track (tr k)n.1. a. A mark or succession of marks left by something that has passed. b. A path, route, or course indicated by such marks: an old wagon track through the mountains. 2. A path along which something moves; a course: following the track of an airplane on radar. 3. a. A course of action; a method of proceeding: on the right track for solving the puzzle. b. An intended or proper course: putting a stalled project back on track. 4. A succession of ideas; a train of thought. 5. Awareness of something occurring or passing: keeping track of the score; lost all track of time. 6. Sports a. A course laid out for running or racing. b. Athletic competition on such a course; track events. c. Track and field. 7. A rail or set of parallel rails upon which railroad cars or other vehicles run. 8. tracks The boundary, formerly often delineated by train tracks, that separates two neighborhoods of different social class: grew up on the wrong side of the tracks. 9. Either of the continuous metal belts with which vehicles such as bulldozers and tanks move over the ground. 10. A metal groove or ridge that holds, guides, and reduces friction for a moving device or apparatus. 11. Any of several courses of study to which students are assigned according to ability, achievement, or needs: academic, vocational, and general tracks. 12. a. A distinct path, as along a length of film or magnetic tape, on which sound, images, or other information is recorded. b. A distinct selection from a sound recording, such as a phonograph record or compact disk, usually containing an individual work or part of a larger work: the title track of an album. c. One of the separate sound recordings that are combined so as to be heard simultaneously, as in stereophonic sound reproduction: mixed the vocal track and instrumental track. 13. Computer Science One of the concentric magnetic rings that form the separate data storage areas on a floppy disk or a hard disk. 14. tracks Slang Needle marks on the skin from multiple intravenous injections, considered an indication of habitual drug use. v. tracked, track·ing, tracks v.tr.1. To follow the tracks of; trail: tracking game through the forest. 2. To move over or along; traverse. 3. To carry on the shoes and deposit: tracked mud on the rug. 4. To observe or monitor the course of (aircraft, for example), as by radar. 5. To observe the progress of; follow: tracking the company's performance daily. 6. To equip with a track. 7. To assign (a student) to a curricular track. v.intr.1. To move along a track. 2. To follow a course; travel. 3. To keep a constant distance apart. Used of a pair of wheels. 4. To be in alignment. 5. a. To follow the undulations in the groove of a phonograph record. Used of a needle. b. To move across magnetic heads. Used of magnetic tape. Phrasal Verb: track down To pursue until found or captured: "When, like a running grave, time tracks you down" Dylan Thomas. Idiom: in (one's) tracks Exactly where one is standing: stopped him right in his tracks.
[Middle English trak, from Old French trac, perhaps of Germanic origin.]
track a·ble adj. tracker n. |
track Noun 1. a rough road or path: a farm track 2. the mark or trail left by something that has passed by: the fox didn't leave any tracks 3. a rail or pair of parallel rails on which a vehicle, such as a train, runs 4. a course for running or racing on: a running track 5. a separate song or piece of music on a record, tape, or CD: Dolphy switches back to bass clarinet for the final track 6. a course of action, thought, etc.: I don't think you're on the right track at all 7. an endless band on the wheels of a tank, bulldozer, etc. to enable it to move across rough ground 8. keep or lose track of to follow or fail to follow the course or progress of 9. off the beaten track in an isolated location: the village where she lives is a bit off the beaten track Verb 1. to follow the trail of (a person or animal) 2. to follow the flight path of (a satellite etc.) by picking up signals transmitted or reflected by it 3. Films to follow (a moving object) while filming See also tracks [Old French trac] tracker n
Track a train or linked sequence of thoughts or events, 1681; a series of actions. Examples: track of hills, 1687; of scripture, 1693; of fruitless impertinent thoughts, 1681; of my thoughts, 1793; of dry weather (a spell), 1851.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms | Noun | 1. |  track - a line or route along which something travels or moves; "the hurricane demolished houses in its path"; "the track of an animal"; "the course of the river"line - a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent collision course - a course of a moving object that will lead to a collision if it continues unchanged round - the course along which communications spread; "the story is going the rounds in Washington" steps - the course along which a person has walked or is walking in; "I followed in his steps"; "he retraced his steps"; "his steps turned toward home" swath, belt - a path or strip (as cut by one course of mowing) trail - a track or mark left by something that has passed; "there as a trail of blood"; "a tear left its trail on her cheek" | | 2. |  track - evidence pointing to a possible solution; "the police are following a promising lead"; "the trail led straight to the perpetrator"evidence, grounds - your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief; "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling" | | 3. | track - a pair of parallel rails providing a runway for wheels | | 4. |  track - a course over which races are runcourse - facility consisting of a circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport; "the