verb · neutral
pursue
UK/pəˈsjuː/US/pərˈsuː/pur·SUE
Band 7+task2speaking
to follow or try to achieve something over a period of time
Examples
“She decided to pursue a career in medicine.”
“The university will pursue further research into renewable technologies.”
“If you want to succeed, you must pursue your goals with persistence.”
Band 8 sentence
“The institute plans to pursue interdisciplinary projects that bridge engineering and social sciences.”
Collocations
- pursue a career
- pursue research
- pursue a goal
Word family
pursue verbpursuit noun
Common mistakes
pursue for→pursue (no preposition) / pursue something
pursue to→pursue + noun
Say it for a higher band
5try→6follow→7+pursue
Synonyms
follow
chase
Easily confused
follow
“She decided to follow her supervisor's advice and change her research topic.”
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