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Look up: quest

  1. quest
    [Noun] The act of seeking out or searching for something.
    Example: The explorers were ruthless in their quest for gold.
    Found on http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/glossary

  2. quest
    [n] - the act of searching for something 2. [v] - make a search (for) 3. [v] - search the trail of, as of game 4. [v] - seek alms, as for religious purposes
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. QUEST
    Qualifying employee share ownership trust -A trust, established by deed, which allows employers and shareholders to pass on shares in a company to employees and which can be deducted in the calculation of corporation tax.
    Found on http://www.hiebusiness.co.uk/bdotg/actio

  4. Quest
    1. A language designed for its simple denotational semantics. 'The Denotational Semantics of Programming Languages', R. Tennent, CACM 19(8):437-453 (Aug 1976). 2. QUantifiers and SubTypes. Language with a sophisticated type system. Just as types classify values, 'kinds' classify types and type operators. Explicit universal and existential quanti...
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  5. Quest
    Quest noun [ Old French queste , French quête , from Latin quaerere , quaesitum , to seek for, to ask. Confer Query , Question .] 1. The act of seeking, or looking after anything; attempt to find or obtain; search; pursuit; as, to rove in quest of game, of a lost child, of property, etc. « Upon an hard adventure yet in quest . ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/Q/8

  6. Quest
    Quest transitive verb [ Confer Old French quester , French quêter . See Quest , noun ] To search for; to examine. [ R.] Sir T. Herbert.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/Q/8

  7. Quest
    Quest intransitive verb To go on a quest; to make a search; to go in pursuit; to beg. [ R.] « If his questing had been unsuccessful, he appeased the rage of hunger with some scraps of broken meat.» Macaulay.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/Q/8

  8. quest
    seeking noun the act of searching for something; `a quest for diamonds`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  9. Quest
    A `quest` is a journey towards a goal used in mythology and literature as a plot. Quests can be found in the folklore of every nation. In literature, the objects of quests require great exertion on the part of the hero, and the overcoming of many obstacles, typically including much travel. This travel also allows the storyteller to showcase exotic locations and cultures, which may, indeed, be the writer's objective if not the characters.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quest

  10. Quest
    • (n.) Request; desire; solicitation. • (n.) The act of seeking, or looking after anything; attempt to find or obtain; search; pursuit; as, to rove in quest of game, of a lost child, of property, etc. • (v. i.) To go on a quest; to make a search; to go in pursuit; to beg. • (n.) Those who make search or inquiry, taken collective...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  11. quest
    quest 1. A search, exploration, hunt, or pursuit of some objective or goal; to look for or to seek something. 2. A journey, expedition, or excursion in search of something; especially, one made by knights in medieval tales. 3. The object, target, or goal of a quest.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  12. QUEST
    3) quarterly European simulation tool…
    Found on http://www.oenb.at/dictionary/termini.js

  13. QUEST
    QUEST was designed to analyse the economies in the member states of the European Union and their interactions with the rest of the world, especially with the United States and Japan. The focus of the model is on the transmission of the effects of economic policy both on the domestic and the international economy. The model was primarily constructed…
    Found on http://www.oenb.at/dictionary/termini.js


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23 November 2009

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At sixteen minutes past five on 23rd November 1963, a British television institution was born. Doctor Who would go on to become the longest-running science-fiction programme in the world, eventually spawning twenty six seasons of adventures from 1963 to 1989. In total, eight actors have played the part of Gallifrey's most famous Time Lord. From the very first - William Hartnell in 1963 - to the very last - Paul McGann, in the 1996 TV Movie - the Doctor has wandered through time and space in his trusty time machine, an old type-40 TARDIS (Time and Relative Dimensions in Space). Although appearing to be nothing more than a battered blue police box, it is in fact vastly bigger on the inside than on the outside, and always departs with its familiar wheezing, groaning sound. read more

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