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   track

   /trak/

   noun

   • 1. a rough path or road, typically one beaten by use rather than constructed: "follow the track to the farm" Similar pathpathwayfootpathlanetrailroutewaycourse
   • ▪ a prepared course or circuit for athletes, horses, motor vehicles, bicycles, or dogs to race on: "a Formula One Grand Prix track" Similar courseracecourserunning trackracetrackspeedwayvelodromepistecircuit
   • ▪ the sport of running on a track: "the four running disciplines of track, road, country, and fell"
   • 2. a mark or line of marks left by a person, animal, or vehicle in passing: "he followed the tracks made by the cars in the snow" Similar tracesmarksimpressionsprintsimprintsfootprintsfootmarksfootstepstrailspoorscentwakeslipstream
   • ▪ the course or route followed by someone or something (used especially in talking about their pursuit by others): "I didn't want them on my track" Similar coursepathlineorbitroutewaytrajectoryflight path
   • ▪ a course of action or line of thought: "in terms of social arrangements, you are not too far off the track"
   • 3. a continuous line of rails on a railway: "commuters had to leave trains to walk along the tracks" Similar raillinerailway linerailwaytramlinesmetal
   • ▪ a metal or plastic strip or rail along which a curtain or spotlight may be moved.
   • ▪ a strip on the mast, boom, or floor of a yacht along which a slide attached to a sail can be moved, used to adjust the position of the sail.
   • 4. a recording of one song or piece of music: "the CD contains early Elvis Presley tracks" Similar songrecordingnumberpiece
   • ▪ a lengthwise strip of magnetic tape containing one sequence of signals.
   • ▪ the soundtrack of a film or video.
   • 5. a continuous articulated metal band around the wheels of a heavy vehicle such as a tank, intended to facilitate movement over rough or soft ground.
   • ▪ a continuous line of copper or other conductive material on a printed circuit board, used to connect parts of a circuit: "extremely thin tracks are not able to withstand much heat when soldering"
   • 6. the transverse distance between a vehicle's wheels: "the undercarriage was fully retractable inwards into the wing, with a 90 inch track"
   • 7. a group in which schoolchildren of the same age and ability are taught. US

   verb

   • 1. follow the trail or movements of (someone or something), typically in order to find them or note their course: "secondary radars that track the aircraft in flight"
   • ▪ note the progress or course of: "City have been tracking the striker since the summer"
   • ▪ follow a particular course: "the storm was tracking across the ground at 30 mph"
   • ▪ (of a stylus) follow (a groove in a record): "the pickup's stylus must faithfully track undulations"
   • ▪ (of a film or television camera) move in relation to the subject being filmed: "the camera eventually tracked away"
   • 2. (of wheels) run so that the back ones are exactly in the track of the front ones.
   • 3. (of a tunable circuit or component) vary in frequency in the same way as another circuit or component, so that the frequency difference between them remains constant.

   Word Origin late 15th century (in the sense ‘trail, marks left behind’): the noun from Old French trac, perhaps from Low German or Dutch trek ‘draught, drawing’; the verb (current senses dating from the mid 16th century) from French traquer or directly from the noun.

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishTRACK | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   • English (US)

     TRACK meaning: 1. the pair of long metal bars fixed on the...

   • Znaczenie Track, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     track definicja: 1. the pair of long metal bars fixed on the...

   • Traditional

     TRACK translate: 道路, （鐵路的）軌道, 小道，小徑, 體育, 賽道;跑道, 徑賽運動,...

   • Simplified

     TRACK translate: 道路, （铁路的）轨道, 小道，小径, 体育, 赛道;跑道, 径赛运动,...

   • BackTrack

     BACKTRACK definition: 1. to go back along a path that you...

   • In Your Tracks

     IN YOUR TRACKS definition: 1. in the exact place where you...

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   The noun track can describe a variety of paths, such as the rails that trains chug along, a course that racehorses run, or the big oval course in an ice rink. If you're competing in a five-lap race and you have the fastest speed after the first four laps, you're on track to win the race.

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