[pəˈsjuːt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the action of pursuing someone or something
(e.g: the cat crouched in the grass in pursuit of a bird)

- an activity of a specified kind, especially a recreational or sporting one
(e.g: a whole range of leisure pursuits)


Phrases:
- give pursuit

Origin:
late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French purseute ‘following after’, from pursuer (see pursue). Early senses included ‘persecution, annoyance’ and in legal contexts ‘petition, prosecution’