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PURSUED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of pursue 2. to follow someone or something, usually to try to…. Learn more.
chase He was running and the dog was chasing him. pursue The robber was pursued by several members of the public. tail The car was tailed by police for several hours. shadow The police think the robbers shadowed their victims for days before the crime. See more results ».
chase, pursue, follow, trail mean to go after or on the track of something or someone. chase implies going swiftly after and trying to overtake something fleeing or running. pursue suggests a continuing effort to overtake, reach, or attain. follow puts less emphasis upon speed or intent to overtake.
to follow in order to overtake, capture, kill, etc.; chase. Synonyms: trail, track, hunt. to follow close upon; go with; attend: Bad luck pursued him. Synonyms: dog. to strive to gain; seek to attain or accomplish (an end, object, purpose, etc.).
A hungry lion might pursue a zebra, the paparazzi might pursue a celebrity, and a young dancer might pursue her dream of becoming a prima ballerina. Pursue originally meant "to follow with hostile intent," from a Latin root word, prosequi, "follow, accompany, follow after, or follow up."
Pursued definition: followed by a person or animal wishing to overtake, capture, kill, etc.; chased. See examples of PURSUED used in a sentence.
She left the theatre, hotly pursued by the press. Police pursued the car at high speed. Jake has been pursuing her (= trying to have a relationship with her) for months.
