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Track

//tɹæk// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A mark left by something that has passed along.

    "Follow the track of the ship."

  2. 2
    the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track wordnet
  3. 3
    A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or animal.

    "The fox tracks were still visible in the snow."

  4. 4
    a course over which races are run wordnet
  5. 5
    The entire lower surface of the foot; said of birds, etc.
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  1. 6
    any road or path affording passage especially a rough one wordnet
  2. 7
    A road or other similar beaten path.

    "Follow the track for a hundred metres."

  3. 8
    a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll wordnet
  4. 9
    Physical course; way.

    "Astronomers predicted the track of the comet."

  5. 10
    a pair of parallel rails providing a runway for wheels wordnet
  6. 11
    A path or course laid out for a race, for exercise, etc.

    "The athletes ran round the track."

  7. 12
    a groove on a phonograph recording wordnet
  8. 13
    The direction and progress of someone or something; path.

    "You cannot simply “get” your child back on track; you and others can only help your child with that task."

  9. 14
    (computer science) one of the circular magnetic paths on a magnetic disk that serve as a guide for writing and reading data wordnet
  10. 15
    The way or rails along which a train moves.

    "They briefly closed the railway to remove debris found on the track."

  11. 16
    an endless metal belt on which tracked vehicles move over the ground wordnet
  12. 17
    A tract or area, such as of land.
  13. 18
    evidence pointing to a possible solution wordnet
  14. 19
    The street, as a prostitute's place of work. slang

    "A real pimp is a gentleman, but these are pimps in gorilla suits. They hang around pimps, they have hoes on the track working for them, they may even look like pimps, but they are straight simps."

  15. 20
    a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc wordnet
  16. 21
    Awareness of something, especially when arising from close monitoring.

    "You will need to keep track of meetings with your lawyer and court deadlines."

  17. 22
    a line or route along which something travels or moves wordnet
  18. 23
    The distance between two opposite wheels on a same axletree.
  19. 24
    Ellipsis of caterpillar track. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
  20. 25
    The pitch.
  21. 26
    Sound stored on a record.
  22. 27
    The physical track on a record.
  23. 28
    A song or other relatively short piece of music, on a record, separated from others by a short silence.

    "My favourite track on the album is "Sunshine"."

  24. 29
    A circular (never-ending) data storage unit on a side of magnetic or optical disk, divided into sectors.
  25. 30
    The racing events of track and field; track and field in general. uncountable

    "I'm going to try out for track next week."

  26. 31
    A themed set of talks within a conference.

    "This year's third annual Women's Institute will include two tracks—on health and organizational issues—because of the overwhelming response and demand for more workshops last year."

  27. 32
    Clipping of trackshoe. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial
  28. 33
    A specialization in senior high school. Some tracks consist of strands. Philippines
Verb
  1. 1
    To continue over time.; To observe the (measured) state of a person or object over time. transitive

    "We will track the raven population over the next six months."

  2. 2
    make tracks upon wordnet
  3. 3
    To continue over time.; To monitor the movement of a person or object. transitive

    "Agent Miles has been tracking the terrorist since Madrid."

  4. 4
    travel across or pass over wordnet
  5. 5
    To continue over time.; To match the movement or change of a person or object. transitive

    "My height tracks my father's at my age, so I might end up as tall as him."

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  1. 6
    go after with the intent to catch wordnet
  2. 7
    To continue over time.; To travel so that a moving object remains in shot. intransitive, transitive

    "The camera tracked the ball even as the field of play moved back and forth, keeping the action in shot the entire time."

  3. 8
    carry on the feet and deposit wordnet
  4. 9
    To continue over time.; To move. intransitive

    "The hurricane tracked further west than expected."

  5. 10
    observe or plot the moving path of something wordnet
  6. 11
    To continue over time.; To traverse; to move across. transitive

    "I've swept o'er the mountain, the forest and fell, / I've played on the rock where the wild chamois dwell; / I have tracked the desert so dreary and rude, / Through the pathless depths of its solitude; […]"

  7. 12
    To continue over time.; To tow. transitive
  8. 13
    To continue over time.; To exhibit good cognitive function. intransitive

    "Is the patient tracking? Does he know where he is?"

  9. 14
    To follow the tracks of. transitive

    "My uncle spent all day tracking the deer, whose hoofprints were clear in the mud."

  10. 15
    To discover the location of a person or object by following traces. transitive

    "I tracked Joe to his friend's bedroom, where he had spent the night."

  11. 16
    To make tracks on or to leave in the form of tracks. transitive

    "In winter, my cat tracks mud all over the house."

  12. 17
    To create a musical recording (a track). intransitive, transitive

    "Lil Kyle is gonna track with that DJ next week."

  13. 18
    To create a musical recording (a track).; To create music using tracker software. intransitive, transitive

    "At the time, tracking chiptunes (i.e. using trackers) was the fundamental method of chipmusic-making."

  14. 19
    To make sense; to be consistent with known information colloquial, intransitive

    "Vitron isn't hiding anything. The oil is there, the books are open, everything tracks."

  15. 20
    To separate into educational tracks, each of which teaches to a different level of ability.

    "Most working class kids are purposely "tracked" through schools, kept uninformed about scholarships and remedial education/vocation programs and shepherded into dead-end jobs."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English trak, tracke, from Old French trac (“track of horses, trail, trace”), of uncertain origin. Likely from a Germanic source, either Old Norse traðk ("a track; path; trodden spot"; > Icelandic traðk (“a track; path; tread”), Faroese traðk (“track; tracks”), Norwegian tråkke (“to trample”)) or from Middle Dutch trec, *trac, treck ("line, row, series"; > Dutch trek (“a draft; feature; trait; groove; expedition”)), German Low German Treck (“a draught; movement; passage; flow”). See tread, trek.

Etymology 2

From Middle English trak, tracke, from Old French trac (“track of horses, trail, trace”), of uncertain origin. Likely from a Germanic source, either Old Norse traðk ("a track; path; trodden spot"; > Icelandic traðk (“a track; path; tread”), Faroese traðk (“track; tracks”), Norwegian tråkke (“to trample”)) or from Middle Dutch trec, *trac, treck ("line, row, series"; > Dutch trek (“a draft; feature; trait; groove; expedition”)), German Low German Treck (“a draught; movement; passage; flow”). See tread, trek.

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