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   track

   /trak/

   noun

   • 1. a rough path or road, typically one beaten by use rather than constructed: "follow the track to the farm" Similar pathpathwayfootpathlanetrailroutewaycourse
   • ▪ a prepared course or circuit for athletes, horses, motor vehicles, bicycles, or dogs to race on: "a Formula One Grand Prix track" Similar courseracecourserunning trackracetrackspeedwayvelodromepistecircuit
   • ▪ the sport of running on a track: "the four running disciplines of track, road, country, and fell"
   • 2. a mark or line of marks left by a person, animal, or vehicle in passing: "he followed the tracks made by the cars in the snow" Similar tracesmarksimpressionsprintsimprintsfootprintsfootmarksfootstepstrailspoorscentwakeslipstream
   • ▪ the course or route followed by someone or something (used especially in talking about their pursuit by others): "I didn't want them on my track" Similar coursepathlineorbitroutewaytrajectoryflight path
   • ▪ a course of action or line of thought: "in terms of social arrangements, you are not too far off the track"
   • 3. a continuous line of rails on a railway: "commuters had to leave trains to walk along the tracks" Similar raillinerailway linerailwaytramlinesmetal
   • ▪ a metal or plastic strip or rail along which a curtain or spotlight may be moved.
   • ▪ a strip on the mast, boom, or floor of a yacht along which a slide attached to a sail can be moved, used to adjust the position of the sail.
   • 4. a recording of one song or piece of music: "the CD contains early Elvis Presley tracks" Similar songrecordingnumberpiece
   • ▪ a lengthwise strip of magnetic tape containing one sequence of signals.
   • ▪ the soundtrack of a film or video.
   • 5. a continuous articulated metal band around the wheels of a heavy vehicle such as a tank, intended to facilitate movement over rough or soft ground.
   • ▪ a continuous line of copper or other conductive material on a printed circuit board, used to connect parts of a circuit: "extremely thin tracks are not able to withstand much heat when soldering"
   • 6. the transverse distance between a vehicle's wheels: "the undercarriage was fully retractable inwards into the wing, with a 90 inch track"
   • 7. a group in which schoolchildren of the same age and ability are taught. US

   verb

   • 1. follow the trail or movements of (someone or something), typically in order to find them or note their course: "secondary radars that track the aircraft in flight"
   • ▪ note the progress or course of: "City have been tracking the striker since the summer"
   • ▪ follow a particular course: "the storm was tracking across the ground at 30 mph"
   • ▪ (of a stylus) follow (a groove in a record): "the pickup's stylus must faithfully track undulations"
   • ▪ (of a film or television camera) move in relation to the subject being filmed: "the camera eventually tracked away"
   • 2. (of wheels) run so that the back ones are exactly in the track of the front ones.
   • 3. (of a tunable circuit or component) vary in frequency in the same way as another circuit or component, so that the frequency difference between them remains constant.

   Word Origin late 15th century (in the sense ‘trail, marks left behind’): the noun from Old French trac, perhaps from Low German or Dutch trek ‘draught, drawing’; the verb (current senses dating from the mid 16th century) from French traquer or directly from the noun.

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishTRACKED | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   Learn the meaning of tracked as an adjective for goods, packages, or vehicles. See how to use tracked in sentences and phrases from the Cambridge English Corpus.

3. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryTRACKED | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   Learn the meaning of tracked as the past tense and participle of track, a verb that can mean to follow, record, move, or group students. See synonyms, antonyms, and usage examples of tracked in different contexts.

4. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › trackedTracked Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   Learn the meaning of tracked as an adjective for vehicles that travel on endless metal belts or rails. See how to use tracked in a sentence and find synonyms and related words.

5. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › trackTrack Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   Merriam-Webster unabridged. The meaning of TRACK is a footprint whether recent or fossil. How to use track in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Track.

6. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishtrack verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes...

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   track somebody/somethingWe continued tracking the plane on our radar. Media consultants can track the eye movements of people who are watching TV commercials. We are tracking severe weather tonight in parts of Texas. track where, how, etc…The GPS units track where the cattle roam.

7. www.wordreference.com › definition › trackedtracked - WordReference.com Dictionary of English

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   track /træk/ n. the mark or trail left by something that has passed by: the track of an animal. any road or path affording passage, esp a rough one. a rail or pair of parallel rails on which a vehicle, such as a locomotive, runs, esp the rails together with the sleepers, ballast, etc, on a railway.

8. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › trackTrack - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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   IPA guide. Other forms: tracks; tracking; tracked. If you document your study time and record all your exam scores, then you track your progress in school. In this case the verb track shows that you're following the path of something. The noun track can refer to a path of a more literal kind.