pursue

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• Received-Pronunciation: /pəˈsjuː/
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• UK: /pəˈʃuː/
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• General-American: /pɚˈsu/
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• Australian: /pəˈʃu/
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• Nigeria: /pɜˈʃuː/
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• South-Asia: /ˈpɜ(ɾ).sju/
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• South-Asia: /pə(ɾ)ˈsju/
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• rhymes with -uː
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• CMU ARPABET: P ER0 S UW1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English pursuen, from Anglo-Norman pursure, poursuire etc., from Latin prōsequor (though influenced by persequor). Doublet of prosecute.

120 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: لَاحَقَ (lāḥaqa) — to follow urgently
• Arabic: لاحق (lāḥag) — to follow urgently
• Arabic: لِحِق (liḥig) — to follow urgently
• Armenian: հետապնդել (hetapndel) — to follow urgently
• Bashkir: ҡыуыу (qıwıw) — to follow urgently
• Belarusian: перасле́дваць (pjerasljédvacʹ) — to follow urgently
• Breton: poursu — to follow urgently
• Bulgarian: пресле́двам (preslédvam) — to follow urgently
• Catalan: perseguir — to follow urgently
• Cherokee: ᎠᎨᎯ (agehi) — to follow urgently
• Chinese Mandarin: 追求 (zhuīqiú) — to follow urgently
• Czech: pronásledovat — to follow urgently
• Danish: forfølge — to follow urgently
• Esperanto: persekuti — to follow urgently
• Dutch: achtervolgen — to follow urgently
• Finnish: ajaa takaa — to follow urgently
• Finnish: seurata — to follow urgently
• Finnish: ahdistaa — to follow urgently
• French: poursuivre — to follow urgently
• German: verfolgen — to follow urgently
• Gothic: 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (laistjan) — to follow urgently
• Ancient Greek: διώκω (diṓkō) — to follow urgently
• Hebrew: רדף (radaf) — to follow urgently
• Hungarian: üldöz — to follow urgently
• Hungarian: űz — to follow urgently
• Hungarian: hajszol — to follow urgently
• Indonesian: mengejar — to follow urgently
• Italian: perseguire — to follow urgently
• Japanese: 追跡する (tsuiseki suru) — to follow urgently
• Khmer: តាមដេញ (taamdəñ) — to follow urgently
• Korean: 뒤쫓다 (dwijjotda) — to follow urgently
• Ladino: perseguir — to follow urgently
• Ladino: asegir — to follow urgently
• Latin: consector — to follow urgently
• Latin: insector — to follow urgently
• Latin: sector — to follow urgently
• Latin: persequor — to follow urgently
• Latin: prōsequor — to follow urgently
• Latin: venor — to follow urgently
• Old English: æfterfolgian — to follow urgently
• Persian: دنبال کردن (donbâl kardan) — to follow urgently
• Polish: ścigać — to follow urgently
• Portuguese: perseguir — to follow urgently
• Romanian: urmări — to follow urgently
• Russian: пресле́довать (preslédovatʹ) — to follow urgently
• Russian: гна́ться (gnátʹsja) — to follow urgently
• Serbo-Croatian: гонити — to follow urgently
• Serbo-Croatian: goniti — to follow urgently
• Slovak: prenasledovať — to follow urgently
• Spanish: perseguir — to follow urgently
• Swedish: förfölja — to follow urgently
• Turkish: kovalamak — to follow urgently
• Ottoman Turkish: قوغمق (koğmak, kovmak) — to follow urgently
• Ottoman Turkish: تعقیب ایتمك (taʼkib etmek) — to follow urgently
• Ugaritic: 𐎐𐎂𐎌 (ngš) — to follow urgently
• Ukrainian: переслі́дувати (pereslíduvaty) — to follow urgently
• Walloon: kitchessî — to follow urgently
• Walloon: portchessî — to follow urgently
• Walloon: porshuve — to follow urgently
• Arabic: اِتَّبَعَ (ittabaʕa) — to travel down a particular way or course of action
• Bulgarian: следвам (sledvam) — to travel down a particular way or course of action
• Dutch: volgen — to travel down a particular way or course of action
• Finnish: seurata — to travel down a particular way or course of action
• German: folgen — to travel down a particular way or course of action
• German: beschreiten — to travel down a particular way or course of action
• Persian: دنبال کردن (donbâl kardan) — to travel down a particular way or course of action
• Russian: пресле́довать (preslédovatʹ) — to travel down a particular way or course of action
• Russian: сле́довать (slédovatʹ) — to travel down a particular way or course of action
• Spanish: seguir — to travel down a particular way or course of action
• Spanish: proseguir — to travel down a particular way or course of action
• Swedish: följa — to travel down a particular way or course of action
• Armenian: նպատակ հետապնդել (npatak hetapndel) — to aim for
• Azerbaijani: güdmək — to aim for
• Ngazidja Comorian: uɗunga — to aim for
• Dutch: najagen — to aim for
• Finnish: pyrkiä — to aim for
• French: rechercher — to aim for
• German: nachjagen — to aim for
• Indonesian: mengejar — to aim for
• Italian: perseguitare — to aim for
• Italian: tormentare — to aim for
• Italian: inseguire — to aim for
• Italian: cercare — to aim for
• Khmer: មានគោលបំណង (mien kool bɑmnɑɑŋ) — to aim for
• Korean: 추구하다 (chuguhada) — to aim for
• Latin: apīscor — to aim for
• Māori: koromaki — to aim for
• Persian: به دنبال چیزی بودن — to aim for
• Portuguese: procurar — to aim for
• Portuguese: perseguir — to aim for
• Spanish: perseguir — to aim for
• Spanish: apuntar a — to aim for
• Spanish: luchar por — to aim for
• Spanish: buscar — to aim for
• Spanish: pretender — to aim for
• Spanish: procurar — to aim for
• Turkish: hedeflemek — to aim for
• Armenian: մասնակցել (masnakcʻel) — to participate in, practise (an activity, profession)
• Bulgarian: занимавам се (zanimavam se) — to participate in, practise (an activity, profession)
• Dutch: beoefenen — to participate in, practise (an activity, profession)
• Finnish: harjoittaa — to participate in, practise (an activity, profession)
• German: nachgehen — to participate in, practise (an activity, profession)
• German: betreiben (Forschung) — to participate in, practise (an activity, profession)
• German: weiterverfolgen — to participate in, practise (an activity, profession)
• German: sich befassen mit — to participate in, practise (an activity, profession)
• German: (Beschwerde) einreichen — to participate in, practise (an activity, profession)
• German: (Beruf) ausüben — to participate in, practise (an activity, profession)
• Hungarian: folytat — to participate in, practise (an activity, profession)
• Hungarian: gyakorol — to participate in, practise (an activity, profession)
• Hungarian: űz — to participate in, practise (an activity, profession)
• Indonesian: mengikuti — to participate in, practise (an activity, profession)
• Italian: praticare — to participate in, practise (an activity, profession)
• Italian: attendere — to participate in, practise (an activity, profession)
• Khmer: បន្ត (bɑɑbɑntɑɑ) — to participate in, practise (an activity, profession)
• Persian: دنبال کردن (donbâl kardan) — to participate in, practise (an activity, profession)
• Russian: занима́ться (zanimátʹsja) — to participate in, practise (an activity, profession)
• Spanish: cursar — to participate in, practise (an activity, profession)
• Turkish: başlamak — to participate in, practise (an activity, profession)
• Ukrainian: займа́тися (zajmátysja) — to participate in, practise (an activity, profession)
• Walloon: pratiker — to participate in, practise (an activity, profession)