Pursuit
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English
Noun
Pursuit (plural Pursuits)- The act of pursuing.
- A hobby or recreational activity, done regularly.
- (cycling) A discipline in track cycling where two opposing teams start on opposite sides of the track and try to catch their opponents.
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Adjectives for Pursuit
peaceful; immediate; hot; relentless; systematic; agricultural; innocent; intellectual; vigorous; dissipated; artistic; serious; exciting; studious; active; business; industrial; intimate; profitable; unjust; scuffling; professional; energetic; strenuous; relentless; sedentary; brilliant; weird; furious; peaceful; laboratory; vulgar; cultural; dangerous; unique; zealous; eager; imprudent; mercantile; athletic; worthy; hardy; wearisome; military; sluggish; sordid; sylvan; amphibious; lawful; honorable; compulsory; happy; invigorating; dogged; humble; lucrative; ardent; serious; irreparable; useless; rabid; favorite; scientific; ultimate unavailing; instant; severer; evident; swift illegitimate; blind; delusive; scholarly idealistic; sedulous; disordered; engrossing elevating; uninterrupted; vile; prompt fascinating; passionate.
Verbs for Pursuit
abandon—; avert—; avoid—; contemplate —; devote to—; distract from—; dog in—; engage in—; engross in—; enter—; follow in—; hinder—; hound in—; obstruct—; press—; prevent—; rush in—; spurn—; — annoys ; —irks ; —threatens.
Thesaurus
accomplishment, activity, aim, area, art, avocation, bag, business, butt, by-end, by-purpose, calling, career, career building, careerism, chasing, chevy, chivy, craft, cup of tea, destination, dogging, employment, end, end in view, field, final cause, following, forte, game, goal, handicraft, heeling, hobby, hounding, hunt, hunting, interest, job, lifework, line, line of business, line of work, long suit, looking for, main interest, manner, mark, metier, mission, mystery, number, object, object in mind, objective, obtaining, occupation, pastime, pet subject, practice, prey, profession, pursual, pursuance, pursuing, quarry, quest, quintain, racket, reaching, reason for being, search, searching, seeking, sequel, sequence, series, shadowing, specialism, speciality, specialization, specialty, stalking, strong point, style, tailing, target, technicality, teleology, thing, tracing, tracking, trade, trailing, type, ultimate aim, vocation, walk, walk of life, way, weakness, work
Etymology
Old French porsuite
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