pursuant

English

Alternative forms

• pursuaunt (obsolete, rare)

Etymology

Anglo-Norman pursuant, present participle of pursure. Doublet of pursuivant.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pəˈsjuː.ənt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /pɚˈsu.ənt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

pursuant (comparative more pursuant, superlative most pursuant)

1. That pursues.
   • 1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados:

     Montmorency looked on for a moment, then, whistling softly to himself, turned his back on the table and strolled towards the window, avoiding Madame Nina's pursuant eye.

2. In conformance to, or in agreement with; used with to.
   • 1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann:

     And pursuant to this idea of a holiday, he insisted upon playing cards after we had eaten.

Derived terms

• pursuantly

Related terms

• pursue

Translations

that pursues

•  Chinese:

   Mandarin: 追隨的 / 追随的 (zhuīsuí de)

•  Finnish: jahtaava (fi)
•  French: please add this translation if you can

in conformance to, or in agreement with

• Bulgarian: съгласуван (bg) (sǎglasuvan), съобразен (bg) (sǎobrazen)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 依照 (zh) (yīzhào), 根据 (zh) (gēnjù)

• Finnish: mukainen (fi)
• French: en conformité avec
• German: gemäß (de)
• Hungarian: szerinti (hu)
• Italian: in conformità, in accordo, ai sensi de...
• Korean: 응(應)하는 (eunghaneun), 준(準)하는 (junhaneun) (both in the legal sense)
• Polish: zgodnie z, stosownie do
• Portuguese: em conformidade com
• Russian: соотве́тствующий (ru) (sootvétstvujuščij)
• Spanish: de acuerdo a
• Swedish: i enlighet med (sv)
• Turkish: mucibince (tr), uyarınca (tr)

Adverb

pursuant (comparative more pursuant, superlative most pursuant)

1. Accordingly; consequently.

Translations

accordingly, consequently — see also according to,‎ in accordance with

• Arabic: عَمَلاً بِ (ʕamalan bi)
• Bulgarian: съответно (bg) (sǎotvetno)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 因此 (zh) (yīncǐ), 於是 / 于是 (zh) (yúshì)

• Finnish: mukaisesti (fi), mukaan (fi), nojalla (fi)
• French: conformément (fr)
• German: gemäß (de)
• Greek: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: szerint (hu)
• Italian: in conformità, in applicazione, in forza
• Kazakh: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 따라서 (ko) (ttaraseo)
• Latin: prō tenōre (post-classical jurisprudence)
• Polish: zgodnie z, stosownie do
• Russian: соотве́тственно (ru) (sootvétstvenno), согла́сно (ru) (soglásno), в соответствии (v sootvetstvii)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: пре̏ма

  Latin: prȅma

• Spanish: según (es), con arreglo a (es), en conformidad con, conforme a, a tenor de, al tenor de

See also

• as per

Anagrams

• usurpant

Old French

Verb

pursuant

1. present participle of pursure