Dictionary entry details
• QUEST (noun)
Meaning:
A search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
pursuance; quest; pursuit
Context examples:
the pursuit of love / life is more than the pursuance of fame / a quest for wealth
Hypernyms ("quest" is a kind of...):
search (the examination of alternative hypotheses)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "quest"):
wild-goose chase (the fruitless pursuit of something unattainable)
Meaning:
The act of searching for something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
seeking; quest
Context example:
a quest for diamonds
Hypernyms ("quest" is a kind of...):
hunt; hunting; search (the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone)
• QUEST (verb)
Meaning:
Make a search (for)
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Context examples:
Things that die with their eyes open and questing / The animal came questing through the forest
Hypernyms (to "quest" is one way to...):
seek (try to get or reach)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Search the trail of (game)
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
The dog went off and quested
Hypernyms (to "quest" is one way to...):
chase; chase after; dog; give chase; go after; tag; tail; track; trail (go after with the intent to catch)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Bark with prolonged noises, of dogs
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
bay; quest
Hypernyms (to "quest" is one way to...):
bark (make barking sounds)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Seek alms, as for religious purposes
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "quest" is one way to...):
beg; solicit; tap (make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Express the need or desire for; ask for
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
call for; request; bespeak; quest
Context examples:
She requested an extra bed in her room / She called for room service
Hypernyms (to "quest" is one way to...):
communicate; pass; pass along; pass on; put across (transmit information)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "quest"):
demand (ask to be informed of)
claim (ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example)
call for; invite (request the participation or presence of)
ask in; invite (ask to enter)
desire (express a desire for)
beg (ask to obtain free)
arrogate; claim; lay claim (demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to)
ask over; ask round; invite (invite someone to one's house)
call (call a meeting; invite or command to meet)
ask out; invite out; take out (make a date)
beg off; excuse (ask for permission to be released from an engagement)
challenge (ask for identification)
order (make a request for something)
ask (make a request or demand for something to somebody)
encore (request an encore, from a performer)
petition (write a petition for something to somebody; request formally and in writing)
demand (request urgently and forcefully)
appeal; invoke (request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection)
supplicate (ask for humbly or earnestly, as in prayer)
apply (ask (for something))
beg; solicit; tap (make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently)
reserve (obtain or arrange (for oneself) in advance)
book; hold; reserve (arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
