pursue a purpose

  • 1Purpose — is the cognitive awareness in cause and effect linking for achieving a goal in a given system, whether human or machine. Its most general sense is the anticipated result which guides decision making in choosing appropriate actions within a range… …

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  • 2pursue — [v1] chase, follow accompany, attend, badger, bait, bird dog*, bug, camp on the doorstep of*, chivy, dog*, fish*, give chase, go after, harass, harry, haunt, hound, hunt, hunt down, move behind, nose around*, oppress, persevere, persist, plague,… …

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  • 3purpose — [n1] intention, meaning, aim ambition, animus, aspiration, big idea*, bourn, calculation, design, desire, destination, determination, direction, dream, drift, end, expectation, function, goal, hope, idea, intendment, intent, mecca, mission,… …

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  • 4pursue — pur•sue [[t]pərˈsu[/t]] v. sued, su•ing 1) to follow in order to overtake, capture, kill, etc.; chase 2) to follow close upon; attend: Bad luck pursued us[/ex] 3) to strive to attain or accomplish (a goal, purpose, etc.) 4) to proceed in… …

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  • 5pursue — pursuable, adj. /peuhr sooh /, v., pursued, pursuing. v.t. 1. to follow in order to overtake, capture, kill, etc.; chase. 2. to follow close upon; go with; attend: Bad luck pursued him. 3. to strive to gain; seek to attain or accomplish (an end,… …

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  • 6pursue — [c]/pəˈsju / (say puh syooh) verb (pursued, pursuing) –verb (t) 1. to follow with the view of overtaking, capturing, killing, etc.; chase. 2. to follow close upon; go with; attend: bad luck pursued him. 3. to strive to gain; seek to attain or… …

  • 7purpose — n 1. reason, point, why, why and wherefore; principle, guiding principle, basis, root; idea, plan, design, proposal, scheme; motive, motivation, mainspring, driving force, cause; rationale, explanation, background, meaning; rationalization,… …

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  • 8pursue — Synonyms and related words: address, adhere to, angle for, ask for, aspire to, badger, bait, be into, be strong in, beat about for, beau, bedog, beset, carry on, chase, chase after, chevy, chivy, come after, come behind, conduct, confine,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 9pursue — To follow for the purpose of overtaking. To cause a person s prosecution for crime; to prosecute. To follow as a profession or occupation …

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  • 10Special-purpose acquisition company — A Special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) is a pooled investment vehicle that allows public stock market investors to invest in private equity type transactions, particularly leveraged buyouts. SPACs are shell or blank check companies that… …

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