- the act of pursuing
- an occupation, career, interest, etc. to which one devotes time and energy
Origin of pursuit
Middle English purseute from Old French poursuite
noun
- An example of pursuit is the quest for happiness.
- An example of pursuit is when you chase behind someone to try to catch him.
- An example of pursuit is playing tennis, which is a leisure pursuit.
Pursuit is the act of following something, either to catch it or to engage in a specific activity.
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noun
- The act or an instance of chasing or pursuing: the pursuit of the suspect by the police.
- The act of striving to gain or accomplish something: the pursuit of wealth; the pursuit of higher education.
- An activity, such as a vocation or hobby, engaged in regularly.
Origin of pursuit
Middle English from Anglo-Norman pursuite from pursure to pursue ; see pursue .THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural pursuits)
- The act of pursuing.
- Unremitting pursuit of wealth doesn't bring happiness, particularly if successful.
- A hobby or recreational activity, done regularly.
- (cycling) A discipline in track cycling where two opposing teams start on opposite sides of the track and try to catch their opponents.
Origin
Old French poursuite, from the verb porsuir (“to pursue").
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Sentence Examples
- The sounds of pursuit grew fainter.
- The pursuit of the Russian army, about which Napoleon was so concerned, produced an unheard-of result.
- Apellicon's chief pursuit was the collection of rare and important books.
- Sounds of pursuit came from a few floors down, blocking her escape.
- Colonel Swayne was not able to continue the pursuit, and returned to Berbera.
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