pursuit
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| —n | |
| 1. | a. the act of pursuing, chasing, or striving after |
| b. (as modifier): a pursuit plane | |
| 2. | an occupation, hobby, or pastime |
| 3. | (in cycling) a race in which the riders set off at intervals along the track and attempt to overtake each other |
| [C14: from Old French poursieute, from poursivre to prosecute, | |
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Word Origin & History
pursuit
late 14c., "persecution," from Anglo-Fr. purseute, from O.Fr. porsuite (early 14c.), from porsivre (see pursue). Meaning "action of pursuit" attested from early 15c.; sense of "one's profession, recreation, etc." first recorded 1520s.
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Example sentences
The act of in search of a perfect theory in itself is already a pursuit of failure.
Aside from the pursuit of war and some shifting definition of victory, everything else is a political sideshow for him.
Coming into better focus through rigorous scientific pursuit across many disciplines.
Others wonder if the obsessive pursuit of happiness is itself making people miserable.
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