"tracking" meaning in English

See tracking in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈtɹækɪŋ/ Forms: trackings [plural]
Rhymes: -ækɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} tracking (countable and uncountable, plural trackings)
  1. The act or process by which something is tracked. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-tracking-en-noun-wTZ-jNkp
  2. (typography) A consistent adjustment of space between individual letters; letterspacing. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Typography Translations (consistent adjustment of space between individual letters): kirjainvälistys (Finnish), betűritkítás (Hungarian), rianú [masculine] (Irish), interletraje (Spanish), interletrado (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-tracking-en-noun-A-ITEl70 Topics: media, publishing, typography Disambiguation of 'consistent adjustment of space between individual letters': 1 94 2 1 2
  3. (education) The division of pupils into separately taught groups by perceived ability level. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Education Synonyms: streaming
    Sense id: en-tracking-en-noun-VEINWGsB Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 1 9 22 11 26 30 Topics: education
  4. (electricity) The synchronization of two or more signals. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Electricity
    Sense id: en-tracking-en-noun-jx0HVUzQ Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 1 9 22 11 26 30 Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  5. (electricity) The formation of conductive paths on the surface of an insulating material due to electrical discharges. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Electricity
    Sense id: en-tracking-en-noun-R5qRhUzJ Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 1 9 22 11 26 30 Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: kerning

Verb

IPA: /ˈtɹækɪŋ/
Rhymes: -ækɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} tracking
  1. present participle and gerund of track Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: track
    Sense id: en-tracking-en-verb-Qusm3bKo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 11 14 10 28 35 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 1 9 22 11 26 30

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for tracking meaning in English (6.9kB)

