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pursuant

[ per-soo-uhnt ]

adjective

  1. proceeding after; following (usually followed by to ):

    Pursuant to his studies he took a job in an office.



adverb

  1. according (usually followed by to ):

    to do something pursuant to an agreement.

  2. in a manner conformable (usually followed by to ):

    to act pursuant to the dictates of one's conscience.

pursuant

/ pəˈsjuːənt /

adjective

  1. usually postpositiveoften foll byto law in agreement or conformity
  2. archaic.
    pursuing
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • purˈsuantly, adverb
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Other Words From

  • nonpur·suant adjective
  • nonpur·suant·ly adverb
  • unpur·suant adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pursuant1

1425–75; late Middle English, variant of pursevant pursuivant
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pursuant1

C17: related to Middle English poursuivant following after, from Old French; see pursue
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Example Sentences

The Secret Service also notes that “some candidates have received protection earlier in the campaign pursuant to presidential memoranda.”

Since then, migrants have been removed pursuant to the order, the official said, declining to provide figures.

“Members of the Supreme Court recently reaffirmed the practice we have followed for 235 years pursuant to which individual justices decide recusal issues,” he wrote.

Cohen said he submitted monthly invoices for a year for legal work he never actually performed, pursuant to a purported retainer agreement that he said did not exist.

Paqueta has also been charged with "two breaches of FA Rule F3 in respect of alleged failures to comply pursuant to FA Rule F2", which relates to providing information and documents.

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