Track
Pronunciation
- enPR: trăk, IPA: /træk/
- Rhymes: -æk
Origin
(noun) From Old French trac (French: traque), from a Germanic source akin to Old Norse traðk "trodden place, track" (norw. trakke "to trample"), Dutch: trek, Middle Low German: treck.
Full definition of track
Noun
track
(plural tracks)- A mark left by something that has passed along; as, the track, or wake, of a ship; the track of a meteor; the track of a sled or a wheel.
- A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or beast; trace; vestige; footprint.
- The entire lower surface of the foot; said of birds, etc.
- A road; a beaten path.
- Course; way; as, the track of a comet.
- A path or course laid out for a race, for exercise, etc.
- 1898, Winston Churchill, The Celebrity Chapter 4, The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on an afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track. The three returned wondering and charmed with Mrs. Cooke; they were sure she had had no hand in the furnishing of that atrocious house.
- (railways) The permanent way; the rails.
- A tract or area, as of land.
- Fullersmall tracks of ground
- (automotive) The distance between two opposite wheels on a same axletree (also track width)
- (automotive) Short for caterpillar track.
- (cricket) The pitch.
- Sound stored on a record.
- The physical track on a record.
- (music) A song or other relatively short piece of music, on a record, separated from others by a short silence
- Circular (never-ending) data storage unit on a side of magnetic or optical disk, divided into sectors.
- (uncountable, sports) The racing events of track and field; track and field in general.I'm going to try out for track next week.
- A session talk on a conference.
Synonyms
- (mark left by something that has passed along) trace, trail, wake
- (mark or impression left by the foot) footprint
- (entire lower surface of the foot)
- (road; beaten path) path, road, way
- (course) course, path, trajectory, way
- (path or course laid out for a race, etc) course, racetrack
- (the permanent way) rails, railway, train tracks, tracks
- (tract or area) area, parcel, region, tract
- (distance between two opposite wheels) track width
- (cricket: the pitch) ground, pitch
- (sound stored on a record) recording
- (physical track on a record) groove
- (circular data storage unit on a side of magnetic or optical disk)
- (track and field) athletics, track and field
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Verb
- (transitive) To observe the (measured) state of an object over time
- (transitive) To monitor the movement of a person or object.
- (transitive) To discover the location of a person or object (usually in the form track down).
- (transitive) To follow the tracks of.My uncle spent all day tracking the deer.
- (transitive) To leave in the form of tracks.In winter, my cat tracks mud all over the house.