See quest in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "Everything I have done pales in comparison to what I am about to achieve. I am on a quest... a quest for the most revered icon in Klingon history. An icon that predates the Klingon Empire, an icon more sacred than the Torch of G'boj -- More revered than Sabak's armor, and more coveted than the Emperor's crown!",
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"text": "In his first book since the 2008 essay collection Natural Acts: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature, David Quammen looks at the natural world from yet another angle: the search for the next human pandemic, what epidemiologists call “the next big one.” His quest leads him around the world to study a variety of suspect zoonoses—animal-hosted pathogens that infect humans.",
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"ref": "1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 46”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:",
"text": "To 'cide this title is impanneled\n A quest of thoughts, all tenants to the heart,\n And by their verdict is determined\n The clear eye's moiety and the dear heart's part […]",
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"sense": "journey or effort in pursuit of a goal",
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"sense": "journey or effort in pursuit of a goal",
"word": "探索"
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "journey or effort in pursuit of a goal",
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"sense": "journey or effort in pursuit of a goal",
"word": "misio"
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{
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "journey or effort in pursuit of a goal",
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{
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"code": "fr",
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"tags": [
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],
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
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"code": "gl",
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"sense": "journey or effort in pursuit of a goal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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{
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"code": "ka",
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"sense": "journey or effort in pursuit of a goal",
"word": "ძებნა"
},
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"roman": "ḳvesṭi",
"sense": "journey or effort in pursuit of a goal",
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"sense": "journey or effort in pursuit of a goal",
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"tags": [
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},
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"sense": "journey or effort in pursuit of a goal",
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"feminine"
],
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"sense": "journey or effort in pursuit of a goal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "खोज"
},
{
"_dis1": "43 43 13 1 0 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "journey or effort in pursuit of a goal",
"word": "küldetés"
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{
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"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "journey or effort in pursuit of a goal",
"word": "pencarian"
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{
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "journey or effort in pursuit of a goal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "journey or effort in pursuit of a goal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "impresa"
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{
"_dis1": "43 43 13 1 0 0",
"alt": "たんさく",
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"sense": "journey or effort in pursuit of a goal",
"word": "探索"
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"code": "ja",
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{
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"sense": "journey or effort in pursuit of a goal",
"word": "탐색"
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"code": "ko",
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"roman": "tamgu",
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"sense": "journey or effort in pursuit of a goal",
"tags": [
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"sense": "journey or effort in pursuit of a goal",
"tags": [
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"tags": [
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"tags": [
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"sense": "journey or effort in pursuit of a goal",
"tags": [
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"code": "mk",
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"roman": "mísija",
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"tags": [
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"_dis1": "43 43 13 1 0 0",
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{
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{
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],
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{
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"tags": [
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{
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"code": "gd",
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"sense": "journey or effort in pursuit of a goal",
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],
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"text": "To 'cide this title is impanneled\n A quest of thoughts, all tenants to the heart,\n And by their verdict is determined\n The clear eye's moiety and the dear heart's part […]",
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"word": "ძებნა"
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"code": "fa",
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"code": "pdt",
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"code": "pl",
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"code": "pt",
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"code": "ru",
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"code": "ru",
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"code": "gd",
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"code": "es",
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"code": "es",
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"code": "es",
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"code": "sv",
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"code": "ar",
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"code": "be",
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"code": "bg",
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{
"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "search",
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"code": "fr",
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"code": "de",
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{
"code": "hu",
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"ref": "1998 March 20, bill kao, “3rd per”, in alt.music.ash (Usenet):",
"text": "I had a calculus quest (not a quiz or a test, but somewhere in between...) it was on limits, and l'hopital's rule...",
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"ref": "2004 September 24, Kathy, “Weekly Diary Third Semester #4”, in alt.coffee.clutch (Usenet):",
"text": "However took a quest, quiz/test combination that this math progrm^([sic]) uses, and got ten out of ten on it!",
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"ref": "2015, Kathleen Gibson-Dee, “Learning Through Questing, Not Testing”, in College Teaching, volume 63, number 3, Taylor & Francis, →ISSN, page 133:",
"text": "Quests, bigger than quizzes and smaller than tests, consist of around 10 questions worth 2 points each, designed to take about 30–40 minutes.",
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"ref": "2017, Joshua Ring, “ConfChem conference on select 2016 BCCE presentations”, in Journal of Chemical Education, volume 94, number 12, ACS Publications, →ISSN, pages 2005–2006:",
"text": "Most outcomes were assessed with 10 min, single-page, five-question quizzes/tests (“quests”) given at the beginning of class, followed immediately with a brief discussion of the correct answers; mastery could be demonstrated by the student with four of five complete, correct answers (with no partial credit). […] Students were given a finite number of “quest” retakes. Three class periods during the semester were used as quest makeup periods, during which students would be able to take new versions of EO and GO quests.",
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