Pursuit is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for PURSUIT in dictionary:

VERB:
• The act of following or going after; esp., a following with haste, either for sport or in hostility; chase; prosecution; as, the pursuit of game; the pursuit of an enemy.
• A following with a view to reach, accomplish, or obtain; endeavor to attain to or gain; as, the pursuit of knowledge; the pursuit of happiness or pleasure.
• Course of business or occupation; continued employment with a view to same end; as, mercantile pursuits; a literary pursuit.
• Prosecution.
NOUN:
• the act of pursuing, also POURSUIT
• the action of pursuing someone or something
• a cycling race in which competitors set off from different parts of a track and attempt to overtake one another
• the action of the eye in following a moving object.
• an activity of a specified kind, especially a recreational or sporting one
• the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture
• a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria
• an auxiliary activity
• a diversion that occupies one\'s time and thoughts (usually pleasantly)
• pursuing

Words related to PURSUIT

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Words that contain PURSUIT

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How to use PURSUIT in a sentence

• I hastily surveyed my surroundings, and saw that I was safe from all pursuit from the town.
• We saw parties of Europeans and native soldiers, all eager in the pursuit of plunder, going from house to house, or diving down courts and alleys when they saw us approaching.
• This was done in order that the Germans might not make use of them for the pursuit.
• As soon as the event was known the whole country was roused, and every man who was not an associate of the horse-thieves, shouldered his rifle to go in pursuit of the murderers.
• For an hour the pursuit continued without interruption.
• So they were able to travel at a good pace, though the three listened continually for any sound that might indicate pursuit.
• He knew that Willet had found nothing, that the pursuit was still far away and that they were in no immediate danger.
• At the outside a dozen of their men might be killed in the pursuit by such of the vengeful backwoodsmen as were exceptionally fleet of foot.
• I now thought it best to get rid of the dogs, and accordingly started them in pursuit of a deer.
• Things were going on thus satisfactorily, when his friend heard that constables were in pursuit of him, on account of a robbery committed the night before.
• But an army in retreat or in pursuit has no time to waste in repairing motors.
• I saw the form of a stout-built man, mounted on a powerful horse, disappear amid the trees, and I quickly urged my animal to his feet, so that I could join in the pursuit.
• These two had so successfully eluded pursuit that they fancied themselves out of danger, and became somewhat careless in consequence.
• Was it Phil? Or was it some one getting ready for the pursuit? He moved a step nearer.
• I know that it is customary to-day for writers to sneer at this pursuit.
• He then hastened southward in pursuit of Pompey, who had now resolved to abandon Italy.
• The duke of Argyle returning from the pursuit, joined Wightman, who had faced about and taken possession of some enclosures and mud wails in expectation of being attacked.
• The English fled into La Beauce and the French rushed in pursuit of them.
• Domestics are sometimes driven from private homes by the same pursuit of the employer.
• Every teacher, therefore, who is commencing his work, should begin with the firm determination of devoting only six hours daily to the pursuit.
• Being still in the active pursuit of a sensible woman, he was moved with a real curiosity to see her.
• They felt comparatively safe from pursuit for a few hours at least, for the men could scarcely return and trace them very soon.
• Such was the ardor of our troops, in the pursuit, that it was difficult, especially for the Kentucky officers, to induce their men to return.

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