"track" meaning in English

See track in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /træk/ Audio: en-us-track.ogg [US] Forms: track [singular], tracks [plural]
enPR: trăk Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A track is a line on the ground or in space that people, animals or vehicles follow.
    Sense id: simple-track-en-noun-1h0-Vzu0
  2. A track is a single part of an audio recording that can be separated from other parts of a recording.
    Sense id: simple-track-en-noun-wQnFCu-i Categories (other): Music
  3. A track is a mark left on the ground by somebody or something walking or driving.
    Sense id: simple-track-en-noun-W46A9v-s
  4. If you keep track of something, you follow it or always know where it is or what's happening with it.
    Sense id: simple-track-en-noun-5NpUIM5-
  5. Track is the sport of running and jumping on a track.
    Sense id: simple-track-en-noun-WBMXfwc9 Categories (other): Sports
  6. If you're on track to do something, you are taking the right steps to prepare and should be able to do it in the future.
    Sense id: simple-track-en-noun-7Xt3wWY4
  7. If you're on the fast track, you are moving ahead quickly in your job.
    Sense id: simple-track-en-noun-5ZQV0~cM
  8. A track is a long, flat circular band that goes over wheels to help a vehicle move in snow, on sand, etc.
    Sense id: simple-track-en-noun-u7cX4PZj

Verb

IPA: /træk/ Audio: en-us-track.ogg [US] Forms: track [canonical], tracks [third-person, singular], tracked [past], tracked [past, participle], tracking [present, participle]
enPR: trăk Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you track something down, you find it after looking for it.
    Sense id: simple-track-en-verb-OMFKmXmM
  2. If you track something, you follow it, to see where it's going or how it's changing.
    Sense id: simple-track-en-verb-3X3unXmd
  3. If you track mud, water, or some other substance somewhere, you walk and leave it there.
    Sense id: simple-track-en-verb-SYm2yGCr
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          "text": "It's right where Hardy Road crosses the railroad tracks."
        },
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          "text": "He was far enough off the beaten track that nobody was liable to find him there."
        },
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          "text": "There was an indoor track where he ran daily to stay healthy."
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          "text": "It was called the Camiri Highway, but it was not much more than a two-lane dirt track."
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          "text": "Three people were killed and hundreds injured when a train jumped the tracks this morning."
        },
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          "text": "I raced on a 250-meter track in Call and won."
        },
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          "text": "The official track, shows this storm moving west."
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          "text": "You can make digital copies of the CD tracks and save them in MP3 format."
        },
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          "text": "Each instrument is recorded onto a different audio track."
        },
        {
          "text": "The song is the opening track on the new album."
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          "text": "Phillip glanced at the policemen measuring and marking the tire tracks."
        },
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        },
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        {
          "text": "No new records were set in the most recent track and field championships."
        },
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          "text": "He ran like an Olympic track star."
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          "text": "I raced on a 250-meter track in Call and won."
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          "text": "The official track, shows this storm moving west."
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          "text": "The song is the opening track on the new album."
        }
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