Students often pursue their teacher with questions.
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Pursue
//pəˈsjuː//
Synonyms for "pursue" (155 found)
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Strong matches (47)
Related words (77)
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Verb(4 words)
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10 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
5 entriesderived
10 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
8 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
118 translations across 43 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- διώκω verb (to follow urgently)
Arabic
4 entries- اِتَّبَعَ verb (to travel down a particular way or course of action)
- لاحق verb (to follow urgently)
- لَاحَقَ verb (to follow urgently)
- لِحِق verb (to follow urgently)
Armenian
3 entries- հետապնդել verb (to follow urgently)
- մասնակցել verb (to participate in, practise (an activity, profession))
- նպատակ հետապնդել verb (to aim for)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- güdmək verb (to aim for)
Belarusian
1 entries- перасле́дваць verb (to follow urgently)
Breton
1 entries- poursu verb (to follow urgently)
Bulgarian
3 entries- занимавам се verb (to participate in, practise (an activity, profession))
- пресле́двам verb (to follow urgently)
- следвам verb (to travel down a particular way or course of action)
Catalan
1 entries- perseguir verb (to follow urgently)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎠᎨᎯ verb (to follow urgently)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 追求 verb (to follow urgently)
Czech
1 entries- pronásledovat verb (to follow urgently)
Danish
1 entries- forfølge verb (to follow urgently)
Dutch
4 entries- achtervolgen verb (to follow urgently)
- beoefenen verb (to participate in, practise (an activity, profession))
- najagen verb (to aim for)
- volgen verb (to travel down a particular way or course of action)
Finnish
4 entries- ahdistaa verb (to follow urgently)
- ajaa takaa verb (to follow urgently)
- harjoittaa verb (to participate in, practise (an activity, profession))
- pyrkiä verb (to aim for)
French
2 entries- poursuivre verb (to follow urgently)
- rechercher verb (to aim for)
German
4 entries- (Beruf) ausüben verb (to participate in, practise (an activity, profession))
- (Beschwerde) einreichen verb (to participate in, practise (an activity, profession))
- beschreiten verb (to travel down a particular way or course of action)
- betreiben (Forschung) verb (to participate in, practise (an activity, profession))
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to follow urgently)
Hebrew
1 entries- רדף verb (to follow urgently)
Hungarian
4 entries- folytat verb (to participate in, practise (an activity, profession))
- gyakorol verb (to participate in, practise (an activity, profession))
- hajszol verb (to follow urgently)
- üldöz verb (to follow urgently)
Indonesian
3 entries- mengejar verb (to follow urgently)
- mengejar verb (to aim for)
- mengikuti verb (to participate in, practise (an activity, profession))
Italian
4 entries- attendere verb (to participate in, practise (an activity, profession))
- cercare verb (to aim for)
- inseguire verb (to aim for)
- perseguire verb (to follow urgently)
Japanese
1 entries- 追跡する verb (to follow urgently)
Khmer
3 entries- តាមដេញ verb (to follow urgently)
- បន្ត verb (to participate in, practise (an activity, profession))
- មានគោលបំណង verb (to aim for)
Korean
2 entries- 뒤쫓다 verb (to follow urgently)
- 추구하다 verb (to aim for)
Ladino
2 entries- asegir verb (to follow urgently)
- perseguir verb (to follow urgently)
Latin
4 entries- apīscor verb (to aim for)
- consector verb (to follow urgently)
- insector verb (to follow urgently)
- persequor verb (to follow urgently)
Māori
1 entries- koromaki verb (to aim for)
Ngazidja Comorian
1 entries- uɗunga verb (to aim for)
Old English
1 entries- æfterfolgian verb (to follow urgently)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- تعقیب ایتمك verb (to follow urgently)
- قوغمق verb (to follow urgently)
Persian
4 entries- به دنبال چیزی بودن verb (to aim for)
- دنبال کردن verb (to follow urgently)
- دنبال کردن verb (to travel down a particular way or course of action)
- دنبال کردن verb (to participate in, practise (an activity, profession))
Polish
1 entries- ścigać verb (to follow urgently)
Portuguese
3 entries- perseguir verb (to follow urgently)
- perseguir verb (to aim for)
- procurar verb (to aim for)
Romanian
1 entries- urmări verb (to follow urgently)
Russian
4 entries- гна́ться verb (to follow urgently)
- занима́ться verb (to participate in, practise (an activity, profession))
- пресле́довать verb (to follow urgently)
- пресле́довать verb (to travel down a particular way or course of action)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- goniti verb (to follow urgently)
- гонити verb (to follow urgently)
Slovak
1 entries- prenasledovať verb (to follow urgently)
Spanish
4 entries- apuntar a verb (to aim for)
- buscar verb (to aim for)
- cursar verb (to participate in, practise (an activity, profession))
- luchar por verb (to aim for)
Swedish
2 entries- följa verb (to travel down a particular way or course of action)
- förfölja verb (to follow urgently)
Turkish
3 entries- başlamak verb (to participate in, practise (an activity, profession))
- hedeflemek verb (to aim for)
- kovalamak verb (to follow urgently)
Ugaritic
1 entries- 𐎐𐎂𐎌 verb (to follow urgently)
Ukrainian
2 entries- займа́тися verb (to participate in, practise (an activity, profession))
- переслі́дувати verb (to follow urgently)
Walloon
4 entries- kitchessî verb (to follow urgently)
- porshuve verb (to follow urgently)
- portchessî verb (to follow urgently)
- pratiker verb (to participate in, practise (an activity, profession))
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
Some people pursue only pleasure.
Source: tatoeba (22297)
If I were in good health, I could pursue my studies.
Source: tatoeba (30859)
I plan to pursue a career in international finance.
Source: tatoeba (241415)
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