pursue

present (v1)

pursue

past (v2)

pursued

past participle (v3)

pursued

present participle

pursuing

3rd person singular

pursues

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

   • He now feared for his life, and believed US intelligence agents would pursue him.

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

   • Her rival pursued a quite different course.

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

   • He even stands to gain in world terms: his noisy critics strengthen his projected image of a man determined to pursue peace with Palestinians.

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

   • The Kedarites are depicted as herders of sheep and goats who pursued a seminomadic existence and lived scattered over a wide area of the desert region east of the land of Israel.

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