pursuant

Meanings

• adjective, noun

  Following in the wake or pursuit of something or someone.

  - "The pursuant detective was hot on the trail of the criminal."
  - "The pursuant winds follow the storm."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with pursuant
perseverant , persistent , reclusant , relevant

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Variants

List of all variants of pursuant that leads to same result
pursuant to

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Etymology

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From the Latin pursuare, meaning 'to follow closely'.

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Trivia

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1. The word 'pursuant' is often used in legal contexts to refer to a document or order issued by a court that requires an action to be taken.

2. In the Harry Potter series, the character Peter Pettigrew is referred to as 'Wormtail' by Lord Voldemort, but is also known as 'the pursuant' by the other Death Eaters.

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Related Concepts

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1. pursuit: The act of following or chasing after someone or something.

2. persecution: The act of harassing, harassment, or oppression of a person or group.

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Culture

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In literature, the term 'pursuant' is often used to describe someone or something that is following or in pursuit of something else. For example, in Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Tell-Tale Heart', the narrator is described as being 'pursuant' to his plan to kill the old man.

How to Memorize "pursuant"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize the word 'pursuant' as meaning 'following in pursuit'. Imagine a detective following a trail or a wind following a storm.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'pursuant' with the idea of following or chasing after something.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic by remembering that 'pursuant' starts with the letter 'p' and sounds like 'pursuit'.

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