0 past simple and past participle of pursue
1 to follow someone or something, usually to try to catch him, her, or it:
3 If you pursue a plan, activity, or situation, you try to do it or achieve it, usually over a long period of time:
She said that she was tired of being pursued by crowds of journalists.
He ran down the street, hotly pursued by two police officers.
The disgraced minister walked swiftly from the car to his house pursued by a whole posse of reporters.
He'd been pursuing her for months and then she finally agreed to go out with him.
The company is aggressively pursuing new business opportunities.
The government is pursuing a policy of containment.
He used to play with a group but now he's pursuing a solo career.