"keep track" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-us-keep track.ogg Forms: keeps track [present, singular, third-person], keeping track [participle, present], kept track [participle, past], kept track [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|keep<,,kept> track}} keep track (third-person singular simple present keeps track, present participle keeping track, simple past and past participle kept track)
  1. To monitor; to track or record; to understand or follow. Related terms: keep tabs on Translations (monitor): رَاقَّبَ (rāqqaba) (Arabic), 監測 /监测 (jiāncè) (Chinese Mandarin), have/holde overblik (english: over) [neuter] (Danish), have/holde rede på (Danish), seurata (Finnish), garder un suivi (French), verfolgen (German), nachverfolgen (German), im Auge behalten (German), παρακολουθώ (parakolouthó) (Greek), отсле́живать (otsléživatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), отследи́ть (otsledítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), следи́ть (sledítʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), проследи́ть (prosledítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), llevar un registro (Spanish), hålla reda på (Swedish)
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