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Plural of pursuit

regular plural

The plural of pursuit is pursuits.

Forms of pursuit

Singularpursuit /pəˈsjuːt/
Pluralpursuits
Countablecountable and uncountable

Pursuits in a sentence

  • Tragic, too, is the gradual deskilling of teachers, loss of excitement about the profession, and loss of gifted teachers to other pursuits.From the entry deskill
  • The purpose of physical alchemy—as opposed to its various spiritual pursuits—was to treat the supposed leprosity of base metals such as lead, refining and purifying them into gold.From the entry alchemy
  • The purpose of physical alchemy—as opposed to its various spiritual pursuits—was to treat the leprosity of base metals such as lead, refining and purifying them into gold.From the entry leprosity
  • For all this sang-froid, Professor Frankfurt was heartfelt in his philosophical pursuits.2023 July 17, James Ryerson, “Harry G. Frankfurt, Philosopher With a Surprise Best Seller, Dies at 94”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry sang-froid
  • I'm one that enjoys intellectual pursuits for my own entertainment, but not all sapios do.2023 December 27, u/booksandpassion, “Question, are the fellow sapiosexuals also intelligent?”, in Reddit, r/sapiosexuals, archived from…. From the entry sapio

Meaning of pursuit

  1. noun The act of pursuing.
  2. noun A hobby or recreational activity, done regularly.
  3. noun A discipline in track cycling where two opposing teams start on opposite sides of the track and try to catch their opponents.

Full definition of pursuit

Questions about the plural of pursuit

What is the plural of pursuit?
The plural of pursuit is pursuits.
Is pursuit countable?
Pursuit is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pursuit (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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