Vocabulary
Pursue
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
follow or chase (someone or something).
Urdu meaning
جاری رکھنا، پیروی کرنا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- If the government wishes to build trust in Balochistan, it must pursue justice transparently, strengthen investigative capacity, and uphold the law without collective punishment.
- The rulers of Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states lack both the vision and the desire to pursue such a project, having long felt that sentimentality has yielded little in the past and is unlikely to pay off in the future.
- But how often in our history has Pakistan managed to pursue diplomacy on its own terms neither tethered to Beijing nor wholly captive to Washington?
- Except that the guy who was granted five deferments from being drafted into a conflict he supported but wasn`t inclined to participate in, complaining of bone spurs, is now willing to pursue wars as long as they shore up his bottom line.
- Except that the guy who was granted five deferments from being drafted into a conflict he supported but wasn`t inclined to participate in, complaining of bone spurs, is now willing to pursue wars as long as they shore up his bottom line.
Synonyms
go after, run after, follow, chase, give chase to, hunt, stalk, track
Curator example
“the officer pursued the van”
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