track.
A mark left by something that has passed along.
Meaning & usage
A mark left by something that has passed along.
Follow the track of the ship.
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 going is good on 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.
Ellipsis of 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 themed set of talks within a conference.
Clipping of trackshoe.
A specialization in senior high school. Some tracks consist of strands.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English trak, tracke, from Old French trac (“track of horses, trail, trace”), of uncertain origin. Likely from a Germanic source, either Old Norse traðk ("a track; path; trodden spot"; > Icelandic traðk (“a track; path; tread”), Faroese traðk (“track; tracks”), Norwegian tråkke (“to trample”)) or from Middle Dutch trec, *trac, treck ("line, row, series"; > Dutch trek (“a draft; feature; trait; groove; expedition”)), German Low German Treck (“a draught; movement; passage; flow”). See tread, trek.
To continue over time. To observe the (measured) state of a person or object over time.
To continue over time. To monitor the movement of a person or object.
Agent Miles has been tracking the terrorist since Madrid.
To continue over time. To match the movement or change of a person or object.
To continue over time. To travel so that a moving object remains in shot.
To continue over time. To move.
To continue over time. To traverse; to move across.
To continue over time. To tow.
To continue over time. To exhibit good cognitive function.
To follow the tracks of.
My uncle spent all day tracking the deer, whose hoofprints were clear in the mud.
To discover the location of a person or object by following traces.
I tracked Joe to his friend's bedroom, where he had spent the night.
To make tracks on or to leave in the form of tracks.
In winter, my cat tracks mud all over the house.
To create a musical recording (a track).
Lil Kyle is gonna track with that DJ next week.
To create a musical recording (a track). To create music using tracker software.
To make sense; to be consistent with known information
To separate into educational tracks, each of which teaches to a different level of ability.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English trak, tracke, from Old French trac (“track of horses, trail, trace”), of uncertain origin. Likely from a Germanic source, either Old Norse traðk ("a track; path; trodden spot"; > Icelandic traðk (“a track; path; tread”), Faroese traðk (“track; tracks”), Norwegian tråkke (“to trample”)) or from Middle Dutch trec, *trac, treck ("line, row, series"; > Dutch trek (“a draft; feature; trait; groove; expedition”)), German Low German Treck (“a draught; movement; passage; flow”). See tread, trek.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.