pursuing

1. 1.

   following in order to overtake or capture or as accompaniment to such pursuit

   “the fox fled from the pursuing hounds”

   “listened for the hounds' pursuing bark”

   Similarfollowing

Questions about pursuing

What does pursuing mean?

pursuing means "following in order to overtake or capture or as accompaniment to such pursuit".

How many syllables are in pursuing?

pursuing has 3 syllables: pur-su-ing. The stress falls on "su". In IPA it is /pɚˈsuɪŋ/.

Is pursuing a common word?

pursuing is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.