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{
"term": "quest",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "a long search for something, especially for some quality such as happiness",
"sensetop": "quest for somethingin quest of something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the quest for happiness/knowledge/truth",
"contextForm": "quest for something"
},
{
"text": "He set off in quest of adventure.",
"contextForm": "in quest of something"
},
{
"text": "a quest narrative/novel/story"
},
{
"text": "The team will continue its quest for Olympic gold this afternoon."
},
{
"text": "her quest for a better life"
},
{
"text": "He is on an endless quest for knowledge."
},
{
"text": "This is an important stage in their quest for the truth."
},
{
"text": "We set off in quest of the perfect wedding dress."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["endless", "eternal", "never-ending"],
"verb + quest": ["begin", "embark on", "go on"],
"preposition": ["in a/the quest", "in quest of", "quest for"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/kwest/",
"audio": "qu/quest/quest__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/kwest/",
"audio": "qu/quest/quest__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French queste (noun), quester (verb), based on Latin quaerere ‘ask, seek’. See also inquest."
}