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Definitions for pursuing
pur·su·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. pursuingadjective

    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"

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  1. pursuing

    Pursuing refers to the act of following or chasing something with the intent to catch, achieve, or accomplish it. It often involves dedication, effort and continuous action towards a specific goal, which can be an interest, dream, career, study, person, or any sort of objective.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Pursuing

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of pursuing in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of pursuing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of pursuing in a Sentence

  1. James Baldwin:

    The price one pays for pursuing any profession or calling is an intimate knowledge of its ugly side.

  2. Francis Hutcheson:

    Wisdom denotes the pursuing of the best ends by the best means.

  3. Jeffrey Toobin:

    They will continue their investigations unless and until a new boss tells them to stop, i mean, the real power of a US attorney is not to control investigations day-to-day but to say, 'Look, we're not pursuing X or we are pursuing Y.' And 'I will not sign an indictment or I will sign an indictment.' The real question will be who comes in to replace him long-term and whether that person has a similarly aggressive attitude.

  4. Chuck Schumer:

    We're pursuing, a two-path proposal, on the one hand, there's bipartisan negotiations, and those are continuing. ... We all know, as a caucus, we will not be able to do all the things the country needs in a totally bipartisan, a bipartisan way. ... And so at the same time, we are pursuing the pursuit of reconciliation.

  5. James Arthur Baldwin:

    The price we pay when pursuing any art or calling, is an intimate knowledge of its ugly side.

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