pursuit

English

Alternative forms

• pursuite (obsolete)

Etymology

Old French poursuite, from the verb porsuir (“to pursue”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /pəˈsju:t/, IPA: /pɜːˈsju:t/
• (US) IPA: /pɝˈsu:t/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

pursuit (plural pursuits)

1. The act of pursuing.
   • 2011 September 27, Alistair Magowan, “Bayern Munich 2 - 0 Man City”, BBC Sport:

     Not only were Jupp Heynckes' team pacey in attack but they were relentless in their pursuit of the ball once they had lost it, and as the game wore on they merely increased their dominance as City wilted in the Allianz Arena.

2. A hobby or recreational activity, done regularly.
3. (cycling) A discipline in track cycling where two opposing teams start on opposite sides of the track and try to catch their opponents.

Derived terms

• in pursuit
• individual pursuit
• pursuit plane
• team pursuit

Translations

act of pursuing

• Armenian: հետապնդում (hy) (hetapndum), հալածանք (hy) (halaçank’)
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• Catalan: perseguiment (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 追求 (cmn) (zhuīqiú)

• Czech: snažení (cs) n
• French: poursuite (fr) f
• German: Verfolgung (de) f
• Hungarian: törekvés (hu), űzés (hu)

• Italian: ricerca (it) f
• Japanese: 追求 (ja) (ついきゅう, tsuikyū)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Mirandese: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: pościg (pl) m
• Portuguese: perseguição (pt) f
• Romanian: vânătoare (ro)
• Russian: преследование (ru) (preslédovanije) n, погоня (ru) (pogónja) f, (sports) гонка преследования (ru) (gónka preslédovanija) f
• Spanish: persecución (es)

hobby or recreational activity

• Hungarian: tevékenység (hu), elfoglaltság (hu)
• Italian: passatempo (it) m

• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: занятие (ru) (zanjátije) n

External links

• Pursuit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia