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Pursue Pursued Follow Verb Activity Interest Plan Carry

word pursue
definition
verb
If you pursue an activity, interest, or plan, you carry it out or follow it.
He said his country would continue to pursue the policies laid down at the summit.
She had come to England to pursue an acting career.
If you pursue a particular aim or result, you make efforts to achieve it, often over a long period of time.
The implication is that it is impossible to pursue economic reform and democracy simultaneously.
Mr. Menendez has aggressively pursued new business.
If you pursue a particular topic, you try to find out more about it by asking questions .
If your original request is denied, don't be afraid to pursue the matter.
If you pursue a person, vehicle, or animal, you follow them, usually in order to catch them.
She pursued the man who had stolen a woman's bag.
inflections pursuespursuingpursued
cefr-level B2

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