- the act of pursuing: in pursuit of the fox.
- an effort to secure or attain; quest: the pursuit of happiness.
- any occupation, pastime, or the like, in which a person is engaged regularly or customarily: literary pursuits.
- the act of pursuing, chasing, or striving after
- (as modifier)
- an occupation, hobby, or pastime
- (in cycling) a race in which the riders set off at intervals along the track and attempt to overtake each other
