pursuit
/pəˈsjuːt/
/pərˈsuːt/ noun [U] Definition
TRY › when you try to achieve a plan, activity, or situation, usually over a long period of time: the pursuit of pleasure He left his native country in pursuit of freedom.
FOLLOWING › when you follow someone or something to try to catch them: The police are in pursuit of a 25-year-old murder suspect.
(Definition of pursuit noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
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