We are all in daily pursuit of happiness.
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Pursuit
//pɜːɹˈsuːt//
Synonyms for "pursuit" (131 found)
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Closest matches (27)
Strong matches (39)
Related words (65)
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7 entriesTranslations
67 translations across 32 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἐπιτήδευμα noun (hobby or recreational activity)
Armenian
2 entries- հալածանք noun (act of pursuing)
- հետապնդում noun (act of pursuing)
Belarusian
3 entries- даго́н noun (act of pursuing)
- паго́ня noun (act of pursuing)
- перасле́д noun (act of pursuing)
Bulgarian
3 entries- гонитба noun (act of pursuing)
- занимание noun (hobby or recreational activity)
- преследване noun (act of pursuing)
Catalan
1 entries- perseguiment noun (act of pursuing)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 追求 noun (act of pursuing)
Czech
4 entries- honba (za čím) noun (act of pursuing)
- snaha noun (act of pursuing)
- snažení noun (act of pursuing)
- zájmy noun (hobby or recreational activity)
Danish
1 entries- forfølgelse noun (act of pursuing)
Dutch
1 entries- achtervolging noun (act of pursuing)
Esperanto
2 entries- klopodado noun (act of pursuing)
- klopodo noun (act of pursuing)
French
1 entries- poursuite noun (act of pursuing)
Galician
2 entries- busca noun (act of pursuing)
- procura noun (act of pursuing)
German
2 entries- Streben noun (act of pursuing)
- Verfolgung noun (act of pursuing)
Greek
4 entries- επιδίωξη noun (hobby or recreational activity)
- επιχείρηση noun (hobby or recreational activity)
- καταδίωξη noun (hobby or recreational activity)
- πουρσουίτ noun (cycle racing)
Hebrew
2 entries- מִרְדָּף noun (act of pursuing)
- רְדִיפָה noun (act of pursuing)
Hungarian
4 entries- elfoglaltság noun (hobby or recreational activity)
- tevékenység noun (hobby or recreational activity)
- törekvés noun (act of pursuing)
- űzés noun (act of pursuing)
Indonesian
1 entries- mengejar noun (act of pursuing)
Irish
1 entries- tóir noun (act of pursuing)
Italian
4 entries- caccia noun (act of pursuing)
- passatempo noun (hobby or recreational activity)
- perseguimento noun (act of pursuing)
- ricerca noun (act of pursuing)
Japanese
1 entries- 追求 noun (act of pursuing)
Khmer
2 entries- ការខិតខំប្រឹងប្រែង noun (hobby or recreational activity)
- ការតាមរក noun (act of pursuing)
Korean
1 entries- 추구 noun (act of pursuing)
Māori
2 entries- mahi tākaro noun (hobby or recreational activity)
- umanga noun (hobby or recreational activity)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- تعقیب noun (act of pursuing)
Polish
1 entries- pościg noun (act of pursuing)
Portuguese
1 entries- perseguição noun (act of pursuing)
Romanian
1 entries- vânătoare noun (act of pursuing)
Russian
3 entries- заня́тие noun (hobby or recreational activity)
- пого́ня noun (act of pursuing)
- пресле́дование noun (act of pursuing)
Spanish
4 entries- actividad noun (hobby or recreational activity)
- caza noun (act of pursuing)
- interés noun (hobby or recreational activity)
- persecución noun (act of pursuing)
Swedish
1 entries- förföljande noun (act of pursuing)
Turkish
2 entries- meşgale noun (hobby or recreational activity)
- uğraş noun (hobby or recreational activity)
Ukrainian
4 entries- гони́тва noun (act of pursuing)
- заня́ття noun (hobby or recreational activity)
- здогі́н noun (act of pursuing)
- переслі́дування noun (act of pursuing)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
After a short pursuit, the police caught him.
Source: tatoeba (39962)
Most people live in pursuit of happiness.
Source: tatoeba (41176)
The motorcycle started in pursuit at breakneck speed.
Source: tatoeba (65132)
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