Pursuit – Word Of The Day For IELTS

PURSUIT – Word Of The Day For IELTS Writing & Speaking

PURSUIT

/pəˈsjuːt/ Noun Uncountable

Meaning:

1. the act of following or chasing sb
2. something that give you your time and energy to, that you do as a hobby

Synonyms: hobby, pastime

Collocation:

• with adj: successful, ruthless, vigorous, favorite, popular, active, energetic, indoor, leisure, academic, culture, educational, sporting…+ pursuit
• with prep: in pursuit of
• with phrase: the pursuit of a goal, the pursuit of happiness/knowledge/pleasure/truth/excellence/profit
• with verb: give pursuit

Example:

• people travelling around the country in pursuit of work
• He is engaged in the ruthless pursuit of wealth.
• He devoted his walking hours to the single-minded pursuit of his goal.
• The police gave pursuit.
• She travelled the world in persuit of her dream.
• We drove away with two police cars in pursuit (= following)
• I galloped off on my horse with Roise in hot pursuit (= follow quickly behind)
• She has time now to follow her various artistic pursuit.

Vocabulary

• Engage in (v) to make someone or a group busy doing something
• Ruthless (adj)  without pity or compassion; cruel; merciless
• Devote sth to sth/sb (v) to spend a lot of time or effort doing something
• Single-minded (adj) with your attention fixed on only one thing
• Gallop off (phrasal verb) to move, pass, or develop very quickly