pursuing

[ per-soo-ing ]

adjective

1. following someone or something in order to overtake, capture, woo, etc.:

   Informed via radio that the alleged crime concerned an unpaid bill, the pursuing officers took down the vehicle's license plate information and stopped the chase.

2. continuing to accompany or affect someone, as success, bad luck, or fame:

   They renewed their love, were once more torn apart by pursuing misfortune, but in the end were happily reunited.

3. following or seeming to follow someone or something with one’s eyes, voice, thoughts, etc.:

   He stared fearfully at the pursuing eyes of a portrait on the wall.

4. following or coming immediately after; ensuing:

   The program focuses on core courses in the first semester, and allows students to take their electives in the pursuing two semesters.

Other Words From

• un·pur·su·ing adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of pursuing¹

pursu(e) ( def ) + -ing ²( def )

Example Sentences

He writes that the series’ producers dissuaded him from pursuing ancillary Urkel opportunities lest he become “overexposed.”

From Los Angeles Times

Companies such as Fox Television Stations, Nexstar Media Group, Tegna and Gray Media are eager to buy more TV stations to better compete against deep-pocketed tech firms that are aggressively pursuing viewers and ad dollars.

From Los Angeles Times

"Hon Jay Jay Banda is one of those members of parliament who are close to the former president, who this government is pursuing relentlessly."

From BBC

To Ahmed, who is pursuing his studies in flood evacuation preparedness, this model is only one tool he hopes authorities can use ahead of disastrous flooding.

From Science Daily

He has spent the past 14 years pursuing hunts across the countryside of north Wales.

From BBC