Standard Lemma guide

pursuant

adj · adv · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /pəˈsjuː.ənt/
  • General-American: /pɚˈsu.ənt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: P ER0 S UW1 AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

That pursues.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

In conformance to, or in agreement with; used with to.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adv

Meaning 3

Accordingly; consequently.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Anglo-Norman pursuant, present participle of pursure. Doublet of pursuivant.

Across languages

Translations

51 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 追隨的 /追随的 (zhuīsuí de) — that pursues
  • Finnish: jahtaava — that pursues
  • Bulgarian: съгласуван (sǎglasuvan) — in conformance to, or in agreement with
  • Bulgarian: съобразен (sǎobrazen) — in conformance to, or in agreement with
  • Chinese Mandarin: 依照 (yīzhào) — in conformance to, or in agreement with
  • Chinese Mandarin: 根据 (gēnjù) — in conformance to, or in agreement with
  • Finnish: mukainen — in conformance to, or in agreement with
  • French: en conformité avec — in conformance to, or in agreement with
  • German: gemäß — in conformance to, or in agreement with
  • Hungarian: szerinti — in conformance to, or in agreement with
  • Italian: in conformità — in conformance to, or in agreement with
  • Italian: in accordo — in conformance to, or in agreement with
  • Italian: ai sensi de... — in conformance to, or in agreement with
  • Korean: 응(應)하는 (eunghaneun) — in conformance to, or in agreement with
  • Korean: 준(準)하는 (junhaneun) — in conformance to, or in agreement with
  • Polish: zgodnie z — in conformance to, or in agreement with
  • Polish: stosownie do — in conformance to, or in agreement with
  • Portuguese: em conformidade com — in conformance to, or in agreement with
  • Russian: соотве́тствующий (sootvétstvujuščij) — in conformance to, or in agreement with
  • Spanish: de acuerdo a — in conformance to, or in agreement with
  • Swedish: i enlighet med — in conformance to, or in agreement with
  • Turkish: mucibince — in conformance to, or in agreement with
  • Turkish: uyarınca — in conformance to, or in agreement with
  • Arabic: عَمَلاً بِ (ʕamalan bi) — accordingly, consequently
  • Bulgarian: съответно (sǎotvetno) — accordingly, consequently
  • Chinese Mandarin: 因此 (yīncǐ) — accordingly, consequently
  • Chinese Mandarin: 於是 /于是 (yúshì) — accordingly, consequently
  • Finnish: mukaisesti — accordingly, consequently
  • Finnish: mukaan — accordingly, consequently
  • Finnish: nojalla — accordingly, consequently
  • French: conformément — accordingly, consequently
  • German: gemäß — accordingly, consequently
  • Hungarian: szerint — accordingly, consequently
  • Italian: in conformità — accordingly, consequently
  • Italian: in applicazione — accordingly, consequently
  • Italian: in forza — accordingly, consequently
  • Korean: 따라서 (ttaraseo) — accordingly, consequently
  • Latin: prō tenōre — accordingly, consequently
  • Polish: zgodnie z — accordingly, consequently
  • Polish: stosownie do — accordingly, consequently
  • Russian: соотве́тственно (sootvétstvenno) — accordingly, consequently
  • Russian: согла́сно (soglásno) — accordingly, consequently
  • Russian: в соответствии (v sootvetstvii) — accordingly, consequently
  • Serbo-Croatian: пре̏ма — accordingly, consequently
  • Serbo-Croatian: prȅma — accordingly, consequently
  • Spanish: según — accordingly, consequently
  • Spanish: con arreglo a — accordingly, consequently
  • Spanish: en conformidad con — accordingly, consequently
  • Spanish: conforme a — accordingly, consequently
  • Spanish: a tenor de — accordingly, consequently
  • Spanish: al tenor de — accordingly, consequently
Real reading context

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