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tracks

/tɹæks/

noun

Meaning

  • A mark left by something that has passed along.

    "Can you see any tracks in the snow?"

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

    "The fox tracks were still visible in the snow."

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

  • A road or other similar beaten path.

    "Follow the track for a hundred metres."

  • Physical course; way.

    "Astronomers predicted the track of the comet."

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

    "The athletes ran round the track."

  • The direction and progress of someone or something; path.

  • The way or rails along which a train moves.

    "They briefly closed the railway to remove debris found on the track."

  • A tract or area, such as of land.

  • The street, as a prostitute's place of work.

  • Awareness of something, especially when arising from close monitoring.

  • The distance between two opposite wheels on a same axletree.

  • Short for caterpillar track.

  • The pitch.

  • Sound stored on a record.

  • The physical track on a record.

  • A song or other relatively short piece of music, on a record, separated from others by a short silence.

    "My favourite track on the album is "Sunshine"."

  • A circular (never-ending) data storage unit on a side of magnetic or optical disk, divided into sectors.

  • 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

area,
parcel,
region,
tract,
athletics,
track and field,
course,
path,
trajectory,
way,
course,
racetrack,
footprint,
impression,
groove,
ground,
pitch,
path,
road,
way,
rails,
railway,
tracks,
train tracks,
recording,
trace,
trail,
wake,
track width

verb

Meaning

  • To continue over time.

  • To follow the tracks of.

    "My uncle spent all day tracking the deer, whose hoofprints were clear in the mud."

  • To make tracks on.

  • To create a musical recording (a track).

    "Lil Kyle is gonna track with that DJ next week."

  • To make sense; to be consistent with known information

Synonyms

check out,
make sense,
find,
locate,
trace,
track down,
follow,
monitor