pursue
pursue is a 6-letter English word with 13 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To follow with a view to overtake; to follow eagerly, or with haste; to chase; as, to pursue a hare. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- transitive verb. To follow with a view to overtake; to follow eagerly, or with haste; to chase; as, to pursue a hare.
- transitive verb. To seek; to use or adopt measures to obtain; as, to pursue a remedy at law.
- transitive verb. To proceed along, with a view to some and or object; to follow; to go in; as, Captain Cook pursued a new route; the administration pursued a wise course.
- transitive verb. To prosecute; to be engaged in; to continue.
- transitive verb. To follow as an example; to imitate.
- transitive verb. To follow with enmity; to persecute; to call to account.
- intransitive verb. To go in pursuit; to follow.
- intransitive verb. To go on; to proceed, especially in argument or discourse; to continue.
- intransitive verb. To follow a matter judicially, as a complaining party; to act as a prosecutor.
- verb. go in search of or hunt for
"pursue a hobby"
- verb. 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. carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in
"She pursued many activities"
"They engaged in a discussion"
- verb. carry further or advance
"Can you act on this matter soon?"
Synonyms
Common word forms
pursued, pursuer, pursues, pursuing
Words from these letters
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