pursuing

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UK/pəˈsjuː.ɪŋ/US/pɚˈsu.ɪŋ/Australia/pəˈʃu.ɪŋ/

noun

pursuit

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of pursue
nounpursuing (plural pursuings)

plural pursuings

  1. pursuit

    And they need to be check'd in their erratic doings, In their scholarly flights and whimsical pursuings.

    1900, Edward Stephens, Infidelity Disarmed in a Reply to Lectures, page 23

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivefollowing in order to overtake or capture or as accompaniment to such pursuit

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following
Also see
following

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

usurping
Cite this entry
APA

pursuing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pursuing

MLA

“pursuing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pursuing. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pursuing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pursuing.

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