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Princeton's WordNet

  1. pursued, chasedadjective

    a person who is being chased

    "the film jumped back and forth from the pursuer to the pursued"

  2. pursuedadjective

    followed with enmity as if to harm

    "running and leaping like a herd of pursued antelopes"

Wikipedia

  1. Pursued

    Pursued is a 1947 American Western film directed by Raoul Walsh with cinematography by James Wong Howe, written by Niven Busch, and starring Theresa Wright and Robert Mitchum. The supporting cast features Judith Anderson, Dean Jagger, Alan Hale Sr., and Harry Carey Jr. The music is by Max Steiner and the picture was shot on location in Gallup, New Mexico.

ChatGPT

  1. pursued

    Pursued refers to the act of following or chasing someone or something persistently or trying to accomplish or obtain something over a period of time, often with effort and determination. In a broader sense, it can also mean to engage or participate in a particular activity, hobby, career or course of action.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Pursued

    of Pursue

Wikidata

  1. Pursued

    Pursued is a 1947 movie starring Robert Mitchum that combines western, film noir and psychological melodrama. The film was directed by Raoul Walsh and photographed in black-and-white by James Wong Howe.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of pursued in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of pursued in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of pursued in a Sentence

  1. Booker T. Washington:

    We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.

  2. Oliver Wendell Holmes:

    Every calling is great when greatly pursued.

  3. Angela Merkel:

    I think one has to tell people and also the financial markets that I, a German chancellor and also the German government, has always pursued a policy of Greece staying in the euro zone and that also the commitments that we entered into between Greece and the troika, Greece and European member states, were abided by and respected, greece has actually made a lot of sacrifices. For many people in Greece these have been very difficult years. We've come a long way.

  4. Jon Cunliffe:

    Regulators internationally and in many jurisdictions have begun the work. It needs to be pursued as a matter of urgency.

  5. David Obonyo:

    The KDF soldiers pursued them following information of an intended probe attack. Following the incident, a middle level al Shabaab commander has been detained, 13 militants were killed, regrettably, KDF suffered two fatalities and five injuries. The injured were evacuated and are receiving medical attention.

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