pursue
1. carry out or participate in an activity;
be involved in (Freq. 11)
- She pursued many activities
- They engaged in a discussion
• Syn:
prosecute, engage
• Derivationally related forms:
pursuit, pursuer, engagement (for: engage), prosecution (for: prosecute)
• Hypernyms:
act, move
• Hyponyms:
commit, practice, close, politick
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
2. follow in or as if in pursuit (Freq. 9)
- The police car pursued the suspected attacker
- Her bad deed followed her and haunted her dreams all her life
• Syn:
follow
• Derivationally related forms:
follower (for: follow), following (for: follow), pursuit, pursuer
• Hypernyms:
travel, go, move, locomote
• Hyponyms:
stalk, chase, chase after, trail, tail,
tag, give chase, dog, go after, track, haunt
• Verb Group:
surveil, follow, survey
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
- They pursue the car down the avenue
3. go in search of or hunt for (Freq. 6)
- pursue a hobby
• Syn:
quest for, go after, quest after
• Derivationally related forms:
pursuit, pursuance
• Hypernyms:
search, seek, look for
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
4. carry further or advance (Freq. 4)
- Can you act on this matter soon?
• Syn:
follow up on, act on
• Derivationally related forms:
pursuant, pursuance
• Hypernyms:
react, oppose
• Hyponyms:
run down, check out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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