pursuit
Roget category 622
5. Words relating to the voluntary powers› 5.2. Prospective volition
›› 5.2.1. Conceptional volition
#622.
[Purpose in action.]
Pursuit
noun
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.
verb
pursue,
prosecute,
follow —
run after,
make after,
be after,
hunt after,
prowl after —
shadow —
carry on
etc.
(do)
680 —
engage in
etc.
(undertake)
676 —
set about
etc.
(begin)
66 —
endeavor
etc.
675 —
court
etc.
(request)
765 —
seek
etc.
(search)
461 —
aim at
etc.
(intention)
620 —
follow the trail
etc.
(trace)
461 —
fish for
etc.
(experiment)
463 —
press on
etc.
(haste)
684 —
run a race
etc.
(velocity)
274.
chase,
give chase,
course,
dog,
hunt,
hound —
tread on the heels,
follow on the heels of,
etc.
(sequence)
281.
rush upon —
rush headlong
etc.
(violence)
173,
ride full tilt at,
run full tilt at —
make a leap at,
jump at,
snatch at run down —
start game.
tread a path —
take a course,
hold a course —
shape one's steps,
direct one's steps,
bend one's steps,
course —
play a game —
fight one's way,
elbow one's way —
follow up —
take to,
take up —
go in for —
ride one's hobby.
adjective
pursuing
etc.
v. —
in quest of
etc.
(inquiry)
461 —
in pursuit,
in full cry,
in hot pursuit —
on the scent.
adverb
in pursuance of
etc.
(intention)
620 —
after.
interjection
tallyho!,
yoicks!,
soho! †,
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