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) (file)

Adjective

pursuant (comparative more pursuant, superlative most pursuant)

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.

Related terms

pursue

Translations

in conformance to, or in agreement with

Bulgarian: съгласуван (bg) (sǎglasuvan), съобразен (bg) (sǎobrazen)
Finnish: mukainen (fi)
French: en conformité avec
German: gemäß (de)
Hungarian: szerinti (hu)
Italian: in conformità, in accordo
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)

Accordingly; consequently.

Translations

accordingly, consequently

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

Roman: prȅma
Spanish: según (es), con arreglo (es) a

Anagrams

usurpant

Old French

Verb

pursuant

present participle of pursure

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