What is the meaning of pursuing?

Carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in.
- usage: "She pursued many activities"; "They engaged in a discussion"
- synonyms: prosecute, engage, pursue
Follow in or as if in pursuit.
- usage: "The police car pursued the suspected attacker"; "Her bad deed followed her and haunted her dreams all her life"
- synonyms: pursue, follow
Go in search of or hunt for.
- usage: "pursue a hobby"
- synonyms: quest for, go after, quest after, pursue
Carry further or advance.
- usage: "Can you act on this matter soon"
- synonyms: pursue, follow up on, act on

Following in order to overtake or capture or as accompaniment to such pursuit.
- usage: "the fox fled from the pursuing hounds"; "listened for the hounds' pursuing bark"

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APA	WordNet. (2010). pursuing. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/pursuing/definitions/1181700
Chicago	WordNet. 2010. "pursuing" http://smartdefine.org/pursuing/definitions/1181700 (accessed September 20, 2026).
Harvard	WordNet 2010, pursuing, Smart Define, viewed 20 September, 2026, <http://smartdefine.org/pursuing/definitions/1181700>.
MLA	WordNet. "pursuing" 23 October 2010. Web. 20 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/pursuing/definitions/1181700>

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