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# pursuit

«pursuit» in Mova's school dictionary: **Chasing someone or something to catch them: The police…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (pursuit, pursuits)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Chasing someone or something to catch them: The police were in pursuit of the thief. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pursuit/#m1)

2) Trying to get or reach something: the pursuit of happiness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pursuit/#m2)

3) An activity or hobby: outdoor pursuits like hiking and climbing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pursuit/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories there are thrilling pursuits — a fox in pursuit of a rabbit. In maths, pursuit problems are chase problems: «A dog runs at 8 m/s after a cat at 6 m/s that is 20 m ahead; when does it catch up?» — the gap closes by 2 m each second, so 10 seconds. In everyday life «outdoor pursuits» are activities like sailing and camping. Phrases: «in pursuit of», «hot pursuit», «outdoor pursuits», «the pursuit of knowledge».

### examples

- The police car raced off in pursuit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pursuit/#x1)
- The cheetah was in hot pursuit of a gazelle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pursuit/#x2)
- Hiking and canoeing are popular outdoor pursuits. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pursuit/#x3)
- Scientists spend years in pursuit of answers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pursuit/#x4)
- A car 10 km behind is in pursuit at 20 km/h faster; it catches up in half an hour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pursuit/#x5)
- The pursuit of happiness is important to everyone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pursuit/#x6)
- Reading is her favourite pursuit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pursuit/#x7)
- On she dashed in pursuit, chased and chased. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pursuit/#x8)

### note

Countable for hobbies and chases; uncountable for the general idea. Verb: pursue. Spelling: pur-SUIT (like a suit). In chase problems: catch-up time = gap ÷ difference in speeds.

### Trees and pragmatics

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