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pursue

verb

1 pursue

Carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in:
— She pursued many activities.

synonyms: engage, prosecute.

Roget 286: approach, approximate, appropinquate; near; get near, go near, draw near; come to close quarters, come near; move towards, set in towards; drift; make up to; ... show more

Roget 461: make inquiry etc. n.; inquire, ask, seek, search.    look for, look about for, look out for; scan, reconnoiter, explore, sound, ... show more

Roget 620: intend, purpose, design, mean; have to; propose to oneself; harbor a design; have in view, have in contemplation, have in one's eye, have in petto; have an eye to.    bid for, labor for; ... show more

Roget 622: pursue, prosecute, follow; run after, make after, be after, hunt after, prowl after; shadow; carry on etc. (do) 680; engage in ... show more

Roget 143: continue, persist; go on, jog on, keep on, run on, hold on; abide, keep, pursue, stick to its course, take its course, maintain its course; carry on, ... show more

Dutch: beoefenen, najagen

2 pursue

Follow in or as if in pursuit:
— The police car pursued the suspected attacker.

synonym: follow.

Roget 281: follow; pursue etc. 622; go after, fly after.    attend, beset, dance attendance on, dog; tread in the steps of, tread close upon; be in the wake of, ... show more

Dutch: rijbewijs, achtervolgen, volgen

3 pursue

Go in search of or hunt for:
— Pursue a hobby.

synonyms: go after, quest after, quest for.

4 pursue

Carry further or advance.

synonyms: act on, follow up on.


Moby thesaurus: address, adhere to, angle for, ask for, aspire to, badger, bait, be into, be strong in, beat about for, beau, bedog, beset, carry on, chase, chase after, chevy, chivy, come after, come behind ... show more.

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