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pursuepursue /pɚˈsu/ ●●○ AWL verb [transitive] ETYMOLOGYpursueOrigin: 1300-1400 Anglo-French pursuer, from Old French poursuir, from Latin prosequi to follow and try to catch VERB TABLEpursue |
| Present | I, you, we, they | pursue | | he, she, it | pursues | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | pursued | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have pursued | | he, she, it | has pursued | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had pursued | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will pursue | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have pursued |
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| Present | I | am pursuing | | he, she, it | is pursuing | | you, we, they | are pursuing | | Past | I, he, she, it | was pursuing | | you, we, they | were pursuing | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been pursuing | | he, she, it | has been pursuing | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been pursuing | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be pursuing | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been pursuing |
► pursue a career in After college, Jeffrey hopes to pursue a career in medicine. THESAURUSgo behind/after► followa) to walk, drive, run, etc. behind or after someone else: They followed us in their car. The president was followed by a crowd of photographers.b) to go closely behind someone in order to find out where he or she is going: The man followed her home. ► chase to quickly follow someone or something in order to catch him, her, or it: The store’s owner chased the thief down the street. ► pursue formal to chase someone or something: The police pursued the car for ten miles before stopping it. ► run after to chase someone or something on foot: She started to leave, and Smith ran after her. ► trail to follow a short distance behind someone, often because you do not want to walk with him or her: Kenny walked down the block with his little brother trailing behind him. ► tail informal to secretly watch and follow someone such as a criminal: Police have been tailing the drug dealer for weeks. ► track to search for a person or animal by following a smell or marks on the ground: The police used dogs to track the missing girl. ► stalk to follow a person or animal quietly in order to catch, attack, or kill him, her, or it. You can also use stalk to mean to follow and watch someone a lot, in a way that is very annoying or frightening: The tiger was stalking its prey. One of the singer’s fans was arrested for stalking her. ► hunt to follow an animal in order to catch and kill it: In the book, Captain Ahab hunts the white whale called Moby Dick. 1to continue doing an activity or trying to achieve something over a long period of time: After college, Jeffrey hopes to pursue a career in medicine.2to chase or follow someone or something, in order to catch him, her, or it SYN chase: Police pursued the suspect for 20 minutes.► see thesaurus at follow3pursue the matter/argument/question to continue trying to ask about, find out about, or persuade someone about a particular subject: Vardell pursued the matter in court, and won.4to keep trying to persuade someone to have a relationship with you SYN chase: Carol’s been pursuing him for months. [Origin: 1300–1400 Anglo-French pursuer, from Old French poursuir, from Latin prosequi to follow and try to catch] |