poursuit

Poursuit is a French verb form. It is the third-person singular present indicative of the verb poursui vre, meaning to pursue, chase, or continue in a figurative sense. In ordinary usage it marks that a single subject is actively pursuing something at the present moment. For example, il poursuit ses études (he is pursuing his studies) or la police poursuit le suspect (the police pursue the suspect).

In addition to physical pursuit, poursui vre covers figurative pursuits, such as pursuing goals, research, or legal action. A common legal construction is poursuivre en justice, meaning to sue or prosecute in court; in sentences it may appear as il poursuit en justice or l’entreprise poursuit ses concurrents (the company pursues its competitors).

Relation to related forms: the noun poursuite means a pursuit or chase, and the present participle is poursuivant, used to describe ongoing pursuit in a different grammatical form (e.g., poursuivant ses recherches). The verb comes from the infinitive pours uire (poursuivre) and shares roots with related Romance verbs meaning to follow or continue.

In non-French contexts, poursuit is not used as an independent English word. When translating or referring to the concept in English, it is typically rendered as pursue, pursue a goal, or prosecute, depending on the sense. As a language element, poursuit serves primarily to express ongoing action by a singular subject in the present tense within French.