track

noun

A mark left by something that has passed along.

A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or animal.

The entire lower surface of the foot; said of birds, etc.

A road or other similar beaten path.

Physical course; way.

A path or course laid out for a race, for exercise, etc.

The direction and progress of someone or something; path.

(railways) The way or rails along which a train moves.

A tract or area, such as of land.

(slang) The street, as a prostitute's place of work.

Awareness of something, especially when arising from close monitoring.

(automotive) The distance between two opposite wheels on a same axletree.

(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.

(computing) A 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.

A themed set of talks within a conference.

(Philippines, education) A specialization in senior high school. Some tracks consist of strands.

(fashion, colloquial) Clipping of trackshoe. [A shoe designed to be worn when running or exercising at an exercise track.]

(automotive) Ellipsis of caterpillar track. [A generic trademark name for a continuous track in the form of a steel or rubber belt fitted around the wheels of crawlers, bulldozers, excavators, loaders, backhoes, tanks and similar off-road vehicles in such a manner as to spread the load on the ground surface and thereby improve traction and reduce sinking into soft surfaces.]

verb

To continue over time.

(transitive) To observe the (measured) state of a person or object over time.

(transitive) To monitor the movement of a person or object.

(transitive) To match the movement or change of a person or object.

(transitive or intransitive, of a camera) To travel so that a moving object remains in shot.

(intransitive, chiefly of a storm) To move.

(transitive) To traverse; to move across.

(transitive) To tow.

(intransitive) To exhibit good cognitive function.

(transitive) To follow the tracks of.

(transitive) To discover the location of a person or object by following traces.

(transitive) To make tracks on or to leave in the form of tracks.

(transitive or intransitive) To create a musical recording (a track).

(computing, transitive or intransitive) To create music using tracker software.

(intransitive, colloquial) To make sense; to be consistent with known information

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

Roots

tractrack- · Old French · track, trace of a horse

Synonyms for track

trailn railsn pathn racecoursen chasen coursen runwayn pisten racingn roadn tramlinen footpathn recordn tracen roadbedn routen

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Where does track come from?

The word track breaks down into one root of Old French origin: the root track, from Old French trac (“track, trace of a horse”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.