Pursue

Quick meaning: Pursue is a verb meaning (ambitransitive) To follow urgently, originally with intent to capture or harm; to chase.

Meaning

(ambitransitive) To follow urgently, originally with intent to capture or harm; to chase.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To follow, travel down (a particular way, course of action etc.).
2. (transitive) To aim for, go after (a specified objective, situation etc.).
3. (transitive) To participate in (an activity, business etc.); to practise, follow (a profession).
4. (intransitive) To act as a legal prosecutor.
5. (transitive, somewhat archaic) To continue; to carry on.

Example Sentences

pursue one's dreams

Her rival pursued a quite different course.

The wicked flee when no man purſueth: but the righteous are bolde as a lyon.

He now feared for his life, and believed US intelligence agents would pursue him.

Word Forms

• pursues
• pursuing
• pursued

Synonyms for pursue

Depending on context, synonyms include engage, follow, prosecute.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include follow, engage, prosecute, pursuit, chase, proceed.

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