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Synonyms for pursue
pərˈsupur·sue
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
pursue
Anything that comes after or goes after another, either in space or in time, is said to follow it. A servant follows or attends his master; a victorious general may follow the retiring enemy merely to watch and hold him in check; he chases or pursues with intent to overtake and attack; the chase is closer and hotter than the pursuit. (Compare synonyms for HUNT.) One event may follow another either with or without special connection; if it ensues, there is some orderly connection; as, the ensuing year; if it results from another, there is some relation of effect, consequence, or inference. A clerk observes his employer's directions. A child obeys his parent's commands, follows or copies his example, imitates his speech and manners. The compositor follows copy; the incoming succeeds the outgoing official.
Synonyms:
accompany, attend, chase, come after, copy, ensue, follow, go after, heed, imitate, obey, observe, practise, result, succeed
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
prosecute, engage, pursueverb
carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in
"She pursued many activities"; "They engaged in a discussion"
Synonyms:
rent, quest for, act on, prosecute, occupy, follow up on, engross, charter, mesh, operate, employ, absorb, engage, go after, follow, affiance, hire, betroth, lock, take, wage, lease, quest after, plight, enlistpursue, followverb
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"
Synonyms:
conform to, play along, go after, espouse, travel along, keep an eye on, fall out, quest after, adopt, survey, comply, come after, abide by, follow up on, be, watch over, take after, keep up, prosecute, watch, keep abreast, follow, act on, stick to, observe, surveil, succeed, accompany, come, postdate, trace, stick with, quest for, engagequest for, go after, quest after, pursueverb
go in search of or hunt for
"pursue a hobby"
Synonyms:
give chase, act on, prosecute, chase after, follow up on, quest for, chase, dog, tail, engage, go after, follow, trail, quest after, track, tagpursue, follow up on, act onverb
carry further or advance
"Can you act on this matter soon?"
Synonyms:
act on, engage, quest for, prosecute, quest after, follow up on, follow, go after
Editors Contribution
reach for
to go after something
i wanted to pursue my dreams
seek out
i aim to seek out or pursue my objectives in college.
Submitted by atomikjypsy on October 27, 2020
Dictionary of English Synonymes
pursueverb
Synonyms:
follow, chase, hunt, track, hound, go after, give chase topursueverb
Synonyms:
continue, prosecute, conduct, keep up, carry on, persist in, engage in, follow uppursueverb
Synonyms:
seek, strive for, try to obtain
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#19 | be | |
#246 | take | |
#504 | come | |
#611 | result | |
#701 | track | |
#871 | watch | |
#1016 | copy | |
#1047 | dog | |
#1056 | continue | |
#1164 | follow | |
#1288 | survey | |
#1637 | rent | |
#2007 | continued | |
#2197 | hire | |
#2454 | tag | |
#2645 | conduct | |
#2866 | achieve | |
#3035 | continuing | |
#3171 | seek | |
#3241 | mesh | |
#3242 | trail | |
#3411 | lock | |
#3594 | implement | |
#3607 | attend | |
#3789 | charter | |
#3943 | operate | |
#4128 | lease | |
#4878 | hunt | |
#5119 | comply | |
#5323 | wage | |
#5503 | trace | |
#5628 | proceed | |
#5639 | adopt | |
#5752 | chase | |
#5936 | tail | |
#6220 | engage | |
#7546 | pursue | |
#7561 | succeed | |
#7591 | observe | |
#9099 | employ | |
#9347 | undertake | |
#9574 | pursuit | |
#10843 | continuation | |
#11409 | pursuing | |
#12721 | accompany | |
#14320 | obey | |
#15816 | absorb | |
#15899 | occupy | |
#19286 | practise | |
#22266 | plight | |
#23715 | heed | |
#24818 | prosecute | |
#32164 | imitate | |
#32537 | enlist | |
#48782 | ensue | |
#65039 | persecute | |
#71825 | espouse | |
#160224 | surveil | |
#227312 | postdate | |
#233923 | engross | |
#319633 | betroth |
How to use pursue in a sentence?
I can tell you categorically that a health care provider never wants to be in a position of having to sue one of his patients for money that should've been paid by the patient's insurance company, this insurance company practice unnecessarily brings its own member into the dispute -- and forces the provider to pursue the patient for the money.
I asked an experienced elder who had profited by his knowledge of the world, ?What course should I pursue to obtain prosperity?? He replied, ?Contentment?if you are able, practise contentment.?
My dad gave up so much, he came with so little and he sacrificed everything for me to help me pursue this dream of mine.
The melting of sea ice, for example, will result in... the possibility to develop newly accessible oil and gas reserves, we seek to pursue these opportunities in a smart, sustainable way that preserves the Arctic environment and ecosystem.
It almost feels like they were tasked for specific things, the tenacity of these groups is something often overlooked in these reports; they don't stop. If you're a target of interest, that interest doesn't stop when you wipe the malware off the computers. ... They're going to continue to pursue it regardless of what the defenders do.
Translations for pursue
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- لاحقArabic
- pronásledovatCzech
- nachgehen, folgen, verfolgenGerman
- seguir, perseguir, apuntar aSpanish
- ahdistaa, harjoittaa, ajaa takaa, seurata, pyrkiäFinnish
- poursuivreFrench
- आगे बढ़ानेHindi
- űz, hajszol, üldöz, gyakorol, folytatHungarian
- հետապնդել, մասնակցել, նպատակ հետապնդելArmenian
- mengejarIndonesian
- cercare, perseguitare, attendere, praticare, tormentare, perseguire, inseguireItalian
- לרדוףHebrew
- បន្ត, តាមដេញ, មានគោលបំណងKhmer
- 뒤쫓다Korean
- volgen, najagen, achtervolgen, beoefenenDutch
- forfølgeNorwegian
- ścigaćPolish
- perseguir, procurarPortuguese
- urmăriRomanian
- преследоватьRussian
- förföljaSwedish
- ไล่ตามThai
- kovalamak, hedeflemek, başlamakTurkish
- پیچھا کرناUrdu
- porshuve, portchessî, fé, kitchessî, pratikerWalloon
- 追求Chinese
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