pursuit


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pursuit/pəˈsjuːt/
noun
  • 1 the action of pursuing.
  • 2 a recreational or sporting activity.
  • 3 a cycling race in which competitors set off from different parts of a track and attempt to overtake one another.
– origin ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr. purseute ‘following after’, from pursuer (see pursue).
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