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"(transitive, intransitive) To follow urgently, originally with intent to capture or harm; to chase."
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"sense": "to follow urgently",
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"sense": "to follow urgently",
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"sense": "to follow urgently",
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"sense": "to follow urgently",
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"sense": "to follow urgently",
"word": "𐎐𐎂𐎌"
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}
],
"glosses": [
"To follow, travel down (a particular way, course of action etc.)."
],
"links": [
[
"follow",
"follow"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To follow, travel down (a particular way, course of action etc.)."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1 December 2009, Benjamin Pogrund, “Freeze won't hurt Netanyahu”, in The Guardian:",
"text": "He even stands to gain in world terms: his noisy critics strengthen his projected image of a man determined to pursue peace with Palestinians.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To aim for, go after (a specified objective, situation etc.)."
],
"links": [
[
"aim",
"aim"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To aim for, go after (a specified objective, situation etc.)."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 141:",
"text": "The Kedarites are depicted as herders of sheep and goats who pursued a seminomadic existence and lived scattered over a wide area of the desert region east of the land of Israel.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To participate in (an activity, business etc.); to practise, follow (a profession)."
],
"links": [
[
"practise",
"practise"
],
[
"follow",
"follow"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To participate in (an activity, business etc.); to practise, follow (a profession)."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To act as a legal prosecutor."
],
"links": [
[
"legal",
"legal"
],
[
"prosecutor",
"prosecutor"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To act as a legal prosecutor."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with archaic senses",
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1870, Richard Francis Burton, “Conclusion”, in Vikram and the Vampire; or, Tales of Hindu Devilry, London: Longmans, Green, and Co, page 307:",
"text": "'Allow me, great king,' pursued the Demon, in a dry tone of voice, 'to wish you joy […]",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To continue; to carry on."
],
"links": [
[
"continue",
"continue"
],
[
"carry on",
"carry on"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, somewhat archaic) To continue; to carry on."
],
"tags": [
"archaic",
"transitive"
]
}
],
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"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/pəˈʃuː/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/pɚˈsu/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/pəˈʃu/",
"tags": [
"General-Australian"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/pɜˈʃuː/",
"tags": [
"Nigeria"
]
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{
"rhymes": "-uː"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "lāḥaqa",
"sense": "to follow urgently",
"word": "لَاحَقَ"
},
{
"code": "acw",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "lāḥag",
"sense": "to follow urgently",
"tags": [
"Hijazi-Arabic"
],
"word": "لاحق"
},
{
"code": "acw",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "liḥig",
"sense": "to follow urgently",
"tags": [
"Hijazi-Arabic"
],
"word": "لِحِق"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "hetapndel",
"sense": "to follow urgently",
"word": "հետապնդել"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "pjerasljédvacʹ",
"sense": "to follow urgently",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "перасле́дваць"
},
{
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "to follow urgently",
"word": "poursu"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "preslédvam",
"sense": "to follow urgently",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "пресле́двам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to follow urgently",
"word": "perseguir"
},
{
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "agehi",
"sense": "to follow urgently",
"word": "ᎠᎨᎯ"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhuīqiú",
"sense": "to follow urgently",
"word": "追求"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to follow urgently",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "pronásledovat"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to follow urgently",
"word": "forfølge"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to follow urgently",
"word": "achtervolgen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to follow urgently",
"word": "ajaa takaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to follow urgently",
"word": "seurata"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to follow urgently",
"word": "ahdistaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to follow urgently",
"word": "poursuivre"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to follow urgently",
"word": "verfolgen"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "laistjan",
"sense": "to follow urgently",
"word": "𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "diṓkō",
"sense": "to follow urgently",
"word": "διώκω"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "radaf",
"sense": "to follow urgently",
"word": "רדף"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to follow urgently",
"word": "üldöz"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to follow urgently",
"word": "űz"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to follow urgently",
"word": "hajszol"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to follow urgently",
"word": "mengejar"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to follow urgently",
"word": "perseguire"
},
{
"alt": "ついせきする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tsuiseki suru",
"sense": "to follow urgently",
"word": "追跡する"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "taamdəñ",
"sense": "to follow urgently",
"word": "តាមដេញ"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "dwijjotda",
"sense": "to follow urgently",
"word": "뒤쫓다"
},
{
"code": "lad",
"lang": "Ladino",
"sense": "to follow urgently",
"word": "perseguir"
},
{
"code": "lad",
"lang": "Ladino",
"sense": "to follow urgently",
"word": "asegir"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to follow urgently",
"word": "consector"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to follow urgently",
"word": "insector"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to follow urgently",
"word": "sector"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to follow urgently",
"word": "persequor"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to follow urgently",
"word": "prōsequor"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to follow urgently",
"word": "venor"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to follow urgently",
"word": "æfterfolgian"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "donbâl kardan",
"sense": "to follow urgently",
"word": "دنبال کردن"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to follow urgently",
"word": "ścigać"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to follow urgently",
"word": "perseguir"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to follow urgently",
"word": "urmări"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "preslédovatʹ",
