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pursuit
[ per-soot ]
noun
- the act of pursuing:
in pursuit of the fox.
- an effort to secure or attain; quest:
the pursuit of happiness.
Synonyms: search
- any occupation, pastime, or the like, in which a person is engaged regularly or customarily:
literary pursuits.
Synonyms: inclination, preoccupation, activity
pursuit
/ pəˈsjuːt /
noun
- the act of pursuing, chasing, or striving after
- ( as modifier )
a pursuit plane
- an occupation, hobby, or pastime
- (in cycling) a race in which the riders set off at intervals along the track and attempt to overtake each other
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Origin of pursuit1
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Example Sentences
When I tried to persuade him to drop the title The Short Night, I proposed calling the picture Pursuit.
Yet, in pursuit of that ‘great revival of art,’ his anxiety, depression, and overall health began to deteriorate.
Was it Shakespeare, in mad pursuit of a lovely boy and that voluptuous Dark Lady?
The cops suspended the high-speed pursuit lest some innocent be killed.
They say The Guardian has been dragging its feet on the pursuit of NSA-related stories while keeping the Times on a short leash.
Now this is what we call a "pursuit of knowledge under difficulties" of the most obstinate kind.
About an hour after resuming their walk, the major went off in hot pursuit of an enormous bee, which he saw humming round a bush.
Only in the pursuit of agriculture can the black man not complain that he is discriminated against on account of his color.
Colonel Guitar concluded to rest his men until morning, and then continue the pursuit.
The cheerful hours of easy labor vary but do not destroy the pursuit of pleasure and of recreation.
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