Students often pursue their teacher with questions.
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Pursue
/pəˈsjuː/
Synonyms for "pursue" (271 found)
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Noun(22 words)
Verb(16 words)
Adjective(1 words)
formal courting
Determiner(2 words)
more physical tracemost physical trace
Related words (135)
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Noun(35 words)
Verb(29 words)
Adjective(1 words)
selfish aims
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8 entriescareer developmentfollow-uphigher educationhuntingindependent studyinvestigationresearch projecttracking
Collocations
6 entriespursuit of a degreepursuit of a goalpursuit of educationpursuit of excellencepursuit of justicepursuit of knowledge
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
5 entriessimilar
3 entriesSample sentences
17 total sentences available.
Some people pursue only pleasure.
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If I were in good health, I could pursue my studies.
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I plan to pursue a career in international finance.
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