Meaning of "pursue" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PURSUE

From Anglo-Norman pursiwer, from Old French poursivre, from Latin prōsequī to follow after.

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

PRONUNCIATION OF PURSUE

pursue  [pəˈsjuː]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PURSUE

Pursue is a verb.

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

See the conjugation of the verb pursue in English.

WHAT DOES PURSUE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of pursue in the English dictionary

The first definition of pursue in the dictionary is to follow in order to capture or overtake. Other definition of pursue is to follow closely or accompany. Pursue is also to seek or strive to attain.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO PURSUE

PRESENT

Present

I pursue

you pursue

he/she/it pursues

we pursue

you pursue

they pursue

Present continuous

I am pursuing

you are pursuing

he/she/it is pursuing

we are pursuing

you are pursuing

they are pursuing

Present perfect

I have pursued

you have pursued

he/she/it has pursued

we have pursued

you have pursued

they have pursued

Present perfect continuous

I have been pursuing

you have been pursuing

he/she/it has been pursuing

we have been pursuing

you have been pursuing

they have been pursuing

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 pursued

you pursued

he/she/it pursued

we pursued

you pursued

they pursued

Past continuous

I was pursuing

you were pursuing

he/she/it was pursuing

we were pursuing

you were pursuing

they were pursuing

Past perfect

I had pursued

you had pursued

he/she/it had pursued

we had pursued

you had pursued

they had pursued

Past perfect continuous

I had been pursuing

you had been pursuing

he/she/it had been pursuing

we had been pursuing

you had been pursuing

they had been pursuing

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

FUTURE

Future

I will pursue

you will pursue

he/she/it will pursue

we will pursue

you will pursue

they will pursue

Future continuous

I will be pursuing

you will be pursuing

he/she/it will be pursuing

we will be pursuing

you will be pursuing

they will be pursuing

Future perfect

I will have pursued

you will have pursued

he/she/it will have pursued

we will have pursued

you will have pursued

they will have pursued

Future perfect continuous

I will have been pursuing

you will have been pursuing

he/she/it will have been pursuing

we will have been pursuing

you will have been pursuing

they will have been pursuing

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

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would pursue

you would pursue

he/she/it would pursue

we would pursue

you would pursue

they would pursue

Conditional continuous

I would be pursuing

you would be pursuing

he/she/it would be pursuing

we would be pursuing

you would be pursuing

they would be pursuing

Conditional perfect

I would have pursue

you would have pursue

he/she/it would have pursue

we would have pursue

you would have pursue

they would have pursue

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been pursuing

you would have been pursuing

he/she/it would have been pursuing

we would have been pursuing

you would have been pursuing

they would have been pursuing

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

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you pursue
we let´s pursue
you pursue

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to pursue

Past participle

pursued

Present Participle

pursuing

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 «PURSUE»

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

synonyms of pursue

accompany · analyze · attend · carry on · chase · check · conduct · continue · court · desire · dog · examine · follow · go in for · harass · harry · haunt · hound · hunt · hunt down · investigate · keep on · maintain · make up to · perform · plague · ply · practise · probe · prosecute · research · review · run after · see through · seek · shadow · stalk · study · tackle · tail · take up · track · undertake · wage · woo

TRANSLATION OF PURSUE

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

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

• Translator English - Chinese: 追赶
• Translator English - Spanish: perseguir
• English: pursue
• Translator English - Hindi: का पीछा
• Translator English - Arabic: يُلاحِق
• Translator English - Russian: преследовать
• Translator English - Portuguese: perseguir
• Translator English - Bengali: অন্বেষণ করা
• Translator English - French: poursuivre
• Translator English - Malay: Meneruskan
• Translator English - German: verfolgen
• Translator English - Japanese: 追跡する
• Translator English - Korean: 추적하다
• Translator English - Javanese: Nguber
• Translator English - Vietnamese: theo đuổi
• Translator English - Tamil: தொடர
• Translator English - Marathi: पाठलाग करणे
• Translator English - Turkish: sürdürmek
• Translator English - Italian: inseguire
• Translator English - Polish: ścigać
• Translator English - Ukrainian: переслідувати
• Translator English - Romanian: a urma
• Translator English - Greek: επιδιώκω
• Translator English - Afrikaans: streef
• Translator English - Swedish: förfölja
• Translator English - Norwegian: jage

10 QUOTES WITH «PURSUE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word pursue.

1

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I tell kids to pursue their basketball dreams, but I tell them to not let that be their only dream.

2

Shinzo Abe

I will aim to restore the Japan-U.S. alliance and Japan's strong diplomatic capabilities. Japan can't pursue a strong foreign policy without strengthening its alliance with the United States.

3

Shohreh Aghdashloo

I studied international relations in England, and I wanted to pursue higher education and be able to analyze what was going on in Iran politically, not only in Iran, but in the Middle East.

4

Sarah Addison Allen

There's an old hymn called 'How Can I Keep from Singing?' That's what writing feels like to me. I have to write. It's intrinsic to who I am. So it was a natural choice for me to try to pursue writing as a career. Truthfully, though, I still daydream about how fun it would be to ride on the back of a garbage truck.

5

Mario Andretti

I lived the true American dream, because I was able to pursue what I set as my goals at a very young age.

6

Shawn Ashmore

I would love to be able to pursue music as a career but honestly, I'm just not good enough.

7

Anna Letitia Barbauld

The most characteristic mark of a great mind is to choose some one important object, and pursue it for life.

