Pursue Pursuing Policy I Pursued Verb Pəˈsjuː Pərˈsuː

• to pursue a goal
• to pursue an aim/objective
• how can we most effectively pursue these aims?
• we intend to pursue this policy with determination.

pursue

Verb Forms

1. to do something or try to achieve something over a period of time
• to pursue a goal
• to pursue an aim/objective
• How can we most effectively pursue these aims?
• We intend to pursue this policy with determination.
• She wishes to pursue a medical career.
• I was determined to pursue my dream of becoming an actor.
• Many communities are aggressively pursuing plans to preserve open spaces.
• I wasn't sure I wanted to pursue dance as a career.
• He continues to pursue a soft policy on crime.
2. to continue to discuss, find out about or be involved in something
• to pursue an agenda/a strategy/a claim
• to pursue legal action
• The Crown Prosecution Service is unwilling to pursue the case.
• We have decided not to pursue the matter.
• She wanted the freedom to pursue her own interests.
• He was still pursuing his studies.
• Other companies are pursuing the same course.
• The government has actively pursued a campaign against the militants.
• ‘But’, he pursued, ‘you still haven't answered the question.’
3. to follow or go after somebody/something, especially in order to catch them
• She left the theatre, hotly pursued by the press.
• Police pursued the car at high speed.
• Jake has been pursuing her (= trying to have a relationship with her) for months.

Word Origin

• Middle English (originally in the sense ‘follow with hatred’): from Anglo-Norman French pursuer, from an alteration of Latin prosequi ‘prosecute’.