pursuing
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Definition
Adjective 1. Actively following or chasing in order to catch, reach, or achieve: Describes something or someone that is in the act of following another with intent, often to capture, overtake, or accompany. 2. Persistently striving toward a goal or objective: While the core meaning relates to physical chase, it can describe a sustained effort directed at an aim.
Examples of Usage
- Adjective:
- The police car, with its sirens blaring, was the pursuing vehicle in the high-speed chase.
- She could hear the footsteps of her pursuing rival getting closer.
- He focused all his energy on his pursuing ambition to become a doctor.
Advanced Usage
- "in pursuing": This prepositional phrase is used to indicate the object or goal of the chase or effort.
- The company was successful in pursuing new markets in Asia.
- The adjective "pursuing" often modifies nouns like "vehicle," "force," "party," "goal," or "interest," indicating an active, ongoing action.
Variants and Related Words
- Pursue (verb): To follow in order to catch or capture; to strive for or seek to attain.
- The detective decided to pursue the suspect on foot.
- Pursuit (noun): The act of pursuing; an activity that one engages in.
- His lifelong pursuit of knowledge was inspiring.
- Pursuer (noun): One who pursues.
- The pursuer finally caught up with the fugitive.
Synonyms
- Chasing: Following quickly to catch.
- Tracking: Following the trail or path of.
- Seeking: Attempting to find or obtain.
- Striving for: Making great efforts to achieve.
Related Phrases
- In hot pursuit: Chasing immediately and with great determination.
- The officers were in hot pursuit of the stolen car.
- Pursue a course of action: To continue with a specific plan or method.
- The board voted to pursue a course of action that favored sustainability.
Adjective
- following in order to overtake or capture or as accompaniment to such pursuit
- the fox fled from the pursuing hounds
- listened for the hounds' pursuing bark