pursue
To follow urgently, originally with intent to capture or harm; to chase.
Example
“pursue one's dreams”
Other meanings
To follow, travel down (a particular way, course of action etc.).
“Her rival pursued a quite different course.”
To aim for, go after (a specified objective, situation etc.).
Synonyms
- follow
Related words
- mispursue
- overpursue
- pursuable
- pursuance
- pursuee
- repursue
- unpursued
- pursuingly
- unpursuing
- pursuer
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "prōsequor".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “pursue” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.