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pursue

 
Verb pursue has 4 senses
  1. prosecute, engage, pursue - carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in; "She pursued many activities"; "They engaged in a discussion"
    --1 is one way to act, move
    Derived forms: noun pursuit3, noun pursuer2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s something
  2. pursue, follow - follow in or as if in pursuit; "The police car pursued the suspected attacker"; "Her bad deed followed her and haunted her dreams all her life"
    --2 is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
    Derived forms: noun pursuit1, noun pursuer1
    Sample sentence:
    They pursue the car down the avenue
  3. quest for, go after, quest after, pursue - go in search of or hunt for; "pursue a hobby"
    --3 is one way to search, seek, look for
    Derived forms: noun pursuit2, noun pursuance1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
  4. pursue, follow up on, act on - carry further or advance; "Can you act on this matter soon?"
    --4 is one way to react, oppose
    Derived form: noun pursuance2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
pursuade pursual pursuance pursuant pursuant pursuantly pursuasion pursuasive pursue pursued pursuer pursues pursuiing pursuing pursuit pursuits pursuiy

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