will they be questing?
Negative question won't I be questing?
Singular
1st person won't I be questing? will I not be questing?
2nd person won't you be questing? will you not be questing?
3rd person won't he/she/it be questing? will he/she/it not be questing?
Plural
1st person won't we be questing? will we not be questing?
2nd person won't you be questing? will you not be questing?
3rd person won't they be questing? will they not be questing?
Conditional continuous I'd be questing
Positive I'd be questing
Singular
1st person I'd be questing I would be questing
2nd person you'd be questing you would be questing
3rd person he/she/it'd be questing he/she/it would be questing
Plural
1st person we'd be questing we would be questing
2nd person you'd be questing you would be questing
3rd person they'd be questing they would be questing
Negative I wouldn't be questing
Singular
1st person I wouldn't be questing I would not be questing
2nd person you wouldn't be questing you would not be questing
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't be questing he/she/it would not be questing
Plural
1st person we wouldn't be questing we would not be questing
2nd person you wouldn't be questing you would not be questing
3rd person they wouldn't be questing they would not be questing
Question would I be questing?
Singular
1st person would I be questing?
2nd person would you be questing?
3rd person would he/she/it be questing?
Plural
1st person would we be questing?
2nd person would you be questing?
3rd person would they be questing?
Negative question wouldn't I be questing?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I be questing? would I not be questing?
2nd person wouldn't you be questing? would you not be questing?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it be questing? would he/she/it not be questing?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we be questing? would we not be questing?
2nd person wouldn't you be questing? would you not be questing?
3rd person wouldn't they be questing? would they not be questing?
Present perfect I've quested
Positive I've quested
Singular
1st person I've quested I have quested
2nd person you've quested you have quested
3rd person he/she/it's quested he/she/it has quested
Plural
1st person we've quested we have quested
2nd person you've quested you have quested
3rd person they've quested they have quested
Negative I haven't quested
Singular
1st person I haven't quested I have not quested
2nd person you haven't quested you have not quested
3rd person he/she/it hasn't quested he/she/it has not quested
Plural
1st person we haven't quested we have not quested
2nd person you haven't quested you have not quested
3rd person they haven't quested they have not quested
Question have I quested?
Singular
1st person have I quested?
2nd person have you quested?
3rd person has he/she/it quested?
Plural
1st person have we quested?
2nd person have you quested?
3rd person have they quested?
Negative question haven't I quested?
Singular
1st person haven't I quested? have I not quested?
2nd person haven't you quested? have you not quested?
3rd person hasn't he/she/it quested? has he/she/it not quested?
Plural
1st person haven't we quested? have we not quested?
2nd person haven't you quested? have you not quested?
3rd person haven't they quested? have they not quested?
Past perfect I had quested
Positive I had quested
Singular
1st person I had quested
2nd person you had quested
3rd person he/she/it had quested
Plural
1st person we had quested
2nd person you had quested
3rd person they had quested
Negative I hadn't quested
Singular
1st person I hadn't quested I had not quested
2nd person you hadn't quested you had not quested
3rd person he/she/it hadn't quested he/she/it had not quested
Plural
1st person we hadn't quested we had not quested
2nd person you hadn't quested you had not quested
3rd person they hadn't quested they had not quested
Question had I quested?
Singular
1st person had I quested?
2nd person had you quested?
3rd person had he/she/it quested?
Plural
1st person had we quested?
2nd person had you quested?
3rd person had they quested?
Negative question hadn't I quested?
Singular
1st person hadn't I quested? had I not quested?
2nd person hadn't you quested? had you not quested?
3rd person hadn't he/she/it quested? had he/she/it not quested?
Plural
1st person hadn't we quested? had we not quested?
2nd person hadn't you quested? had you not quested?
3rd person hadn't they quested? had they not quested?
Future perfect I'll have quested
Positive I'll have quested
Singular
1st person I'll have quested I will have quested
2nd person you'll have quested you will have quested
3rd person he/she/it'll have quested he/she/it will have quested
Plural
1st person we'll have quested we will have quested
2nd person you'll have quested you will have quested
3rd person they'll have quested they will have quested
Negative I won't have quested
Singular
1st person I won't have quested I will not have quested
2nd person you won't have quested you will not have quested
3rd person he/she/it won't have quested he/she/it will not have quested
Plural
1st person we won't have quested we will not have quested
2nd person you won't have quested you will not have quested
3rd person they won't have quested they will not have quested
Question +'ll I have quested?