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "antitracking"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "anti-tracking"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bug-tracking"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "double-tracking"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "eyetracking"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "four-tracking"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "issue-tracking"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "issue tracking system"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "pixel tracking"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "radio tracking"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "single-tracking"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tile tracking"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tracking poll"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tracking resistance"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tracking shot"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tracking stock"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "videotracking"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "trackings",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "tracking (countable and uncountable, plural trackings)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "kerning"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1963, Abraham C. Keller, The Telling of Tales in Rabelais: Aspects of His Narrative Art",
          "text": "In volume, the erudite studies of his language, the trackings of his numerous references to persons, places, and things around him, and the reconstruction of the details of his little-known life have occupied the most attention […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The act or process by which something is tracked."
      ],
      "id": "en-tracking-en-noun-wTZ-jNkp",
      "links": [
        [
          "track",
          "track"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Typography",
          "orig": "en:Typography",
          "parents": [
            "Printing",
            "Writing",
            "Industries",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Language",
            "Business",
            "Human",
            "Communication",
            "Economics",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Social sciences",
            "Fundamental",
            "Sciences"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A consistent adjustment of space between individual letters; letterspacing."
      ],
      "id": "en-tracking-en-noun-A-ITEl70",
      "links": [
        [
          "typography",
          "typography"
        ],
        [
          "letterspacing",
          "letterspacing#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(typography) A consistent adjustment of space between individual letters; letterspacing."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "media",
        "publishing",
        "typography"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 2 1 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "consistent adjustment of space between individual letters",
          "word": "kirjainvälistys"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 2 1 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "consistent adjustment of space between individual letters",
          "word": "betűritkítás"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 2 1 2",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "consistent adjustment of space between individual letters",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "rianú"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 2 1 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "consistent adjustment of space between individual letters",
          "word": "interletraje"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 2 1 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "consistent adjustment of space between individual letters",
          "word": "interletrado"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Education",
          "orig": "en:Education",
          "parents": [
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 9 22 11 26 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The division of pupils into separately taught groups by perceived ability level."
      ],
      "id": "en-tracking-en-noun-VEINWGsB",
      "links": [
        [
          "education",
          "education"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(education) The division of pupils into separately taught groups by perceived ability level."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "streaming"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "education"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Electricity",
          "orig": "en:Electricity",
          "parents": [
            "Electromagnetism",
            "Physics",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 9 22 11 26 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The synchronization of two or more signals."
      ],
      "id": "en-tracking-en-noun-jx0HVUzQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "electricity",
          "electricity"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(electricity) The synchronization of two or more signals."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "electrical-engineering",
        "electricity",
        "electromagnetism",
        "energy",
        "engineering",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "physics"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Electricity",
          "orig": "en:Electricity",
          "parents": [
            "Electromagnetism",
            "Physics",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 9 22 11 26 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The formation of conductive paths on the surface of an insulating material due to electrical discharges."
      ],
      "id": "en-tracking-en-noun-R5qRhUzJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "electricity",
          "electricity"
        ],
        [
          "formation",
          "formation"
        ],
        [
          "conductive",
          "conductive"
        ],
        [
          "path",
          "path"
        ],
        [
          "surface",
          "surface"
        ],
        [
          "insulating",
          "insulate"
        ],
        [
          "electrical",
          "electrical"
        ],
        [
          "discharge",
          "discharge"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(electricity) The formation of conductive paths on the surface of an insulating material due to electrical discharges."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "electrical-engineering",
        "electricity",
        "electromagnetism",
        "energy",
        "engineering",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "physics"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtɹækɪŋ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ækɪŋ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tracking"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "tracking",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "1 11 14 10 28 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 9 22 11 26 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "track"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "present participle and gerund of track"
      ],
      "id": "en-tracking-en-verb-Qusm3bKo",
      "links": [
        [
          "track",
          "track#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "gerund",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtɹækɪŋ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ækɪŋ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tracking"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English non-lemma forms",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English verb forms",
    "English verbal nouns",
    "Rhymes:English/ækɪŋ",
    "Rhymes:English/ækɪŋ/2 syllables"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "antitracking"
    },
    {
      "word": "anti-tracking"
    },
    {
      "word": "bug-tracking"
    },
    {
      "word": "double-tracking"
    },
    {
      "word": "eyetracking"
    },
    {
      "word": "four-tracking"
    },
    {
      "word": "issue-tracking"
    },
    {
      "word": "issue tracking system"
    },
    {
      "word": "pixel tracking"
    },
    {
      "word": "radio tracking"
    },
    {
      "word": "single-tracking"
    },
    {
      "word": "tile tracking"
    },
    {
      "word": "tracking poll"
    },
    {
      "word": "tracking resistance"
    },
    {
      "word": "tracking shot"
    },
    {
      "word": "tracking stock"
    },
    {
      "word": "videotracking"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "trackings",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "tracking (countable and uncountable, plural trackings)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "kerning"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1963, Abraham C. Keller, The Telling of Tales in Rabelais: Aspects of His Narrative Art",
          "text": "In volume, the erudite studies of his language, the trackings of his numerous references to persons, places, and things around him, and the reconstruction of the details of his little-known life have occupied the most attention […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The act or process by which something is tracked."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "track",
          "track"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Typography"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A consistent adjustment of space between individual letters; letterspacing."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "typography",
          "typography"
        ],
        [
          "letterspacing",
          "letterspacing#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(typography) A consistent adjustment of space between individual letters; letterspacing."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "media",
        "publishing",
        "typography"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Education"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The division of pupils into separately taught groups by perceived ability level."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "education",
          "education"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(education) The division of pupils into separately taught groups by perceived ability level."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "streaming"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "education"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Electricity"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The synchronization of two or more signals."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "electricity",
          "electricity"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(electricity) The synchronization of two or more signals."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "electrical-engineering",
        "electricity",
        "electromagnetism",
        "energy",
        "engineering",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "physics"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Electricity"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The formation of conductive paths on the surface of an insulating material due to electrical discharges."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "electricity",
          "electricity"
        ],
        [
          "formation",
          "formation"
        ],
        [
          "conductive",
          "conductive"
        ],
        [
          "path",
          "path"
        ],
        [
          "surface",
          "surface"
        ],
        [
          "insulating",
          "insulate"
        ],
        [
          "electrical",
          "electrical"
        ],
        [
          "discharge",
          "discharge"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(electricity) The formation of conductive paths on the surface of an insulating material due to electrical discharges."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "electrical-engineering",
        "electricity",
        "electromagnetism",
        "energy",
        "engineering",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "physics"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtɹækɪŋ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ækɪŋ"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "consistent adjustment of space between individual letters",
      "word": "kirjainvälistys"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "consistent adjustment of space between individual letters",
      "word": "betűritkítás"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "consistent adjustment of space between individual letters",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rianú"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "consistent adjustment of space between individual letters",
      "word": "interletraje"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "consistent adjustment of space between individual letters",
      "word": "interletrado"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tracking"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English non-lemma forms",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English verb forms",
    "English verbal nouns",
    "Rhymes:English/ækɪŋ",
    "Rhymes:English/ækɪŋ/2 syllables"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "tracking",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "track"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "present participle and gerund of track"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "track",
          "track#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "gerund",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtɹækɪŋ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ækɪŋ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tracking"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-30 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (210104c and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.