pursue

Other forms of pursue

past tense

pursued·

present participle

pursuing·

third person

pursues·

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 pursue

What does pursue mean?

pursue means "carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pursue?

pursue has 2 syllables: pur-sue. The stress falls on "sue". In IPA it is /pɚˈsu/.

What is another word for pursue?

Close synonyms include prosecute, engage, follow, quest for, go after. 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 pursue a common word?

pursue is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with pursue?

6 words rhyme with pursue. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.