Meaning of "chase" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CHASE

From Old French chacier, from Vulgar Latin captiāre (unattested), from Latin captāre to pursue eagerly, from capere to take.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF CHASE

chase  [tʃeɪs]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CHASE

Chase is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb chase in English.

WHAT DOES CHASE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of chase in the English dictionary

The first definition of chase in the dictionary is to follow or run after persistently or quickly. Other definition of chase is to force to run ; drive. Chase is also to court in an unsubtle manner.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CHASE

PRESENT

Present

I chase

you chase

he/she/it chases

we chase

you chase

they chase

Present continuous

I am chasing

you are chasing

he/she/it is chasing

we are chasing

you are chasing

they are chasing

Present perfect

I have chased

you have chased

he/she/it has chased

we have chased

you have chased

they have chased

Present perfect continuous

I have been chasing

you have been chasing

he/she/it has been chasing

we have been chasing

you have been chasing

they have been chasing

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I chased

you chased

he/she/it chased

we chased

you chased

they chased

Past continuous

I was chasing

you were chasing

he/she/it was chasing

we were chasing

you were chasing

they were chasing

Past perfect

I had chased

you had chased

he/she/it had chased

we had chased

you had chased

they had chased

Past perfect continuous

I had been chasing

you had been chasing

he/she/it had been chasing

we had been chasing

you had been chasing

they had been chasing

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will chase

you will chase

he/she/it will chase

we will chase

you will chase

they will chase

Future continuous

I will be chasing

you will be chasing

he/she/it will be chasing

we will be chasing

you will be chasing

they will be chasing

Future perfect

I will have chased

you will have chased

he/she/it will have chased

we will have chased

you will have chased

they will have chased

Future perfect continuous

I will have been chasing

you will have been chasing

he/she/it will have been chasing

we will have been chasing

you will have been chasing

they will have been chasing

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would chase

you would chase

he/she/it would chase

we would chase

you would chase

they would chase

Conditional continuous

I would be chasing

you would be chasing

he/she/it would be chasing

we would be chasing

you would be chasing

they would be chasing

Conditional perfect

I would have chase

you would have chase

he/she/it would have chase

we would have chase

you would have chase

they would have chase

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been chasing

you would have been chasing

he/she/it would have been chasing

we would have been chasing

you would have been chasing

they would have been chasing

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you chase
we let´s chase
you chase

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to chase

Past participle

chased

Present Participle

chasing

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «CHASE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «chase» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of chase

bolt · course · dart · dash · drive · expel · fly · follow · hotfoot · hound · hunt · hunting · pursue · pursuit · put to flight · race · run · run after · rush · send packing · sext · shoot · speed · sprint · track · woo

TRANSLATION OF CHASE

Find out the translation of chase to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of chase from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «chase» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 追赶
• Translator English - Spanish: persecución
• English: chase
• Translator English - Hindi: पीछा
• Translator English - Arabic: مُطَارَدَة
• Translator English - Russian: преследование
• Translator English - Portuguese: perseguição
• Translator English - Bengali: পশ্চাদ্ধাবন
• Translator English - French: poursuite
• Translator English - Malay: Mengejar
• Translator English - German: Jagd
• Translator English - Japanese: 追跡
• Translator English - Korean: 추적
• Translator English - Javanese: Mburu
• Translator English - Vietnamese: sự theo đuổi
• Translator English - Tamil: துரத்தல்
• Translator English - Marathi: पाठलाग
• Translator English - Turkish: kovalamak
• Translator English - Italian: inseguimento
• Translator English - Polish: polowanie
• Translator English - Ukrainian: гонитва
• Translator English - Romanian: urmărire
• Translator English - Greek: κυνήγι
• Translator English - Afrikaans: Chase
• Translator English - Swedish: jakt
• Translator English - Norwegian: jakt

10 QUOTES WITH «CHASE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word chase.

1

Gary Ackerman

For some reason, the military seems more afraid of gay people than they are against terrorists, but they're very brave with the terrorists... If the terrorists ever got a hold of this information, they'd get a platoon of lesbians to chase us out of Baghdad.

2

Nita Ambani

Education is not a tool for development - individual, community and the nation. It is the foundation for our future. It is empowerment to make choices and emboldens the youth to chase their dreams.

3

Shane Black

I'm ashamed to say this, but I watched every episode of 'Starsky and Hutch' as a kid. I loved that show, but now I think it's stupid - they'd have a car chase for no reason, then Paul Michael Glaser would shoot the car and it would blow up.

4

Paul Bremer

I hope they're going to learn, and as a result of our response, that it isn't going to work. They're not going to change our life, they're not going to have us throw out our Constitution, and they're not going to chase us out of the Middle East.

5

Gary Busey

I'll tell you this: You have to remember to chase and catch your dreams, because if you don't, your imagination will live in empty spaces, and that's nowhere land.

