# pursue

Pronunciation: US say "pur-SOO" /pɚˈsu/; UK say "puh-SYOO" /pəˈsjuː/; AUS say "puh-SHOO" /pəˈʃu/

## Verb

1. To aim for and actively work toward a particular goal, situation, or outcome.
   - Simple: To work hard to get or reach something you want.
   - _Many graduates pursue advanced degrees before entering the workforce._
   - _The company pursued an aggressive expansion strategy across overseas markets._
2. To follow someone or something urgently, originally with intent to capture or harm; to chase.
   - Simple: To chase someone or something quickly, often to catch it.
   - _Wolves pursue their prey across miles of open tundra._
   - _The cavalry pursued the retreating enemy deep into the hills._
3. To take part in an activity or business, or to practice and follow a profession.
   - Simple: To take part in an activity, a job, or a kind of work.
   - _Few of them pursue farming as a livelihood these days._
   - _After the war, he pursued medicine in a small rural town._
4. To follow or travel down a particular course of action, path, or method.
   - Simple: To keep following a plan or a way of doing something.
   - _Management decided to pursue a more cautious approach this quarter._
   - _The negotiators pursued a diplomatic course rather than open threats._
5. To act as the prosecutor bringing a legal action against an accused party.
   - Simple: To bring a legal case against someone as the prosecutor in court.
   - _The advocate elected to pursue before the High Court._
   - _Counsel for the Crown pursued vigorously throughout the trial._

## Verb

6. To continue or carry on with something already under way. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: To keep going with something already begun rather than stopping.
   - _Let us pursue the argument a little further before we rest._
   - _The traveler pursued his account of distant lands well into the night._

## Origin

From Middle English pursuen, taken from Anglo-Norman pursure or poursuire, from Latin prōsequor (though influenced by persequor). It is a doublet of prosecute.

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