course had only nine holes"; "the course was less than a mile" speedway - a racetrack for racing automobiles or motorcycles stretch - a straightaway section of a racetrack velodrome - a banked oval track for bicycle or motorcycle racing | | 5. |  track - a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc; "he played the first cut on the cd"; "the title track of the album" | | 6. |  track - an endless metal belt on which tracked vehicles move over the groundbelt - endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys half track - a track that goes around only rear wheels | | 7. | track - (computer science) one of the circular magnetic paths on a magnetic disk that serve as a guide for writing and reading datacomputer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures | | 8. |  track - a groove on a phonograph recordinggroove, channel - a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record) | | 9. |  track - a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can rollbar - a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon; "there were bars in the windows to prevent escape" third rail - a rail through which electric current is supplied to an electric locomotive | | 10. |  track - any road or path affording passage especially a rough oneportage - overland track between navigable waterways road, route - an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation trail - a path or track roughly blazed through wild or hilly country | | 11. |  track - the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a tracktrack and field - participating in athletic sports performed on a running track or on the field associated with it track meet - a track and field competition between two or more teams | | Verb | 1. |  track - carry on the feet and deposit; "track mud into the house"bring in, introduce - bring in a new person or object into a familiar environment; "He brought in a new judge"; "The new secretary introduced a nasty rumor" | | 2. |  track - observe or plot the moving path of something; "track a missile"observe - watch attentively; "Please observe the reaction of these two chemicals" | | 3. |  track - go after with the intent to catch; "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit"tree - chase an animal up a tree; "the hunters treed the bear with dogs and killed it"; "her dog likes to tree squirrels" pursue, follow - follow in or as if in pursuit; "The police car pursued the suspected attacker"; "Her bad deed followed her and haunted her dreams all her life" quest - search the trail of (game); "The dog went off and quested" hound, hunt, trace - pursue or chase relentlessly; "The hunters traced the deer into the woods"; "the detectives hounded the suspect until they found him" run down - pursue until captured; "They ran down the fugitive" | | 4. |  track - travel across or pass over; "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day"tramp - cross on foot; "We had to tramp the creeks" stride - cover or traverse by taking long steps; "She strode several miles towards the woods" walk - traverse or cover by walking; "Walk the tightrope"; "Paul walked the streets of Damascus"; "She walks 3 miles every day" ford - cross a river where it's shallow bridge - cross over on a bridge jaywalk - cross the road at a red light drive, take - proceed along in a vehicle; "We drive the turnpike to work" go across, pass, go through - go across or through; "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind" course - move swiftly through or over; "ships coursing the Atlantic" hop - traverse as if by a short airplane trip; "Hop the Pacific Ocean" | | 5. |  track - make tracks uponcreate, make - make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" |
track verb 4. follow, pursue, chase, trace, tail ( informal) dog, shadow, trail, stalk, hunt down, follow the trail of keep track of something or someone keep up with, follow, monitor, watch, keep an eye on, keep in touch with, keep up to date with lose track of something or someone lose, lose sight of, misplace track something or someone down find, catch, capture, apprehend, discover, expose, trace, unearth, dig up, hunt down, sniff out, bring to light, ferret out, run to earth or ground
1. A series of related contacts displayed on a data display console or other display device. 2. To display or record the successive positions of a moving object. 3. To lock onto a point of radiation and obtain guidance therefrom. 4. To keep a gun properly aimed, or to point continuously a target-locating instrument at a moving target. 5. The actual path of an aircraft above or a ship on the surface of the Earth. The course is the path that is planned; the track is the path that is actually taken. 6. One of the two endless belts on which a full-track or half-track vehicle runs. 7. A metal part forming a path for a moving object; e.g., the track around the inside of a vehicle for moving a mounted machine gun.
 Translations track [træk] n (= mark) → huella, pista (= path) ( gen) → camino, senda: [ of bullet etc] → trayectoria: [ of suspect, animal] → pista, rastro; a 4-track tape → una cinta de 4 pistas;
 track [træk] n (= mark) → trace f (= path) ( gen) → chemin m, piste f: [ of bullet etc]; trajectoire f: [ of suspect, animal]; piste; ( Rail) → voie ferrée, rails mpl; ( on tape), ( Comput, Sport) → piste;
 track [træk] n → Weg m; ( of comet), ( Sport) → Bahn f [ of suspect, animal] → Spur f; ( on tape, record) → Stück nt, Track m
 track [træk] n (= mark) [ of person, animal] → traccia; ( on tape), ( SPORT); (= path) ( gen) → pista: [ of bullet etc] → traiettoria: [ of suspect, animal] → pista, tracce fpl;
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