leisure pursuit

collocation in English

meaningsofleisureandpursuit

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leisure
noun[U]
uk
/ˈleʒ.ər/us
/ˈliː.ʒɚ/
the time when you are not working or doing ...
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pursuit
noun
uk
/pəˈsjuːt/us
/pɚˈsuːt/
an activity that you spend time doing, usually when you are ...
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(Definition ofleisureandpursuitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofleisure pursuit

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Gambling is also a modernleisurepursuit.
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Depending on economic conditions, poaching might be morally acceptable in conditions of famine and to feed one's family, but not as aleisurepursuitwithout the relevant economic pressure.
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Visiting the country is the most popular out-of-homeleisurepursuit, and walking is by far the most popular activity in the countryside.
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Why should anyone subsidise or contribute to someone else'sleisurepursuit?
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Why are you playing pool, which is aleisurepursuit?
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They also provide a positiveleisurepursuitfor city-dwellers.
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Gardening is aleisurepursuitin which people tend to indulge on their free weekends.
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A more terrifyingleisurepursuitmay be coming our way.
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Today, however, it is broadly recognised as an acceptableleisurepursuit, and it is therefore right that regulation should be relaxed.
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I commend such aleisurepursuitto others.
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I mean opportunities to work and to enjoy every kind ofleisurepursuit.
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I suggest that cooking is not only aleisurepursuit, but a form of leisure work.
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Is not an outsideleisurepursuitmore beneficial than an indoor one?
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With the advent of the railway and the growth of sea bathing as aleisurepursuit, it developed as a resort.
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But obviously in anyleisurepursuitwhich many people follow occasionally there are problems.
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I do not think that whatever happens to thatleisurepursuitwill have a significant impact on the economies of rural areas.
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I am a great believer in the value of societies and clubs catering for a distinctleisurepursuit—music societies, sports clubs and so on.
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Sometimes they catch nothing at all, but it is aleisurepursuitand what they catch is generally for their own consumption.
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He told us that the most popularleisurepursuitwas walking while the next most popular was swimming.
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For me, photography is basically a niceleisurepursuit.
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That is anotherleisurepursuit.
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