how to pronounce pursuit

/pɚˈsut/

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the above transcription of pursuit is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

pursuit is pronounced in two syllables

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pɚsut

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video examples of pursuit pronunciation

An example use of pursuit in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… activism as an artistic pursuit and an …”

meaning of pursuit

Pursuit means the act of following or tracking down someone or something.

pursuit frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word pursuit occurs in english on average 13 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics pursuit can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that pursuit can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

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