pursue
pronunciation
How to pronounce pursue in British English:
UK [pəˈsjuː]
How to pronounce pursue in American English:
US [pərˈsuː]
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- Verb:
- carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in
- follow in or as if in pursuit
- go in search of or hunt for
- carry further or advance
Word Origin
- pursue
- pursue: [13] Pursue is first cousin to prosecute. Both go back ultimately to Latin prōsequī ‘follow up, pursue’. This led fairly directly to English prosecute, but it also seems to have had a Vulgar Latin descendant *prōsequere, which passed into English via Old French porsivre and Anglo-Norman pursuer as pursue.=> prosecute, sue, suit
- pursue (v.)
- late 13c., "to follow with hostile intent," from Anglo-French pursuer and directly from Old French poursuir (Modern French poursuivre), variant of porsivre "to chase, pursue, follow; continue, carry on," from Vulgar Latin *prosequare, from Latin prosequi "follow, accompany, attend; follow after, escort; follow up, pursue," from pro- "forward" (see pro-) + sequi "follow" (see sequel). Meaning "to proceed, to follow" (a path, etc.), usually figurative (a course of action, etc.), is from late 14c. This sense also was in Latin. Related: Pursued; pursuing. For sense, compare prosecute.
Example
- 1. The three main vectors apple might pursue are :
- 2. Two weeks later , tavares resigned his renault job " to pursue other personal projects . "
- 3. Another angle for the agency to pursue is getting some admissions in settlements .
- 4. He decided that he wanted to pursue a career in music . "
- 5. Anything is possible if you work hard and pursue your dreams .