pursue
part of speech
verb (pursue, pursues, pursued, pursuing)
meaning for a pupil
1) To pursue means to chase or follow someone or something to catch them. tree →
2) To pursue a goal, hobby or job means to try to do it or achieve it over a long time. tree →
3) (formal) To pursue a matter means to keep asking about it or dealing with it. tree →
4) To pursue your way means to carry on along a path or journey. tree →
sense in the lessons
In stories: police pursue a thief; a fox pursues a rabbit. In everyday and school life: pursue a dream, pursue a career in science. Phrases: pursue a dream, pursue a career, in hot pursuit.
examples
- The police pursued the robbers through the streets. tree →
- The cat pursued the mouse under the bed. tree →
- She wants to pursue a career as a doctor. tree →
- Never stop pursuing your dreams. tree →
- He decided not to pursue the matter. tree →
- The dogs pursued the deer into the woods. tree →
- And so she pursued her way. tree →
note
Spelling trap: pur-sue (not "persue"). Noun: pursuit. Formal word for chase or follow. In maths chase problems: if the pursuer is faster, the gap closes by the difference in speeds each hour.
In the corpora
- "Pursuing other opportunities" in a company announcement usually means fired or pushed to quit.
- And when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.
- So Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines; therefore they called that place Sela-hammahlekoth.
- After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.
- And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «pursue» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.