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# pursue

«pursue» in Mova's school dictionary: **to chase or follow someone or something to catch them** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pursue/#m1)

2) To pursue a goal, hobby or job means to try to do it or achieve it over a long time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pursue/#m2)

3) (formal) To pursue a matter means to keep asking about it or dealing with it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pursue/#m3)

4) To pursue your way means to carry on along a path or journey. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pursue/#m4)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pursue/#x1)
- The cat pursued the mouse under the bed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pursue/#x2)
- She wants to pursue a career as a doctor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pursue/#x3)
- Never stop pursuing your dreams. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pursue/#x4)
- He decided not to pursue the matter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pursue/#x5)
- The dogs pursued the deer into the woods. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pursue/#x6)
- And so she pursued her way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pursue/#x7)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/20-debt-and-jobs/21/)
- [And when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.691/)
- [So Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines; therefore they called that place Sela-hammahlekoth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.694/)
- [After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.711/)
- [And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.53/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «pursue» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pursue/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.