Singular
1st person +'ll I have quested? will I have quested?
2nd person +'ll you have quested? will you have quested?
3rd person +'ll he/she/it have quested? will he/she/it have quested?
Plural
1st person +'ll we have quested? will we have quested?
2nd person +'ll you have quested? will you have quested?
3rd person +'ll they have quested? will they have quested?
Negative question won't I have quested?
Singular
1st person won't I have quested? will I not have quested?
2nd person won't you have quested? will you not have quested?
3rd person won't he/she/it have quested? will he/she/it not have quested?
Plural
1st person won't we have quested? will we not have quested?
2nd person won't you have quested? will you not have quested?
3rd person won't they have quested? will they not have quested?
Conditional perfect I'd have quested
Positive I'd have quested
Singular
1st person I'd have quested I would have quested
2nd person you'd have quested you would have quested
3rd person he/she/it'd have quested he/she/it would have quested
Plural
1st person we'd have quested we would have quested
2nd person you'd have quested you would have quested
3rd person they'd have quested they would have quested
Negative I wouldn't have quested
Singular
1st person I wouldn't have quested I would not have quested
2nd person you wouldn't have quested you would not have quested
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't have quested he/she/it would not have quested
Plural
1st person we wouldn't have quested we would not have quested
2nd person you wouldn't have quested you would not have quested
3rd person they wouldn't have quested they would not have quested
Question would I have quested?
Singular
1st person would I have quested?
2nd person would you have quested?
3rd person would he/she/it have quested?
Plural
1st person would we have quested?
2nd person would you have quested?
3rd person would they have quested?
Negative question wouldn't I have quested?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I have quested? would I not have quested?
2nd person wouldn't you have quested? would you not have quested?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it have quested? would he/she/it not have quested?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we have quested? would we not have quested?
2nd person wouldn't you have quested? would you not have quested?
3rd person wouldn't they have quested? would they not have quested?
Imperative quest!
Positive
you quest!
we let's quest!
Negative
you don't quest!
we let's not quest!
Examples quest examples
How do I use quest in a sentence?
Simple sentences
Chinese firms have embarked on a quest to conquer the world market.
The boy succeeded in his quest, guided by the spirit of a squirrel.
We hope you will join us in our quest.
It may have been a quixotic quest, but surprisingly enough, it was successful.
He went on a quest to find the point where the sky touches the Earth.
They explored the desert in quest of buried treasure.
Gulliver traveled in quest of adventure.
Would you look at that! After a long and exhausting quest I finally managed to find the mythical Scroll of Swordsmanship.
Movie subtitles
As you know, Inspector Brackenreid has joined Mr. Pendrick in his quest to recover a scientific formulation that could be of great benefit to mankind.
Prepare for the quest to get your bride, King Gunther.
I go with Conrad in quest of my youth.
If we must spend another year on the quest well, sir, it will be an additional expenditure in time of only five and fifteen-seventeenths percent.
But Ivanhoe's faith that his king still lived took him on an endless quest from castle to castle until, at last, he came to Austria.
I am upon a quest, sire.
The King granted me leave to go forth upon my quest. but in his heart it saddened him to see me go.
What I do not know, is why I came to be chosen for the holy quest. instead of the truest knight in Christendom.
Always in a quest for adventure.
How sweet. How nicely it justifies your quest for the great whatsit.
God knoweth that there be some among you sick while others travel through the Earth in quest for the bounties of God.
Lies, too,are part of our quest.
If I help him now in the quest for the fleece I shall be a traitor to my country and to you, Hecate.
I came to ask you to give up your quest and sail away with the Argonauts in peace.
How nicely it justifies your quest for the great whatsit.
Listen, then, to what will be written about you and me iftomorrow at dawn we set out from the village in quest of great deeds and adventures.
Watch quest'anello, Anniabale has sent me.
We showed quest'anello.
The symbol of my quest.
Lies too are part of our quest.
An old man and a hound dog named rip off for an evening's pleasure in quest of raccoon.
If I help him in his quest for the fleece, - - I shall be a traitor to my country and to you, Hecate.
I came to ask you to give up your quest and sail away in peace.
You too are on a quest for peace, my boy.
