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pursuant

/pəˈsjuː.ənt/US/pɚˈsu.ənt/

pursuant adjective: that pursues.

Adjective

pursuant (comparative more pursuant, superlative most pursuant)

  1. That pursues.
    • Montmorency looked on for a moment, then, whistling softly to himself, turned his back on the table and strolled towards the window, avoiding Madame Nina's pursuant eye.1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados
  2. In conformance to, or in agreement with; used with to.
    • And pursuant to this idea of a holiday, he insisted upon playing cards after we had eaten.1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann

Adverb

pursuant (comparative more pursuant, superlative most pursuant)

  1. Accordingly; consequently.

pursuant meaning in Urdu, Bengali and Arabic

pursuant in Urdu

وبال جان

pursuant in Bengali

অনুসারী, অনুসারিণী

pursuant in Arabic

accordingly, consequently
عَمَلاً بِ ʕamalan bi

Examples of pursuant in a sentence

  • Nesterenko – a Soviet Communist from Russia – pursuant to the agreement made with the Russians at the first U.N.
  • Therefore, the statement of claim offends the rules of pleading and ought to be struck out pursuant to Queen’s Bench Rule 25.11(b).
  • All moneys deposited in the honey fund shall, subject to legislative appropriation, be expended by the commissioner for use pursuant to this Act.

All 10 example sentences with pursuant

Forms of pursuant

Adjective
comparativemore pursuant
superlativemost pursuant
alternative formpursuaunt
Adverb
comparativemore pursuant
superlativemost pursuant

Origin of pursuant

Anglo-Norman pursuant, present participle of pursure. Doublet of pursuivant.

Words formed from pursuant

Questions about pursuant

What does pursuant mean?
Pursuant means that pursues.
What is pursuant in Urdu?
Pursuant in Urdu is وبال جان. See Pursuant meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is pursuant?
Pursuant can be an adjective or an adverb.
How do you pronounce pursuant?
Pursuant is pronounced /pəˈsjuː.ənt/ (UK).

Words near pursuant in the dictionary

  1. pursuable
  2. pursual
  3. pursuals
  4. pursuance
  5. pursuances
  6. pursuant
  7. pursuantly
  8. pursuaunt
  9. pursue
  10. pursued
  11. pursuee

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: pursuant (page history and authors); pursuant (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pursuant (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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