C1nounformalsocietyhistory
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UK/kwest/
a long and difficult search for something important
In context
The victims' families have never given up their quest for justice.
The country's quest for independence lasted almost a century.
In their quest to win young voters, parties have moved onto TikTok.
Words that go with quest
noun + preposition
- quest forThe film follows one man's quest for the truth about his father.
- in a quest toIn a quest to cut costs, the city closed two libraries.
- quest for justiceHer quest for justice took her all the way to the supreme court.
- quest for powerHis quest for power left many former friends behind.
adjective + noun
- lifelong questFinding her birth mother became a lifelong quest.