6

Nicolas Cage

One of the things that's interesting to me is I find things like caffeine and stunts actually relax me. When they're putting a bit of gel on my arm and lighting me on fire, or when I'm about to go into a high-speed car chase or rev a motorcycle up pretty fast, I find everything else around me slows down.

7

Stephen J. Cannell

The first act is the easiest to plot. The second act is always the hardest to plot. Generally a good, you know, sometimes the third act can be difficult because you can get into a rut in the third act - everybody runs to their Corvette, has a chase, and you catch the bad guy.

8

Jasper Carrott

There is no way in my right mind I would contemplate running 26 miles-plus unless it involved a chase with Pamela Anderson.

9

Tom Conti

Fame is a silly business. People who chase it are almost always going to be disappointed.

10

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Goals transform a random walk into a chase.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHASE»

Discover the use of chase in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to chase and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Deception

Acquitted of murder, Tamia tries to reclaim all that she's lost, including her ex, while her sister Fiona, who betrayed Tamia to save her own skin, finally scores a rich boyfriend, but both must keep a secret in order to survive.

Naomi Chase, 2012

The Chase

Clive cussler is back with a stand-alone novel that ?cranks up a head of steam and some high speed thrills.?(Publishers Weekly) A no- nonsense detective is on the trail of the sharpest and deadliest criminal mind he has ever encountered: a ...

Clive Cussler, 2007

Chase

Ben Chase is a war hero with bitter memories.

Dean Koontz, 2012

You Never Know With Women

Veda Rux, a beautiful blonde, known professionally as a stripper, steals a priceless Cellini dagger from the safe in millionaire Lindsay Brett's home.

James Hadley Chase, 2009

Chase!: Managing Your Dog's Predatory Instincts

Managing Your Dogs Predatory Instincts. .

Clarissa von Reinhardt, 2010

Kate Chase and William Sprague: Politics and Gender in a ...

Motherless from an early age, she became her father's official hostess during the Civil War and Reconstruction years as well as his unofficial campaign manager.

Peg A. Lamphier, 2003

Giving Chase

Together they find a special love—can it survive the threat stalking her? Some small towns grow really good looking men! This is the case with the four Chase brothers.

Lauren Dane, 2006

Chase!

Fearful animals are chased by larger and larger animals. Who is chasing the elephant?

Sylvia Root Tester, Carl Hauge, Mary Hauge, 1980

Chase

Phin Chase was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Jessie Haas, 2009

A Wild Sheep Chase

Like him, we lean forward and topple headlong into magic' Washington Post 'A Wild Sheep Chase has the conventional hull of a thriller - a quest, a mystery, an extraordinary woman, and plenty of elegant duress - but its fantastic ...

Haruki Murakami, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHASE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term chase is used in the context of the following news items.

Ingrid Michaelson Dating Will Chase Following Greg Laswell Split …

Prior to the big show, Michaelson, 35, arrived in character as Sally and happily walked the red carpet arm in arm with actor and singer Chase, ... «Us Magazine, Jul 15»

Backhoe in police chase takes its sweet time before pulling over

It took 15 km, a spikebelt and more than a few cops to pull over a backhoe during a low-speed chase down the Trans-Canada Highway in New ... «Toronto Sun, Jul 15»

Robbery suspects in custody after chase ends in crash in north …

Three suspects were taken into custody Tuesday morning after a chase ended in a crash near a north Houston apartment complex. «KPRC Houston, Jul 15»

Local partners buy mid-town Chase building for $3M

Mid-town Monroe's largest building, which was most recently occupied by Wingspan as a call center, has been bought by local investors. «Monroe News Star, Jul 15»

Police Use Pepper Balls, Taser To Arrest Tulsa Man After Chase

Officers arrested a 40-year-old man after a police chase and standoff in south Tulsa late Sunday. Police said they stopped the car 61st and ... «News On 6, Jul 15»

Pakistan's historic run chase seals victory in Sri Lanka

Pakistan completed their highest ever run chase in Test cricket and the sixth-highest of all time to secure a 2-1 series win over Sri Lanka. «BBC Sport, Jul 15»

Bank Robbery Suspect Arrested After High-Speed Chase Through …

One suspect is in custody after leading police on a high-speed chase through the southwest side of the metro following a bank robbery on ... «news9.com KWTV, Jul 15»

Chase tracker: Clint Bowyer passes Aric Almirola for final transfer spot

Seventeen races have been run and nine NASCAR Sprint Cup events remain until the Chase for the Sprint Cup field is set. Sixteen drivers will ... «NBCSports.com, Jul 15»

Mom Gets Deal in Chase Where Police Fired at Van of Kids

A Tennessee woman has reached a plea deal after being charged with child abuse and fleeing from police during a chaotic 2013 traffic stop in ... «ABC News, Jul 15»

Three men on the run after early morning police chase

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Police are helping Texas Department of Public Safety officials search for suspects following an early morning car chase in ... «KXAN.com, Jul 15»