pursue, v.
(pursued, pursues, pursuing)
freq. cnt. 30
(pursued, pursues, pursuing)
freq. cnt. 30
carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in
<verb.social> freq. cnt.: 42 freq. cnt.: 31 freq. cnt.: 11
engage prosecute pursue
sample sentences
"She pursued many activities""They engaged in a discussion"
verb frames
Somebody ----sSomebody ----s something
verb frames
Somebody ----sSomebody ----s something
verb frames
Somebody ----sSomebody ----s something
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
follow in or as if in pursuit
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 9
follow pursue
sample sentences
"The police car pursued the suspected attacker""Her bad deed followed her and haunted her dreams all her life"
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
They %s the car down the avenue
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
semantic pointers
hypernym
hyponym
verb group
go in search of or hunt for
<verb.contact> freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 1
go after pursue quest after quest for
sample sentences
"pursue a hobby"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
semantic pointers
hypernym
carry further or advance
<verb.social> freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 4
act on follow up on pursue