Choose the perfect synonym or antonym for the word To follow or go after something or someone with the aim of achieving or catching it.
Pursue
/pəˈsjuː/Synonyms:
Antonyms:
Examples:
'Very good,' pursued Mr Crummles, 'then we will call that settled.
The course she was pursuing was dangerous – that she knew.
'Our friends, Alfred and Sophronia,' pursues Veneering the veiled prophet:
Etymology:
Derived from the Old French pursuir, meaning follow after, from Latin prosequi which is a combination of pro-, meaning forward, and sequi, meaning follow.
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