pursuit suggests a trade, profession, or avocation followed with zeal or steady interest.

PURSUIT definition: 1. an activity that you spend time doing, usually when you are not working: 2. the act of…. Learn more.

Your pursuit of something is your attempts at achieving it. If you do something in pursuit of a particular result, you do it in order to achieve that result.

Definition of pursuit noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Define pursuit. pursuit synonyms, pursuit pronunciation, pursuit translation, English dictionary definition of pursuit. n. 1. The act or an instance of chasing or pursuing: the pursuit of the …

pur•suit /pɚˈsut/ n. the act of pursuing:[uncountable] raced in pursuit of the thief. an occupation or pastime that one regularly engages in:[countable] literary pursuits. Idioms in hot pursuit, …

There are 13 meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun pursuit, four of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

• Science is a logical pursuit but progress in science does not necessarily, or even usually, follow a straight path. • Moriarty spent the summer focusing on his musical pursuits.

PURSUIT definition: the act of pursuing. See examples of pursuit used in a sentence.

noun The act of pursuing, or of following briskly for the purpose of overtaking; a following hastily, either for sport or in hostility; the chase, or a chasing: as, the pursuit of game, or of an enemy.