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What does pursue mean?

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Verb
  1. (obsolete, transitive) To follow with harmful intent; to try to harm, to persecute, torment. [from 14th c.]
  2. (transitive) To follow urgently, originally with intent to capture or harm; to chase. [from 14th c.]
  3. (transitive) To follow, travel down (a particular way, course of action etc.). [from late 14th c.]
  4. (transitive) To aim for, go after (a specified objective, situation etc.). [from late 14th c.]
  5. (transitive) To participate in (an activity, business etc.); to practise, follow (a profession). [from 15th c.]
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What separates him from the average band leader is his willingness to pursue just about every wacko idea that enters his mind.
Woe betide any jacked up little country that decides it should pursue its own people's interests.
Flores will join fellow Gates Scholars from across the world this October to pursue her graduate degree in engineering.
He pledged to put aside his wants and desires and to pursue what God wanted for his life.
They dive from the water's surface to pursue prey underwater, propelled by powerful, webbed feet.
Whatever it is you pursue, try to do it just well enough to remain in the middle third of the field.

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