pursue
/pɚˈsu/ verb A2- To follow urgently, originally with intent to capture or harm; to chase. · pursue one's dreams
- To follow, travel down (a particular way, course of action etc.). · Her rival pursued a quite different course.
- To aim for, go after (a specified objective, situation etc.).
- To participate in (an activity, business etc.); to practise, follow (a profession).
- To urge (someone or something) to act in a particular way. · The mayor promised to pursue the city to be an Olympic sports venue.
- To act as a legal prosecutor.
He/she/it pursues · Past pursued · Past participle pursued · -ing form pursuing
Verb forms
- Base form
- pursue
- He/she/it
- pursues
- Past
- pursued
- Past participle
- pursued
- -ing form
- pursuing
From the library
Thomas’s father was pursued home one night by a lamb of fire with its head cut off hanging by a strip of skin.
William Bell’s field she fled across it as if pursued by an army of white things, and arrived at the Barry kitchen door so out of breath that she could hardly gasp out her request for the apron pattern.
Allan says everybody should have a purpose in life and pursue it faithfully.
As Elizabeth had no longer any interest of her own to pursue, she turned her attention almost entirely on her sister and Mr.
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