Which meaning of 'pursue' means to follow someone or something?

• A. to follow someone or something
• B. to hunt for or look for
• C. to publish
• D. to abandon

Answer: (A)

Pursue means going after something with a purpose, and the sense that fits here is following or chasing after someone or something. When you say a detective pursued the suspect, or a hiker pursued a trail, you’re describing movement toward a target while trying to reach or overtake it. This emphasis on moving along behind, tracking, or chasing is what the word conveys in this usage.

Other meanings shift the idea: to hunt for or look for something is about seeking an item or information, not necessarily trailing someone; to publish is unrelated to pursuit, as it means to make work available to the public; and to abandon is the opposite of continuing to pursue, so it wouldn’t match the idea of following. So the sense that best captures “to follow someone or something” is the correct interpretation.