pursuance

Other forms of pursuance

plural

pursuances·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about pursuance

What does pursuance mean?

pursuance means "a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pursuance?

pursuance has 3 syllables: pur-su-ance. The stress falls on "pur".

What is another word for pursuance?

Close synonyms include pursuit, quest, prosecution. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pursuance a common word?

pursuance is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.