pursuing

[per-soo-ing]

adjective

1. following someone or something in order to overtake, capture, woo, etc..

   Informed via radio that the alleged crime concerned an unpaid bill, the pursuing officers took down the vehicle's license plate information and stopped the chase.

2. continuing to accompany or affect someone, as success, bad luck, or fame.

   They renewed their love, were once more torn apart by pursuing misfortune, but in the end were happily reunited.

3. following or seeming to follow someone or something with one’s eyes, voice, thoughts, etc..

   He stared fearfully at the pursuing eyes of a portrait on the wall.

4. following or coming immediately after; ensuing.

   The program focuses on core courses in the first semester, and allows students to take their electives in the pursuing two semesters.

Other Word Forms

• unpursuing adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of pursuing¹

pursu(e) ( def. ) + -ing ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

Swinney told the SNP conference in Aberdeen his proposals were the most realistic way of pursuing the goal, based on a previous precedent which brought about the 2014 referendum.

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Three months later, he was arrested after escaping from a vehicle that police were pursuing.

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It comes days after the prime minister said the UK government could consider pursuing more curbs on protest laws, including targeting some of the chants used at pro-Palestinian demonstrations.

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Employers need to face consequences for pursuing this course, which makes a mockery of the process.

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He added senior Canadian and U.S. officials are now in intense talks about which energy projects might be worth pursuing.

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