Word Finder - pursue

definition

To follow urgently, originally with intent to capture or harm; to chase.

definition

To follow, travel down (a particular way, course of action etc.).

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Her rival pursued a quite different course.

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To aim for, go after (a specified objective, situation etc.).

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To participate in (an activity, business etc.); to practise, follow (a profession).

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To act as a legal prosecutor.

I really want to pursue this, but I don't know how.

If so, she didn't give him time to pursue anything else for the next three days.

This was a relationship she might want to pursue if he wasn't involved in something illegal.

I am simply curious at what cost you are willing to pursue your goal.

All fishes of the mackerel family are strictly carnivorous; they unceasingly pursue their prey, which consists principally of other fish and pelagic crustaceans.

Best of luck as you pursue a new career.

In spite of his numerous engagements, Burnell found time to aggrandize his bishopric, to provide liberally for his nephews and other kinsmen, and to pursue his cherished but futile aim of founding a great family.

Darian debated whether to pursue or let her go.

Both men felt the old man had probably killed him, but Westlake's brief disclosure was insufficient to pursue the matter and as both men were dead, there was little incentive to do so.

The state was a vassal of a weak and distant empire, which would leave it virtually free to pursue its own career; it was an independent tributary of a near and powerful kingdom with which it could trade, and trade between east and west became henceforth the note of its development.

There's no reason for them to pursue this except to—never mind.

He has gone to them with word of his breaking allegiance to pursue his title without their mediation or interference.

An ample inherited fortune permitted him to pursue his studies undistracted by the necessity for earning a livelihood, and to maximize the results of his time and labour by the employment of amanuenses and secretaries.

The Solenopsis can make its way into the territory of the Formica to steal the larvae which serve it as food, but the Formica is too large to pursue the thief when it returns to its own galleries.

On the arrival of the Argonauts, Phineus promised to give them particulars of the course they should pursue and of the dangers that lay before them, if they would deliver him from his tormentors.

Cynthia used Martha's smile to pursue the reason for their questioning.

It was time to pursue his duties relentlessly to continue to build momentum.

Deep into the night he would continue his studies, stimulating his senses by occasional cups of wine, and even in his dreams problems would pursue him and work out their solution.

If poor nations decide to pursue what I will call the Japan strategy, importing all their food and developing other industry, then they become huge fans of farm subsidies in other countries.

I knew he desperately wanted to pursue Howie's never-before-encountered ability as far as it would go.

Cynthia turned to her husband with a look that said 'don't pursue it,' then announced, If we're going to get in some ice skating, we'd better get cracking.

And, if he found out she was meant to be his mate, he'd pursue her with the same wild determination he pursued Others.

Various species among those that are predaceous attack smaller insects, hunt in packs crustaceans larger than themselves, insert their narrow heads into snail-shells to pick out and devour the occupants, or pursue slugs and earthworms underground.

While Dean could have officially requested Fitzgerald to pursue the matter, his past experience was beginning to teach Dean when to keep his mouth shut.

The die was cast, which decreed that from 1579 onwards the northern and southern Netherlands were to pursue separate destinies.

Urged by such considerations, he once more turned his eyes to the scene of his early exile, where he might live on his decent patrimony in a style which was impossible in England, and pursue unembarrassed his literary studies.

From the beginning he recognized that government exists in order that the bulk of the population may pursue their daily work in peace and quiet, and that for a government to be successful it must be strong.

By refusing supplies they would put it out of the kings power to fulfil his engagements to that army, anti it would immediately pursue its onward march to claim its rights.

The first breach in the Liberal ranks had been made; and the government, after 1870, never again commanded the same united support which had enabled it to pursue its victorious career in the first two sessions of its existence.

Ample levels of government were available to pursue the matter.

However, I wasn't about to pursue that subject.

Moved here to pursue my acting career.

It aims to resolve conflicts by peaceful means and to pursue preventative diplomacy.

Nevertheless, she was determined to pursue her ambition to be a professional musician, and became the first solo percussionist.

Sworn assurances you or your people will not pursue our identity in any way and you'll do all in your power to protect our anonymity.

He must have thought it fruitless to pursue that angle so he moved on.

Greenie—and those he was working with—would be crazy not to pursue her, once they found out what she did.

In order to render an 'account of Tyndall's "residual blue" it is necessary to pursue the approximation further, taking for simplicity the case of spherical shape.

Nelson's destruction of the French fleet at the battle of the Nile disconcerted Bonaparte's plans; he hoped to pursue his designs through Syria, and laid siege to Acre, which, however, successfully held out.

But to pursue the tale of isolated instances would be wearisome.

The king wished to pursue a more conciliatory policy, without, however, yielding any one of the points in dispute between himself and the revolted Netherlanders.

I find it is funded by corporations, do-gooders, trust funds, individuals, and off shore ghost entities... unfortunately, too many names to pursue each and every one.

The bundles from the cotyledons pursue a direct course to the stele of the main axis, and do not assume the girdle-form char acteristic of the adult plant.

Owing to ill-health he applied for leave to reside at Wickham, and in 1712 he removed to London on the plea of poverty, intending to pursue a literary career.

It was determined in 1648 that the one of these two judicial authorities which first dealt with a case should alone have competence to pursue it.

In a matter of a couple of days, she not only accepted there was a chance to live, but she'd decided to pursue whatever she had to in order to guarantee it.

I'd like to pursue further experimental work on the rapid pressure swing adsorption process mentioned above.

To pursue aikido, or any martial art, as a path to self-improvement involves more than training.

She joined the events team at CFDG in order to pursue her career aspirations to work in the charity sector.

The police have failed to pursue a vigorous case against the alleged assailants.