Definition of pursuing

"pursuing" in the verb sense

1. prosecute, engage, pursue

carry out or participate in an activity be involved in

"She pursued many activities"

"They engaged in a discussion"

2. pursue, follow

follow in or as if in pursuit

"The police car pursued the suspected attacker"

"Her bad deed followed her and haunted her dreams all her life"

3. quest for, go after, quest after, pursue

go in search of or hunt for

"pursue a hobby"

4. pursue, follow up on, act on

carry further or advance

"Can you act on this matter soon?"

"pursuing" in the adjective sense

1. pursuing

following in order to overtake or capture or as accompaniment to such pursuit

"the fox fled from the pursuing hounds"

"listened for the hounds' pursuing bark"

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Quotations for pursuing

Let us then be up and doing,
With a heart for any fate;
Still achieving, still pursuing.
Learn to labor and to wait. [ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ]

Let us, then, be up and doing,
With a heart for every fate;
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labour and to wait. [ Longfellow ]

It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old; they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams. [ Gabriel García Márquez ]

Irresolution on the schemes of life which offer themselves to our choice, and inconstancy in pursuing them, are the greatest causes of all our unhappiness. [ Addison ]

Like the tiger, that seldom desists from pursuing man after having once preyed upon human flesh, the reader who has once gratified his appetite with calumny makes ever after the most agreeable feast upon murdered reputations! [ Goldsmith ]

Natural knowledge is come at by the continuance and progress of learning and of liberty, and by particular persons attending to, comparing, and pursuing intimations scattered up and down it, which are overlooked and disregarded by the generality of the world. [ Bishop Butler ]

pursuing in Scrabble®

The word pursuing is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 11

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters pursuing:

PURSUING
(108)
PURSUING
(108)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

pursing

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word pursuing

PURSUING
(108)
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(72)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In pursuing

PURSUING
(108)
PURSUING
(108)
PURSING
(90 = 40 + 50)
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(89 = 39 + 50)
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PURSUING
(72)
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pursuing in Words With Friends™

The word pursuing is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 16

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters pursuing:

PURSUING
(120)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

pursing

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word pursuing

PURSUING
(120)
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(108)
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(80)
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(78)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In pursuing

PURSUING
(120)
PURSUING
(108)
PURSING
(107 = 72 + 35)
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(101 = 66 + 35)
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PURSUING
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(78)
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SPRUNG
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SPRUNG
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PINGS
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SUNUP
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(56 = 21 + 35)
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(54 = 19 + 35)
SPRIG
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PING
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(54 = 19 + 35)
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SPRUNG
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Words within the letters of pursuing

2 letter words in pursuing (7 words)

6 letter words in pursuing (2 words)

7 letter words in pursuing (1 word)

8 letter words in pursuing (Anagrams) (2 words)

pursuing + 1 blank (3 words)

pursuing + 2 blanks (2 words)

Words containing the sequence pursuing

Words that start with pursuing (1 word)

Words with pursuing in them (1 word)

Words that end with pursuing (3 words)

Word Growth involving pursuing

Shorter words in pursuing

in suing

Longer words containing pursuing

outpursuing

repursuing