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Pursue

To follow with a view to overtake; to follow eagerly, or with haste; to chase; as, to pursue a hare.

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Verb group 4

Follow 84% connected

To go or come after; to move behind in the same path or direction; hence, to go with (a leader, guide, etc.); to accompany; to attend.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Follow 84% connected

To go or come after; to move behind in the same path or direction; hence, to go with (a leader, guide, etc.); to accompany; to attend.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Survey 84% connected

To inspect, or take a view of; to view with attention, as from a high place; to overlook; as, to stand on a hill, and survey the surrounding country.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Survey 84% connected

To inspect, or take a view of; to view with attention, as from a high place; to overlook; as, to stand on a hill, and survey the surrounding country.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 8

Act 76% connected

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Go 76% connected

Gone.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Oppose 76% connected

To place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to exhibit.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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React 76% connected

To act or perform a second time; to do over again; as, to react a play; the same scenes were reacted at Rome.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Search 76% connected

To look over or through, for the purpose of finding something; to examine; to explore; as, to search the city.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Seek 76% connected

Sick.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Travel 76% connected

To labor; to travail.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 11

Chase 76% connected

To pursue for the purpose of killing or taking, as an enemy, or game; to hunt.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Close 76% connected

To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Commit 76% connected

To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to intrust; to consign; -- used with to, unto.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Dog 76% connected

A quadruped of the genus Canis, esp. the domestic dog (C. familiaris).

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Haunt 76% connected

To frequent; to resort to frequently; to visit pertinaciously or intrusively; to intrude upon.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Practice 76% connected

Frequently repeated or customary action; habitual performance; a succession of acts of a similar kind; usage; habit; custom; as, the practice of risi…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Stalk 76% connected

The stem or main axis of a plant; as, a stalk of wheat, rye, or oats; the stalks of maize or hemp.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Tag 76% connected

Any slight appendage, as to an article of dress; something slight hanging loosely; specifically, a direction card, or label.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Tail 76% connected

Limitation; abridgment.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Track 76% connected

A mark left by something that has passed along; as, the track, or wake, of a ship; the track of a meteor; the track of a sled or a wheel.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Trail 76% connected

To hunt by the track; to track.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 8

Chase 74% connected

To pursue for the purpose of killing or taking, as an enemy, or game; to hunt.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Chase 74% connected

To pursue for the purpose of killing or taking, as an enemy, or game; to hunt.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Follower 74% connected

One who follows; a pursuer; an attendant; a disciple; a dependent associate; a retainer.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Follower 74% connected

One who follows; a pursuer; an attendant; a disciple; a dependent associate; a retainer.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Pursuer 74% connected

One who pursues or chases; one who follows in haste, with a view to overtake.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Pursuer 74% connected

One who pursues or chases; one who follows in haste, with a view to overtake.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Pursuit 74% connected

The act of following or going after; esp., a following with haste, either for sport or in hostility; chase; prosecution; as, the pursuit of game; the…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Pursuit 74% connected

The act of following or going after; esp., a following with haste, either for sport or in hostility; chase; prosecution; as, the pursuit of game; the…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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See also 2

Act 66% connected

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Act 66% connected

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Synonym 3

Engage 92% connected

To put under pledge; to pledge; to place under obligations to do or forbear doing something, as by a pledge, oath, or promise; to bind by contract or…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Follow 92% connected

To go or come after; to move behind in the same path or direction; hence, to go with (a leader, guide, etc.); to accompany; to attend.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Prosecute 92% connected

To follow or pursue with a view to reach, execute, or accomplish; to endeavor to obtain or complete; to carry on; to continue; as, to prosecute a sch…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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