We're gonna harken to Larkin in our quest for adventure.
And in time, most of his subjects came to mourn him as dead. But Ivanhoe's faith that his king still lived took him on an endless quest from castle to castle until, at last, he came to Austria.
Doesn't matter where. Always in a quest for adventure.
And you Beta, foreigner to Venus, daughter of Ur, planet of shadows, you've been assigned as a companion to Gamma on this heroic quest.
Bold in concept, brilliant in execution this most delicate yet most colossal of instruments makes possible man's thrust into deep space and will soon set out on its quest for a new world.
The quest for power.
Well, a quest of knowledge, dear boy.
A quest for the repentant girls?
He'll send you on a quest, maybe to retrieve the golden fleece.
My quest has shown me the world is bigger than your kingdom.
Stealing my cape is not gonna help him in his quest for understanding.
News and current affairs
They found the arctic ice impenetrable, and soon gave up their quest.
Gradually, however, the quest for it has become a global trend, one that continues to conquer new territories, just as blue jeans once did.
Likewise, Quest University in Canada encourages students to bring both scientific and humanistic knowledge to bear on today's most pressing problems.
That approach needs to be abandoned once and for all, before it does any more damage to China's quest for long-term stability and prosperity.
It is in China's vital national interest to halt North Korea's quest to become another declared nuclear power.
While much of the rest of the developing world, following the Washington Consensus, has been directed at a quixotic quest for higher GDP, China has once again made clear that it seeks sustainable and more equitable increases in real living standards.
Could Hillary Clinton be similarly punished in her quest to be the Democratic Party's nominee in next year's US presidential election?
Achieving this ambitious agenda by 2025 would usher in the last phase in the quest for a nuclear-free world, and requires, first and foremost, political conditions that reliably rule out regional or global wars of aggression.
The conclusion is unavoidable: it is the quest for absolute consensus - unanimity - that is undermining progress on major global concerns.
In a sense, critics of the EU are right: the Union may be on a quest to reshape the world in its image.
For Americans the reserve role of the dollar is a potential threat, while for non-Americans it is yet another instance of an American neo-imperial quest for hegemony.
Paul Wolfowitz, Deputy Secretary of Defense and former US Ambassador to Indonesia, said that the US must bring new seriousness to helping Indonesia in its quest to secure a stable democracy and prosperous economy.
It does not enjoy the massive backing of its society, except when it comes to national pride and the quest for nuclear status.
In its quest to rebuild Russia's geopolitical power and influence, Presdient Vladimir Putin has the support of the immense majority of the population.
The centrality of hereditary succession in the quest for peace and stability was shown by Hafez al-Assad when he agreed to unprecedented good will gestures aimed at drawing Ehud Barak's Israeli government into a peace deal.
Initially she follows in her older sister's footsteps in quest of their common dream, to attend one of China's top universities.
Until then, China's quest for international respect is set to remain elusive and Tibet is likely to stay on the world's agenda.
The quest for synergies and efficiency that is implied by the agreement could well become a driving force for the European Defense Agency.
As a result, Nasser increasingly aligned Egypt with the Soviet Union, and ultimately failed in the quest to unite Arab interests.
An alternative scenario relies on the powerful unifying impact of human capital, the defining factor in the quest for global influence.
When Borlaug received news of the award, at four in the morning, he was already toiling in the Mexican fields, in his never-ending quest to improve agricultural productivity.
People working within science and people working with science - ordinary citizens - will assure that the unending quest for human betterment continues to be an important part of European identity.
Among non-democracies, China had the Bo Xilai scandal, which was worthy of a spy novel, with illicit affairs, rampant corruption, murder, and a senior police official's dramatic quest for asylum in a US consulate.
Indeed, China's pandering to dictators in its quest for resources contradicts its long-term interest in being acknowledged as a benign and legitimate power and commanding the international respect that it craves.
Much of the history of the two centuries since Beethoven composed his opera has centered on that quest for freedom: the fight against colonial powers, the campaigns for basic human rights, the resistance to modern totalitarian and authoritarian regimes.
Indeed, all Yemenis - Houthis, Harak, and even al-Hashids - appear united in their opposition to Saleh's ailing regime and in their quest for civil and human rights.
That quest has blossomed into astonishingly fruitful research areas like cosmology, numerical general relativity, and quantum gravity.