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[ verb ] carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in
Examples "She pursued many activities" "They engaged in a discussion" Used in print (Bern Dibner, "Oerstad and the Discovery of Electro...)Eager as he was to pursue this promising line , he was so loaded_down with the management of the pharmacy and lectures in the medical and pharmaceutical faculties at the university that he could devote only Sunday afternoons to `` galvanizing '' . (Barry Goldwater, "A Foreign Policy for America"...)It may be , of_course , that such objectives can be pursued consisently with a policy designed to overthrow Communism ; my point is that where conflicts arise they must always be resolved in_favor_of achieving the indispensable condition for a tolerant world - the absence of Soviet Communist power . (David Boroff, "Jewish Teen-Age Culture"...)This means that a great many academically talented girls are discouraged from pursuing graduate work of a more demanding nature . (Gibson Winter, The Suburban Captivity of the...)Its contents are another matter , for they reveal the kinds of interests pursued by the congregation . (1961 Research Highlights of the National Bureau of...)The Bureau is pursuing an active program to provide a temperature scale and thermometer calibration services in the range 1.5 to 20 * * f . |
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[ verb ] follow in or as if in pursuit
Synonyms Examples "The police car pursued the suspected attacker" "Her bad deed followed her and haunted her dreams all her life" Used in print (R. F. Shaw, "The `Private Eye`"...)Beaten , bruised and exhausted , he pursues the elusive killer through the demi-monde of high_society and low morals , always alone , always despised . |
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[ verb ] go in search of or hunt for
Synonyms Examples "pursue a hobby" Used in print (The Miami Herald...)Al_Fike , an ex-schoolteacher from Colorado , is currently pursuing the three R 's - rhythm , reminiscence and repartee - in a return class session at the Trade_Winds Hotel . (Time magazine, 77:3...)Pursuing it , he has logged 500000 miles , suffered indescribable digestive indignities , and meticulously collected physiological data on the health and eating habits of 10000 individuals , from Bantu tribesmen to Italian contadini . (Richard B. Morris, "Seven Who Set Our Destiny"...)John_Adams took_to_heart the advice given him by his legal mentor , Jeremiah_Gridley , to `` pursue the study of the law , rather_than the gain of_it '' . (Charles Glicksberg, "Sex in Contemporary Literature"...)This is the Holy_Grail these knights of the orgasm pursue , this is the irresistible cosmic urge to_which they respond . |
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[ verb ] carry further or advance
Synonyms Examples "Can you act on this matter soon?" Used in print (John Hazard Wildman, "Take It Off," The Arizona...)`` Never_mind_'' , Arlene had said , after the policeman had left , having pursued the usual unco-operative course of grownups . |
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