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pursue English

Meaning pursue meaning

What does pursue mean?
Definitions in simple English

pursue Verb

— If you pursue a job or hobby, you do it for a long time. The band motivated her to pursue a career in music. — If you pursue someone or something, you try to reach, catch or get it.

pursue

— verb (= engage) carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in She pursued many activities They engaged in a discussion — verb (= follow) follow in or as if in pursuit The police car pursued the suspected attacker Her bad deed followed her and haunted her dreams all her life — verb go in search of or hunt for pursue a hobby — verb (= act on) carry further or advance Can you act on this matter soon?

Synonyms pursue synonyms

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pursue English » English

chase follow run after hunt go after persecute chase after seek prosecute track drive drive on trail shoo push propel impel hound carry on actuate trace chase away thrust run practise overtake follow closely drive away come after aspire try strive stalk send away seek after search after search run towards quest for quest after proceed make after implement hunt down harass follow up on follow up engage dismiss continue

Topics pursue topics

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Social behavior Government Government functions Police

Arrest
Physical actions Move

Pursue

Conjugation pursue conjugation

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pursue · verb

Examples pursue examples

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Simple sentences

If I were in good health, I could pursue my studies.
The opposites yin and yang pursue each other through time.
Tom put his career on the back burner and became a house husband, to enable Mary to pursue her career.
I plan to pursue a career in international finance.
Many women pursue higher education and careers, thus delaying marriage and childbirth.
Strive for profit and pursue nothing else.
Do you intend to pursue your education?

Movie subtitles

We are going to pursue.
I wanted her to let Sophie pursue her passion again.
If I'm being honest with myself, I have been cheating for a while, probably since I decided to pursue a friendship with you, knowing that my feelings were not entirely friendly.
To that end, the Steinem Publishing Group is offering what we consider an appropriate amount, in exchange for Ms. Stanley agreeing not to pursue the matter further.
They are men who use to pursue that.
Never pursue her.
Let her pursue you.
But in my official capacity, I have no alternative but to pursue his accusation.
Well, all this is leading into a very interesting and deep-dish discussion which I haven't time to pursue at the moment.
The result is, we live in peace, without arms or armies, secure in the knowledge that we are free from aggression and war, free to pursue more profitable enterprises.
Join us and live in peace, or pursue your present course and face obliteration.
Pursue and slay!
But if the empire and the emperor pursue the course of aggression and slavery that have brought agony and despair to the world, if there's nothing left but chains and hunger, then my king will march to right those wrongs.
We'll join forces to pursue and destroy Geronimo.
Thanks to this discovery he established his name even more so, which helped him pursue his plans for further research on the Milky Way Galaxy in collaboration with institutions abroad.
They hope to throw mankind into chaos by fabricating a nonexistent enemy for us to pursue.
We should have stayed like we were in the beginning, when we loved each other but didn't pursue it.
Before I knew what was happening he was already sentenced. What do you think, Jean, made Quasimodo pursue the girl?
Why do you pursue me?
They pursue it to blot it out, forget it.
With your permission, we will not pursue this conversation.
No man should wear armor so heavy that he can't move quickly. to save himself or to pursue his enemy and destroy him.
Edwina, we drove down here to enjoy ourselves, and to pursue an important scientific experiment.
But in my official capacity, I have no alternative but to pursue his accusations.
Asleep, I pursue my dream.
But you were wrong to call the gendarmes. They'll pursue this to the end.
Lives, liberties, happinesses. Pursue them where you will.
I pursue art to help me forget that life is not worth pursuing.
Leo Kardos is hereby awarded a scholarship which will enable him to pursue the study of music for the next five years.
That's all right. I've told Laurel you used to pursue me.
My sister feels as long as there's a chance, she must pursue it.
If you continue to pursue this romance. and if you take the kid in hand, leading her to a villa that I've set up.
Pursue vehicle in direction given, continue to patrol.
Kitahara! Pursue it!
And if our peoples continue to pursue the ways of hate. then war upon war will return. until we will become the destroyers of the world.
I'm sure he didn't mean. -I'm not asking you to look the other way. I'm asking you what good is it going to do to pursue this policy?
Did I ever pursue you?

News and current affairs

Allowing countries to pursue their own policies in these areas encourages competitiveness.
At the same time, it is important to pursue international efforts to develop rules of the road that can limit conflict.
At the Millennium Assembly in 2000, the US promised to pursue reduction of global poverty, yet it has taken few steps in that direction.
But, in order to succeed, Turkey must firmly pursue a pledge from all the region's players to repudiate the use of force in settling their disputes.
Officials will have to put aside short-term motives and party orthodoxy to bolster America's aging infrastructure, reform its education and immigration systems, and pursue long-term fiscal consolidation.
Those true believers argue that America's consumers can long pursue their spendthrift ways because their country's economy is better than everyone else's.
But indifference becomes appeasement when it encourages Putin to pursue his lawless ways in the international arena, as in his current campaign to strangle Georgia's economy.
But they should pursue smart consolidation rather than unthinking austerity.
But China's rulers know that their highly repressed banking system is vulnerable as the country continues to pursue gradual financial liberalization, and that foreign currency reserves may be needed for recapitalization.
The IMF will work hard to shift blame - there will be allegations of corruption, and it will be said that Argentina did not pursue needed measures.
Both countries have many reasons to pursue this goal, considering North Korea's missile and nuclear programs, terrorism, and the numerous challenges to stability around the world.
The ECB should pursue a much looser monetary policy to jump-start growth, with a weaker euro to help boost the periphery's competitiveness.
In a well functioning democracy, electoral competition between government and opposition induces the government to pursue efficient policies.
Advocates of the EU's policy often argue that we should pursue such policies nonetheless, because there is a risk that global warming will be much more severe than currently expected.
In Europe, the Kremlin has been able to pursue a successful divide-and-rule strategy, particularly in view of Hungary's decision to suspend gas flows to Ukraine.
It is true, of course, that these governments often pursue different goals, for political, military, and other reasons.
At least in the case of the Murdoch empire, it now appears that they pursue long and binding relationships with politicians and the police as well.
America's next president must also improve engagement with citizens, whose widespread disaffection constrains - or allows - US leaders to pursue a weak foreign policy.
And, with headwinds from Europe and a synchronized global slowdown, the candidates will have no choice but to pursue, at least initially, similar economic policies to restore dynamic job creation and financial stability.
Victims of UAV attacks, their families, and civil-society groups have begun to speak out against America's questionable drone campaign, and to pursue legal action.
But opportunities to pursue the necessary policies have not been grasped.
There are those who truly believe in the idea that America is exceptional. Those true believers argue that America's consumers can long pursue their spendthrift ways because their country's economy is better than everyone else's.
But, in order to displace the US and assume the mantle of leadership in Asia, China must do more than pursue its own interests or contain potential rivals.
Rather than continuing to pursue piecemeal measures like those that it has just approved, the government needs to implement an integrated and targeted strategy for the reactivation of investment, employment, and trade.
Other players on the grand chessboard of Asian geopolitics also are seeking to formulate new equations, as they concurrently pursue strategies of hedging, balancing, and bandwagoning.
Each of them could pursue game-changing initiatives if only they could summon the necessary statesmanship.
Finally, political leaders must consistently pursue this agenda at the international, regional, national, and local levels.

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