Meanings
comparative more pursuant · superlative most pursuant · alternative pursuaunt
- That pursues.
Montmorency looked on for a moment, then, whistling softly to himself, turned his back on the table and strolled towards the window, avoiding Madame Nina's pursuant eye.
1914, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados - In conformance to, or in agreement with; used with to.
And pursuant to this idea of a holiday, he insisted upon playing cards after we had eaten.
1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann
comparative more pursuant · superlative most pursuant · alternative pursuaunt
Synonyms & antonyms
adjective(followed by ‘to’) in conformance to or agreement with
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Anglo-Normanpursuant
- Englishpursuant
Anglo-Norman pursuant, present participle of pursure. Doublet of pursuivant.
More words from Anglo-Norman
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic عَمَلاً بِ
- عَمَلاً بِ (ʕamalan bi)accordingly, consequently
Bulgarian съгласуван, съобразен
- съгласуван (săglasuvan)in conformance to, or in agreement with
- съобразен (săobrazen)in conformance to, or in agreement with
- съответно (săotvetno)accordingly, consequently
Chinese Mandarin 追隨的 /追随的, 依照
- 追隨的 /追随的 (zhuīsuí de)that pursues
- 依照 (yīzhào)in conformance to, or in agreement with
- 根据 (gēnjù)in conformance to, or in agreement with
- 因此 (yīncǐ)accordingly, consequently
- 於是 /于是 (yúshì)accordingly, consequently
Finnish jahtaava, mukainen
- jahtaavathat pursues
- mukainenin conformance to, or in agreement with
- mukaisestiaccordingly, consequently
- mukaanaccordingly, consequently
- nojallaaccordingly, consequently
French en conformité avec, conformément
- en conformité avecin conformance to, or in agreement with
- conformémentaccordingly, consequently
German gemäß, gemäß
- gemäßin conformance to, or in agreement with
- gemäßaccordingly, consequently
Hungarian szerinti, szerint
- szerintiin conformance to, or in agreement with
- szerintaccordingly, consequently
Italian in conformità, in accordo
- in conformitàin conformance to, or in agreement with
- in accordoin conformance to, or in agreement with
- ai sensi de...in conformance to, or in agreement with
- in conformitàaccordingly, consequently
- in applicazioneaccordingly, consequently
- in forzaaccordingly, consequently
Korean 응(應)하는, 준(準)하는
- 응(應)하는 (eunghaneun)in conformance to, or in agreement with
- 준(準)하는 (junhaneun)in conformance to, or in agreement with
- 따라서 (ttaraseo)accordingly, consequently
Latin prō tenōre
- prō tenōreaccordingly, consequently
Polish zgodnie z, stosownie do
- zgodnie zin conformance to, or in agreement with
- stosownie doin conformance to, or in agreement with
- zgodnie zaccordingly, consequently
- stosownie doaccordingly, consequently
Portuguese em conformidade com
- em conformidade comin conformance to, or in agreement with
Russian соотве́тствующий, соотве́тственно
- соотве́тствующий (sootvétstvujuščij)in conformance to, or in agreement with
- соотве́тственно (sootvétstvenno)accordingly, consequently
- согла́сно (soglásno)accordingly, consequently
- в соответствии (v sootvetstvii)accordingly, consequently
Spanish según
- segúnaccordingly, consequently
Swedish i enlighet med
- i enlighet medin conformance to, or in agreement with
Turkish mucibince, uyarınca
- mucibincein conformance to, or in agreement with
- uyarıncain conformance to, or in agreement with
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pursuant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pursuant
“pursuant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pursuant. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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