pursuit
Syllables: pur·suit/pəˈsjuːt/
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British/pəˈʃʉwt/
pursuit noun: the act of pursuing.
Noun
pursuit (countable and uncountable, plural pursuits)
- The act of pursuing.
- Unremitting pursuit of wealth doesn't bring happiness, particularly if successful.
- Mother[…]considered that the exclusiveness of Peter's circle was due not to its distinction, but to the fact that it was an inner Babylon of prodigality and whoredom, from which every Kensingtonian held aloof, except on the conventional tip-and-run excursions in pursuit of shopping, tea and...1921, Ben Travers, chapter 2, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- pursual
- A hobby or recreational activity, done regularly.
- A discipline in track cycling where two opposing teams start on opposite sides of the track and try to catch their opponents.
- prosecution
- That pursuit for tithes ought, and of ancient time did pertain to the spiritual court.1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI)
pursuit meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
pursuit in Tamil
- தொழில், நாட்டம், துரத்திப் பிடித்தல், பின் தொடர்கை, பின்தொடர்கை, தொடர்தல்
pursuit in Urdu
- pursuit, following, devotion, obedience
- پیروی pairavī
pursuit in Bengali
- সাধনা, অনুসরণ, পশ্চাদ্ধাবন, অনুসৃতি, কার্য, ব্যবসায়
pursuit in Malayalam
- പിന്തുടരൽ
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- pursuit in Kannada
- ಬೆಂಬತ್ತಿಹೋಗುವುದು, ಹಿಂದಟ್ಟಿಕೊಂಡು ಹೋಗುವುದು, ಅಟ್ಟುಗೆ, ಅನುಸರಣೆ
- pursuit in Indonesian
- mengejar
Examples of pursuit in a sentence
- We ran down the street in pursuit of the errant dog.
- Some traders describe the pursuit of infinite yield as chasing the Yoogle.
- Tragic, too, is the gradual deskilling of teachers, loss of excitement about the profession, and loss of gifted teachers to other pursuits.
Synonyms of pursuit
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Forms of pursuit
| plural | pursuits |
|---|---|
| alternative form | poursuit |
| alternative form | pursuite |
| alternative form | pursiut |
Origin of pursuit
From Middle English pursuyte, from Old French poursuite, from the verb porsuir (“to pursue”).
Words formed from pursuit
Phrases with pursuit
Words that rhyme with pursuit
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- cute
- moot
- overshoot
- recruit
- salute
- volute
- dispute
- impute
- pollute
- scoot
- snoot
- substitute
- chute
- depute
- dilute
- hoot
- loot
- reboot
- scute
- uproot
- Beirut
- cahoot
- Clute
- convolute
- lute
- zoot
- ablute
- Aleut
- argute
- astute
- beaut
- bruit
- compute
- coot
- doot
- en route
- glout
- jute
- minute
- newt
- poot
- refute
- repute
- resolute
- 'tute
- angel lute
- butte
- cheroot
Questions about pursuit
- What does pursuit mean?
- Pursuit means the act of pursuing.
- What is pursuit in Tamil?
- Pursuit in Tamil is தொழில், நாட்டம், துரத்திப் பிடித்தல். See Pursuit meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is pursuit?
- Pursuit is a noun.
- How do you pronounce pursuit?
- Pursuit is pronounced /pəˈsjuːt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of pursuit?
- The plural of pursuit is pursuits.
Words near pursuit in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: pursuit (page history and authors); pursuit (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); پیروی (Urdu) (page history and authors); pursuit (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pursuit (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pursuit (Kannada 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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