A pursuit is a chase or or a quest for something. When a guard runs after an escaping jewel thief, she's in pursuit while the thief may have stolen the jewels because he was in pursuit of wealth.
The act of following or going after; esp., a following with haste, either for sport or in hostility; chase; prosecution;
Noun
the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture; "the culprit started to run and the cop took off in pursuit"
Noun
a diversion that occupies one''s time and thoughts (usually pleasantly); "sailing is her favorite pastime"; "his main pastime is gambling"; "he counts reading among his interests"; "they criticized the boy for his limited pursuits"
Noun
a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria; "the pursuit of love"; "life is more than the pursuance of fame"; "a quest for wealth"
v. t.
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.
v. t.
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.
v. t.
Course of business or occupation; continued employment
with a view to same end; as, mercantile pursuits; a literary pursuit.
v. t.
Prosecution.
Pursuit
Weak we are, and can not shun pursuit.2.
That pursuit for tithes ought, and of ancient time did pertain to the spiritual court.
The act of following or going after; esp., a following with haste, either for sport or in hostility; chase; prosecution;
Usage Examples
An attitude to life which seeks fulfillment in the single-minded pursuit of wealth - in short, materialism - does not fit into this world, because it contains within itself no limiting principle, while the environment in which it is placed is strictly limited.
Hackers are breaking the systems for profit. Before, it was about intellectual curiosity and pursuit of knowledge and thrill, and now hacking is big business.
As long as we are persistence in our pursuit of our deepest destiny, we will continue to grow. We cannot choose the day or time when we will fully bloom. It happens in its own time.
I am about to be married, and am of course in all the misery of a man in pursuit of happiness.
Genuine happiness can only be achieved when we transform our way of life from the unthinking pursuit of pleasure to one committed to enriching our inner lives, when we focus on 'being more' rather than simply having more.
For this generation, ours, life is nuclear survival, liberty is human rights, the pursuit of happiness is a planet whose resources are devoted to the physical and spiritual nourishment of its inhabitants.
As a bookish child in Calcutta, I used to thrill to the adventures of bad girls whose pursuit of happiness swept them outside the bounds of social decency. Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Emma Bovary and Anna Karenina lived large in my imagination. The naughty girls of Hollywood films flirted and knew how to drive.
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Other Usage ExamplesA complacent satisfaction with present knowledge is the chief bar to the pursuit of knowledge.
Deficiency motivation doesn't work. It will lead to a life-long pursuit of try to fix me. Learn to appreciate what you have and where and who you are.
A man's love, till it has been chastened and fastened by the feeling of duty which marriage brings with it, is instigated mainly by the difficulty of pursuit.
At the time I came along, Hollywood's idea of teen movies meant there had to be a lot of nudity, usually involving boys in pursuit of sex, and pretty gross overall. Either that or a horror movie. And the last thing Hollywood wanted in their teen movies was teenagers!
Better to die in the pursuit of civilized values, we believed, than in a flight underground. We were offering a value system couched in the language of science.
Desire is the key to motivation, but it's determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek.
A rejection is nothing more than a necessary step in the pursuit of success.
Desire is the key to motivation, but it's the determination and commitment to unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek.
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