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- Dictionarypursuit/pəˈsjuːt/
noun
- 1. the action of pursuing someone or something: "the cat crouched in the grass in pursuit of a bird" Similar
- 2. an activity of a specified kind, especially a recreational or sporting one: "a whole range of leisure pursuits" Similar
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The meaning of PURSUIT is the act of pursuing. How to use pursuit in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Pursuit.
PURSUIT definition: 1. an activity that you spend time doing, usually when you are not working: 2. the act of…. Learn more.
the act of trying to achieve a plan, activity, or situation, usually over a long period of time: the pursuit of happiness. The company is ruthless in its pursuit of profit.
noun. the act of pursuing: in pursuit of the fox. Synonyms: hunt, chase. an effort to secure or attain; quest: the pursuit of happiness. Synonyms: search. any occupation, pastime, or the like, in which a person is engaged regularly or customarily: literary pursuits. Synonyms: inclination, preoccupation, activity. pursuit. / pəˈsjuːt / noun.
the act of pursuing, chasing, or striving after. (as modifier): a pursuit plane. an occupation, hobby, or pastime. (in cycling) a race in which the riders set off at intervals along the track and attempt to overtake each other.
Your pursuit of something is your attempts at achieving it. If you do something in pursuit of a particular result, you do it in order to achieve that result.
A pursuit is a chase or a quest for something. When a guard runs after an escaping jewel thief, she's in pursuit — while the thief may have stolen the jewels because he was in pursuit of wealth.
Definition of pursuit noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. The act or an instance of chasing or pursuing: the pursuit of the suspect by the police. 2. The act of striving to gain or accomplish something: the pursuit of wealth; the pursuit of higher education. 3. An activity, such as a vocation or hobby, engaged in regularly.
an attempt to achieve a plan, activity, or situation, usually over a long period of time: the pursuit of pleasure. He left his native country in pursuit of freedom.
