pursuance
noun
1 pursuance
A search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria:
— Life is more than the pursuance of fame.
synonyms: pursuit, quest.
Roget 622:
pursuit;
pursuing
etc.
v.;
prosecution;
pursuance;
enterprise
etc.
(undertaking)
676;
business
etc.
625;
adventure
etc.
(essay)
675;
quest
etc.
(search)
461;
scramble,
hue and cry,
game;
hobby;
still-hunt.
chase,
hunt,
battue†,
race,
steeple chase,
hunting,
coursing;
venation,
venery;
fox chase;
sport,
sporting;
shooting,
angling,
fishing,
hawking;
shikar
(Geog loc:India).
pursuer;
hunter,
huntsman;
shikari
(Geog loc:India),
sportsman,
Nimrod;
hound
etc.
366.
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Polish: pogoĊ, gonitwa
2 pursuance
The continuance of something begun with a view to its completion.
synonym: prosecution.
Moby thesaurus: chase, chasing, continualness, continuance, continuation, continuity, dogging, endurance, extension, follow, follow-up, following, heeling, hounding, hue and cry, hunting, lengthening, maintenance, perpetuation, perseverance, persistence, progress, progression, prolongation, prosecution, protraction, pursual, pursuing, pursuit, quest, repetition, run, search, searching, seeking, sequel, sequence, series, shadowing, stalking, staying power, straight course, sustained action, sustenance, tailing, tracking, tracking down, trailing, uninterrupted course, unremittingness, way ... show more.
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