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pursuit
/pɝˈsut/
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What does pursuit mean?
noun
- The act of pursuing.
- A hobby or recreational activity, done regularly.
- A discipline in track cycling where two opposing teams start on opposite sides of the track and try to catch their opponents.
More meanings (1)
noun
- (obsolete) prosecution
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IPA pronunciation
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See this word in context.
Tarzan took to the trees in pursuit, and in a few moments came in view of the men desperately striving to escape.
She could go there after anything unpleasant below, and find immediate consolation in some pursuit, or some train of thought at hand.
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This was my answer with respect to those youths who were bent on this pursuit, trusting that they would soon outgrow it.
As much wealth was gained by the pursuit of the revived iron manufacture in Sussex, iron-mills rapidly extended over the ore-yielding district.
As regards the pursuit of riches and pleasures, we yet further discover in one a princely, in the other a tyrannical disposition.