Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to pursue
Participle: pursued
Gerund: pursuing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | pursue |
| you | pursue |
| he;she;it | pursues |
| we | pursue |
| you | pursue |
| they | pursue |
Perfect
| I | have pursued |
| you | have pursued |
| he;she;it | has pursued |
| we | have pursued |
| you | have pursued |
| they | have pursued |
Past
| I | pursued |
| you | pursued |
| he;she;it | pursued |
| we | pursued |
| you | pursued |
| they | pursued |
Pluperfect
| I | had pursued |
| you | had pursued |
| he;she;it | had pursued |
| we | had pursued |
| you | had pursued |
| they | had pursued |
Future
| I | will pursue |
| you | will pursue |
| he;she;it | will pursue |
| we | will pursue |
| you | will pursue |
| they | will pursue |
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 |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | pursue |
| you | pursue |
| he;she;it | pursue |
| we | pursue |
| you | pursue |
| they | pursue |
Perfect
| I | have pursued |
| you | have pursued |
| he;she;it | have pursued |
| we | have pursued |
| you | have pursued |
| they | have pursued |
Imperfect
| I | pursued |
| you | pursued |
| he;she;it | pursued |
| we | pursued |
| you | pursued |
| they | pursued |
Pluperfect
| I | had pursued |
| you | had pursued |
| he;she;it | had pursued |
| we | had pursued |
| you | had pursued |
| they | had pursued |
Conditional
Present
| I | would pursue |
| you | would pursue |
| he;she;it | would pursue |
| we | would pursue |
| you | would pursue |
| they | would pursue |
Perfect
| I | would have pursued |
| you | would have pursued |
| he;she;it | would have pursued |
| we | would have pursued |
| you | would have pursued |
| they | would have pursued |
Imperative
| you | pursue |
| we | Let's pursue |
| you | pursue |
Verbs conjugated like 'pursue'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'pursue'
persue,
poursue,
purse,
curse,
nurse,
nursle,
parse,
pulse,
pure,
puree,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- chase
- hunt, track, follow, seek, trail, hound, stalk
- proceed
- persevere, continue, persist, maintain, prolong
Antonyms
- proceed
- discontinue, stop, stay, stand
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1290, "to follow with hostile intent," from Anglo-Fr.
pursuer, from O.Fr.
poursuir, variant of
porsivre, from V.L.
*prosequare, from L.
prosequi "follow up" (cf.
prosecute), from
pro- "forward" +
sequi "follow" (see sequel). Meaning "to proceed, to follow" (a path, etc.), usually figurative, is from 1390.
2. From Middle English pursuen, from Anglo-Norman pursure, poursuire etc., from Latin prōsequor (though influenced by persequor). Doublet of prosecute. See: Anglo-Norman '
pursure', Latin '
prōsequor'.
Sample Sentences
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[...] what this appellation might be supposed to signify, I was given to understand that whatever was unintelligible would be certainly transcendental. Not deriving much comfort from this elucidation, I pursued the inquiry still further, and found that the Transcendentalists are followers of my friend Mr. Carlyle, or I should rather say, of a follower of his, Mr. Ralph Waldo Emerson. This gentleman has [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] his hearers, and pictured the wonder of the church at their presumption in forming a congregation among themselves, he stopped short with his Bible under his arm in the manner I have described, and pursued his discourse after this manner:
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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Between the body of the prison and the outer wall, there is a spacious garden. Entering it, by a wicket in the massive gate, we pursued the path before us to its other termination, and passed into a large chamber, from which seven long passages radiate. On either side of each, is a long, long row of low cell doors, with a certain [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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And here, for the present, we take our leave of Tom, to pursue the fortunes of other characters in our story.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] then. After two o’clock in the day, they are allowed to sing, a certain number at a time. The hour striking while I was there, some twenty sang a hymn in parts, and sang it by no means ill; pursuing their work meanwhile. A bell rang as I was about to leave, and they all poured forth into a building on the opposite side of the street to dinner. I said several times that I should like to see [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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The other case, was that of a man who once went to a certain distiller 's and stole a copper measure containing a quantity of liquor. He was pursued and taken with the property in his possession, and was sentenced to two years ’ imprisonment. On coming out of the jail, at the expiration of that term, he went back to the same distiller 's, and [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] were incessantly busy in pursuit of her,—but, when caught, she melted from them again like a summer cloud; and as no word of chiding or reproof ever fell on her ear for whatever she chose to do, she pursued her own way all over the boat. Always dressed in white, she seemed to move like a shadow through all sorts of places, without contracting spot or stain; and there was not a corner or nook, above or [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] should rather say at which place they call, for their wharf is at Lewiston, on the opposite shore ), is situated in a delicious valley, through which the Niagara river, in colour a very deep green, pursues its course. It is approached by a road that takes its winding way among the heights by which the town is sheltered; and seen from this point is extremely beautiful and picturesque. On the most [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] and here she was perfectly impregnable. No possible amount of talent, or authority, or explanation, could ever make her believe that any other way was better than her own, or that the course she had pursued in the smallest matter could be in the least modified. This had been a conceded point with her old mistress, Marie's mother; and “ Miss Marie, ” as Dinah always called her young mistress, even after [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ Now, dar's Lucy,—de aggravatinest, ugliest wench on de place ! ” pursued Sambo.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)