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{
"term": "pursue",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"academic": true,
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "pursue",
"heSheIt": "pursues"
},
"pastSimple": "pursued",
"pastParticiple": "pursued",
"ingForm": "pursuing"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to do something or try to achieve something over a period of time",
"sensetop": "pursue something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "to **pursue a goal**"
},
{
"text": "to pursue an aim/objective"
},
{
"text": "How can we most effectively pursue these aims?"
},
{
"text": "We intend to **pursue** this **policy** with determination."
},
{
"text": "She wishes to **pursue** a medical **career**."
},
{
"text": "I was determined to **pursue** my **dream** of becoming an actor."
},
{
"text": "Many communities are aggressively pursuing plans to preserve open spaces."
},
{
"text": "I wasn't sure I wanted to pursue dance as a career."
},
{
"text": "He continues to pursue a soft policy on crime."
}
],
"topics": ["Success"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["further", "still", "actively"],
"verb + pursue": ["decide to", "intend to", "want to"],
"phrases": [
"the ability to pursue something",
"the freedom to pursue something",
"the opportunity to pursue something"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to continue to discuss, find out about or be involved in something",
"sensetop": "pursue somethingpursue + speech",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "to pursue an agenda/a strategy/a claim",
"contextForm": "pursue something"
},
{
"text": "to pursue legal action"
},
{
"text": "The Crown Prosecution Service is unwilling to pursue the case."
},
{
"text": "We have decided not to **pursue the matter**."
},
{
"text": "She wanted the freedom to **pursue** her own **interests**."
},
{
"text": "He was still pursuing his studies."
},
{
"text": "Other companies are pursuing the same course."
},
{
"text": "The government has **actively pursued** a campaign against the militants."
},
{
"text": "‘But’, he pursued, ‘you still haven't answered the question.’",
"contextForm": "pursue + speech"
}
],
"topics": ["Law and justice"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["further", "still", "actively"],
"verb + pursue": ["decide to", "intend to", "want to"],
"phrases": [
"the ability to pursue something",
"the freedom to pursue something",
"the opportunity to pursue something"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to follow or go after somebody/something, especially in order to catch them",
"sensetop": "pursue somebody/something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "She left the theatre, hotly pursued by the press."
},
{
"text": "Police pursued the car at high speed."
},
{
"text": "Jake has been pursuing her *(= trying to have a relationship with her)* for months."
}
],
"topics": ["Law and justice", "Crime and punishment"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["relentlessly"],
"phrases": ["closely pursued by somebody", "hotly pursued by somebody"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/pəˈsjuː/",
"audio": "pu/pursue/pursue__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/pəˈsjuːz/",
"audio": "pu/pursue/pursues__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/pəˈsjuːd/",
"audio": "pu/pursue/pursued__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/pəˈsjuːɪŋ/",
"audio": "pu/pursue/pursuing__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/pərˈsuː/",
"audio": "pu/pursue/pursue__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/pərˈsuːz/",
"audio": "pu/pursue/pursues__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/pərˈsuːd/",
"audio": "pu/pursue/pursued__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/pərˈsuːɪŋ/",
"audio": "pu/pursue/pursuing__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English (originally in the sense ‘follow with hatred’): from Anglo-Norman French pursuer, from an alteration of Latin prosequi ‘prosecute’."
}