8

John Perry Barlow

It didn't matter what we did or where we did it as long as we were together. We knew we'd found what most people either pursue in years of futile search or dismiss as a fantasy at the outset: the missing half of ourselves. The real thing.

9

Edward Bond

All you now do is pursue your private objectives within society. Instead of us being a community, everybody is asked to seek their own personal ends. It's called competition. And competition is antagonism.

10

Sydney Brenner

In 1995, I founded The Molecular Sciences Institute with a gift from the Philip Morris Company where I hoped that we could create an environment where young people could pursue science in an atmosphere of harmonious purpose and high intellectual challenge.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PURSUE»

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

Pursue God: How Do You Develop a Thriving Relationship with God?

Pursue God helps readers develop an authentic daily relationship where they are inspired to pursue God. First, by discussing “Why” to pursue God, and secondly “How” to effectively pursue Him.

Poncho Lowder, 2011

Pursue: A 9-Week Small Group Collision-Knowing the Messiah

"Pursue" curriculum gets students into God's Word with a deep study of the greatest story ever told and pushes students to discover the depth of God's ultimate plan in Jesus.

Christ in Youth, 2010

The Reinventors: How Extraordinary Companies Pursue Radical ...

If you’re ready to toss same old, same old out the door, The Reinventors will become your road map to successfully pursuing continuous change. It will help your company stay relevant for years to come.

Jason Jennings, 2012

ART/WORK: Everything You Need to Know (and Do) As You Pursue ...

The book is full of their entertaining anecdotes and candid advice. No matter what kind of artist you are -- or want to be -- this book will help you.

Heather Darcy Bhandari, Jonathan Melber, Heather Darcy Bhandari, 2009

How to Pursue a Princess

A PRINCE IN WOLF’S CLOTHING SETS HIS SIGHTS ON AN INDEPENDENT SCOTTISH LASS IN THIS SPARKLING ROMANCE FROM BESTSELLING AUTHOR KAREN HAWKINS.

Karen Hawkins, 2013

Game On: Find Your Purpose--Pursue Your Dream

In this book, Emmitt gives readers the tools to pursue their dream with all their mind, heart, and soul.

Emmitt Smith, 2011

Pursue

Nhan Trinh's PURSUE is a book of necessary meditations, a Viet Kieu's reconciliation to truths born within the rage of wars-personal and political.

Nhan Trinh, 2004

Find and Pursue Your Passion

These books are intended to cater to our NOW generation. Through this particular book, it is my mission to give you the tools to help you find your passion and live a life more fulfilled because of it.

Rhona Bennett, 2012

Unhooked: How Young Women Pursue Sex, Delay Love and Lose at ...

Features a new Afterword for this edition.

Laura Sessions Stepp, 2007

Why Companies Do Not Pursue Attractive Mergers and Acquisitions

This is a critical book for business scholars that provides an important perspective that has not yet been studied.

Richard B. Connell, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PURSUE»

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

“I've No Plans To Pursue It At The Moment”: Cara Delevingne's …

But I have no plans to pursue that at the moment." While we may not see a Cara Delevingne album on the shelves any time soon, she's got a lot of other things ... «Capital FM, Jul 15»

Agree Realty CFO Brian Dickman Resigns To Pursue Another …

on Friday said its Chief Financial Officer and Secretary Brian Dickman has resigned to pursue another business opportunity. The resignation will take effect after ... «Nasdaq, Jul 15»

Papagiannis to pursue pro career

Georgios Papagiannis will stay in Greece and pursue a professional career, a source told Scout. Papagiannis, who spent his junior season at Westtown (Pa.) ... «Wired2fish, Jul 15»

Yelp temporarily decides not to pursue a sale

(Reuters) – Yelp, operator of consumer review website yelp.com, had temporarily decided not to pursue a sale, Bloomberg reported, citing people with ... «VentureBeat, Jul 15»

Mayor Buttigieg's Chief of Staff to resign, pursue master's degr - Fox …

Pete Buttigieg's Chief of Staff is set to resign later this month to pursue a master's degree at Harvard University, per an announcement from the Mayor's Office. «Fox 28, Jun 15»

Report: Utah will “actively pursue” bringing back Paul Millsap (but …

Just caught wind that the Jazz will actively pursue Hawks UFA PF Paul Millsap this off-season. — Spencer Checketts (@1280Spence) June 12, 2015. Interesting ... «NBCSports.com, Jun 15»

Jupiter woman to seek insanity defense in drowning of 2-year-old

Lawyers for the Jupiter woman accused of drowning her 2-year-old daughter last year are expected to formalize their plans this week to pursue an insanity ... «Palm Beach Post, Jun 15»

St. John's point guard will pursue professional opportunities

New St. John's head coach Chris Mullin will have a roster filled with newcomers in 2015-16, and on Friday he lost a returnee who was expected to be a major ... «NBCSports.com, Jun 15»

Tobacco panel OKs using $5M to pursue project in Halifax

The Danville Register & Bee (http://bit.ly/1Ls7geB ) reports that the commission voted on Thursday at a meeting in Martinsville to use about $5 million to pursue ... «WTOP, May 15»

CORRECTED (OFFICIAL)-Barclaycard CEO to leave bank to pursue …

LONDON May 12 (Reuters) - Barclays said on Tuesday that Val Soranno Keating, the CEO of its Barclaycard business, has decided to leave to pursue a new ... «Reuters, May 15»