"sense": "to follow urgently",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "пресле́довать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "gnátʹsja",
"sense": "to follow urgently",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "гна́ться"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to follow urgently",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "гонити"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to follow urgently",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "goniti"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to follow urgently",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "prenasledovať"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to follow urgently",
"word": "perseguir"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to follow urgently",
"word": "förfölja"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to follow urgently",
"word": "kovalamak"
},
{
"code": "uga",
"lang": "Ugaritic",
"roman": "ngš",
"sense": "to follow urgently",
"word": "𐎐𐎂𐎌"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pereslíduvaty",
"sense": "to follow urgently",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "переслі́дувати"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "to follow urgently",
"word": "kitchessî"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "to follow urgently",
"word": "portchessî"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "to follow urgently",
"word": "porshuve"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ittabaʕa",
"sense": "to travel down a particular way or course of action",
"word": "اِتَّبَعَ"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sledvam",
"sense": "to travel down a particular way or course of action",
"word": "следвам"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to travel down a particular way or course of action",
"word": "volgen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to travel down a particular way or course of action",
"word": "seurata"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to travel down a particular way or course of action",
"word": "folgen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to travel down a particular way or course of action",
"word": "beschreiten"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "donbâl kardan",
"sense": "to travel down a particular way or course of action",
"word": "دنبال کردن"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "preslédovatʹ",
"sense": "to travel down a particular way or course of action",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "пресле́довать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "slédovatʹ",
"sense": "to travel down a particular way or course of action",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "сле́довать"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to travel down a particular way or course of action",
"word": "seguir"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to travel down a particular way or course of action",
"word": "proseguir"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to travel down a particular way or course of action",
"word": "följa"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "npatak hetapndel",
"sense": "to aim for",
"word": "նպատակ հետապնդել"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to aim for",
"word": "güdmək"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to aim for",
"word": "najagen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to aim for",
"word": "pyrkiä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to aim for",
"word": "rechercher"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to aim for",
"word": "nachjagen"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to aim for",
"word": "mengejar"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to aim for",
"word": "perseguitare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to aim for",
"word": "tormentare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to aim for",
"word": "inseguire"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to aim for",
"word": "cercare"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "mien kool bɑmnɑɑŋ",
"sense": "to aim for",
"word": "មានគោលបំណង"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "chuguhada",
"sense": "to aim for",
"word": "추구하다"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to aim for",
"word": "apīscor"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to aim for",
"word": "koromaki"
},
{
"code": "zdj",
"lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
"sense": "to aim for",
"word": "uɗunga"
},
{
"alt": "(be) donbâl-e čizi budan",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "to aim for",
"word": "به دنبال چیزی بودن"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to aim for",
"word": "procurar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to aim for",
"word": "perseguir"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to aim for",
"word": "perseguir"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to aim for",
"word": "apuntar a"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to aim for",
"word": "hedeflemek"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "masnakcʻel",
"sense": "to participate in, practise (an activity, profession)",
"word": "մասնակցել"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zanimavam se",
"sense": "to participate in, practise (an activity, profession)",
"word": "занимавам се"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to participate in, practise (an activity, profession)",
"word": "beoefenen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to participate in, practise (an activity, profession)",
"word": "harjoittaa"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to participate in, practise (an activity, profession)",
"word": "nachgehen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to participate in, practise (an activity, profession)",
"word": "folytat"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to participate in, practise (an activity, profession)",
"word": "gyakorol"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"english": "sport",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to participate in, practise (an activity, profession)",
"word": "űz"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to participate in, practise (an activity, profession)",
"word": "mengikuti"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to participate in, practise (an activity, profession)",
"word": "praticare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to participate in, practise (an activity, profession)",
"word": "attendere"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "bɑɑbɑntɑɑ",
"sense": "to participate in, practise (an activity, profession)",
"word": "បន្ត"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "donbâl kardan",
"sense": "to participate in, practise (an activity, profession)",
"word": "دنبال کردن"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zanimátʹsja",
"sense": "to participate in, practise (an activity, profession)",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "занима́ться"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to participate in, practise (an activity, profession)",
"word": "başlamak"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zajmátysja",
"sense": "to participate in, practise (an activity, profession)",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "займа́тися"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"note": "fé (with preposition \"do\", \"del\")",
"sense": "to participate in, practise (an activity, profession)"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "to participate in, practise (an activity, profession)",
"word": "pratiker"
}
],
"word": "pursue"
}
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