pursuit

Roget-categorie 622

5. Words relating to the voluntary powers
› 5.2. Prospective volition
›› 5.2.1. Conceptional volition

#622. [Purpose in action.] Pursuit

zelfstandig naamwoord

pursuit — pursuing etc. v. — prosecution — pursuance — enterprise etc. (undertaking) 676 — business etc. 625 — adventure etc. (essay) 675 — quest etc. (search) 461 — scramble, hue and cry, game — hobby — still-hunt.
chase, hunt, battue^†, race, steeple chase, hunting, coursing — venation, venery — fox chase — sport, sporting — shooting, angling, fishing, hawking — shikar (Geog loc:India). pursuer — hunter, huntsman — shikari (Geog loc:India), sportsman, Nimrod — hound etc. 366.

werkwoord

pursue, prosecute, follow — run after, make after, be after, hunt after, prowl after — shadow — carry on etc. (do) 680 — engage in etc. (undertake) 676 — set about etc. (begin) 66 — endeavor etc. 675 — court etc. (request) 765 — seek etc. (search) 461 — aim at etc. (intention) 620 — follow the trail etc. (trace) 461 — fish for etc. (experiment) 463 — press on etc. (haste) 684 — run a race etc. (velocity) 274.
chase, give chase, course, dog, hunt, hound — tread on the heels, follow on the heels of, etc. (sequence) 281.
rush upon — rush headlong etc. (violence) 173, ride full tilt at, run full tilt at — make a leap at, jump at, snatch at run down — start game.
tread a path — take a course, hold a course — shape one's steps, direct one's steps, bend one's steps, course — play a game — fight one's way, elbow one's way — follow up — take to, take up — go in for — ride one's hobby.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

pursuing etc. v. — in quest of etc. (inquiry) 461 — in pursuit, in full cry, in hot pursuit — on the scent.

bijwoord

in pursuance of etc. (intention) 620 — after.

tussenwerpsel

tallyho!, yoicks!, soho! ^†,

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