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Definition of pursuit - 2 dictionary results

pur⋅suit

[per-soot]
–noun
1. the act of pursuing: in pursuit of the fox.
2. an effort to secure or attain; quest: the pursuit of happiness.
3. any occupation, pastime, or the like, in which a person is engaged regularly or customarily: literary pursuits.

Origin:
1300–50; ME < AF purseute ≪ VL *prōsequita for L prōsecūta, fem. of prōsecūtus, ptp. of prōsequī to pursue; cf. suit


1. chase, hunt. 2. search. 3. activity, preoccupation, inclination.
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pur·suit   (pər-sōōt')   
n.  
  1. The act or an instance of chasing or pursuing.

  2. The act of striving: the pursuit of higher education.

  3. An activity, such as a vocation or hobby, engaged in regularly.


[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman pursuite, from pursure, to pursue; see pursue.]
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