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pursued

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verb (used with object)

to follow in order to overtake, capture, kill, etc.; chase.

to follow close upon; go with; attend: Bad luck pursued him.

to strive to gain; seek to attain or accomplish (an end, object, purpose, etc.).

to proceed in accordance with (a method, plan, etc.).

to carry on or continue (a course of action, a train of thought, an inquiry, studies, etc.).

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to continue to annoy, afflict, or trouble.

to practice (an occupation, pastime, etc.).

to continue to discuss (a subject, topic, etc.).

to follow: They pursued the river to its source. I felt their eyes pursuing me.

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to continue; go on with (one's course, a journey, etc.).

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verb (used without object)

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to follow in pursuit.

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to continue.

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Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English pursuen < Anglo-French pursuer ≪ Latin prōsequī to pursue, follow, continue. See pro-¹, sue, prosecute

Related forms

pur·su·a·ble, adjective

out·pur·sue, verb (used with object), -sued, -su·ing.

re·pur·sue, verb (used with object), -sued, -su·ing.

un·pur·su·a·ble, adjective

un·pur·sued, adjective

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un·pur·su·ing, adjective

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Can be confused: peruse, pursue.

Synonyms
1. trail, hunt. 2. dog.

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Example Sentences

California governors of both parties have pursued broadly similar.

These creatures are being pursued by a high-tech wrangler who has traded a horse for a helicopter.

Great whites are pursued by trophy-hunting fishermen for sport and for their jaws, which can fetch tens of thousands of dollars.

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California governors of both parties have pursued broadly similar.

These creatures are being pursued by a high-tech wrangler who has traded a horse for a helicopter.

Great whites are pursued by trophy-hunting fishermen for sport and for their jaws, which can fetch tens of thousands of dollars.

Otherwise, some other action would be pursued instead.

Many other brilliant, dedicated and determined women have pursued science over the years.

Wagner said he pursued another suit against a bulk e-mailer in small claims court last year but lost the case.

With the government's meager resources swamped by demand, private providers have aggressively pursued students.

They divide into three strands, which the authors say must all be pursued at once.

Both superpowers pursued their space program in tandem with missile research and development.

Which in essance makes this a political agenda, that is if it were pursued.

He pursued his mate in the yard that morning with vigor.

Should the case proceed to trial, the truth or falsehood of these charges will certainly be pursued.

But as you might imagine, each group pursued a radically different strategy.

Partly because of that it has, for the past decade, pursued an unusually free-market approach towards electricity generation.

The video captured whisker movements as a seal pursued its prey.

Unfortunately, it hasn't been pursued with the cash and enthusiasm one would expect.

In a curious predator-prey role reversal, the pronghorn antelope pursued a coyote across a knoll.

The different strategies pursued by these firms presents a puzzle.

One approach being pursued by researchers is to imitate nature.

They would have pursued dinosaurs on land with agility.

Interesting article, too brief, not enough information on a spectrum of technologies that are being pursued.

Most runaway slaves fled to freedom in the dead of night, often pursued by barking bloodhounds.

Apple has vigorously pursued companies and individuals in the past to protect its copyright and trademark.

The prosecutor who initially pursued the lacrosse players, who was then up for election, is now facing disciplinary proceedings.

Preventing radon from coming into the home is possible and should be pursued.

Of course the alternatives turned out to be many times as expensive as the actions that were not pursued.

Violence between pursuers and pursued has been minimal.

That's exactly the strategy that al-Qaida's pursued.

Ships' hulls are kept clean using poisonous chemicals, but a number of cleaner alternatives are being pursued.

We simply shifted our camp and pursued our research with different individuals.

Feynman pursued the task in his own, equally uncharacteristic way.

Those who enjoy roadside fig hunting may be in paradise here, though the sport should be pursued with respect and restraint.

Pasteur pursued his germ theory, which posited that germs attack the body from the outside.

Cuba's communist government has pursued this chimera in vain for decades.

He trotted around adjusting the camera and lights, comically pursued by the guards, again and again.

Making people sensitive to art should be pursued more in education than religion.

It has pursued a more vigorous foreign policy in its neighbourhood.

He was off to the races and the team and our crew pursued.

He said he was pursued by a band of men who wanted to kill him.

The ivory-billed woodpecker, a majestic bird long thought to be extinct and long pursued by.

Pursued by the paparazzi, he lost control, smashing the car into a concrete pillar.

Above all, he pursued his interests so far that he often made new discoveries.

He kicked aside the hoops that everyone else had to negotiate and straightforwardly and brazenly pursued what he wanted.

Sumler was being pursued and had drawn a weapon, but there was no mention of it being pointed at an officer.

The question of what they are actually trying to monitor is a valid one and should be aggressively pursued by the media.

Hildreth, yesterday finally conquered the hoodoo that had pursued them for some time and the famous white and.

She planned to teach in the field and juggled a full-time job and family duties as she pursued her degree.

All four have pursued roughly the same strategy in recent years.

Palacio pursued his musical ambitions in a series of high school bands, covering a diversity of popular music from abroad.

No one's seriously pursued it, however, because the process is secondary to producing compounds the algae need to live.

She learned months ago that the university had rejected her bid for tenure, and since then she had pursued a series of appeals.

The emerging discipline of psychiatric epidemiology has pursued this connection with particular.

Throughout it all, this queen of scream has pursued roles with an intellectual heft that can be lacking in genre projects.

Various free-trade agreements are still being pursued.

Bath began her scientific career in cancer research as a teenager and then pursued ophthalmology in medical school.

In fact, it seems that this lead was publicly presented years ago and not pursued.

Engineers have pursued scramjet technology because it could allow rocket-speed travel but with considerable savings in weight.

Moreover some of the paramilitaries are being pursued by a police cold-cases squad for past murders.

They have also been pursued for centuries for their rich, buttery flesh.

Laboratory research is still being pursued to identify possible mechanisms ofinteraction.

With credit conditions tighter, more companies will be pursued by their creditors.

The approach the conservation programme pursued was revolutionary for its time.

Iceman pursued his online enterprise with ruthless zeal.

Hungary's central bank has pursued an ultra-tight monetary policy to compensate for the government's fiscal laxity.

Every government that could pursued nuclear armaments in order to keep even with their fears of real and imagined adversaries.

Nixon and his team have pursued using ears as one biometric for.

Yet he pursued all these projects enthusiastically and rode roughshod over any objections, especially if they came from lawyers.

It's about whether it should be the only thing pursued.

However, this route is already being pursued for medical tests.

Education should be pursued for the sake of education, and not for the sake of earning a living.

Another field where patenting is pursued aggressively is semiconductors.

Mao pursued the same reckless course, only with even bigger collective farms.

Vietnam had a two-child policy, pursued half-heartedly.

Italy's two big banks have pursued different paths over the past half-decade.

Of course, much will depend on the policies pursued by the new government.

Brands have pursued product placement for years, cutting deals to get sodas and sports cars in movies and on television.

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Word Origin & History

pursue

late 13c., "to follow with hostile intent," from Anglo-Fr. pursuer, from O.Fr. poursuir (Mod. Fr. poursuivre), variant of porsivre, from V.L. *prosequare, from L. prosequi "follow up" (cf. prosecute), from pro- "forward" + sequi "follow" (see sequel). Meaning "to proceed,

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to follow" (a path, etc.), usually figurative, is from late 14c. Related: Pursuing.

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