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Word track
WordType (noun)
Phonetic BrE / træk / NAmE / træk /
Example
  • a muddy track through the forest
  • we followed the bear's tracks in the snow.
  • tyre tracks
  • railway/railroad tracks
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track

(noun)BrE / træk / NAmE / træk /
  1. a rough path or road, usually one that has not been built but that has been made by people walking there
    • see also cart track
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/cart-track
    • a muddy track through the forest
  2. marks left by a person, an animal or a moving vehicle
    • We followed the bear's tracks in the snow.
    • tyre tracks
  3. rails that a train moves along
    • railway/railroad tracks
    • India has thousands of miles of track.
  4. a track with a number at a train station that a train arrives at or leaves from
    • The train for Chicago is on track 9.
    • The Edinburgh train is waiting at platform 4.
    • The train for Chicago is on track 9.
  5. a piece of ground with a special surface for people, cars, etc. to have races on
    • see also dirt track (2)
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/dirt-track
    • a running track
    • a Formula One Grand Prix track (= for motor racing)
  6. the path or direction that somebody/something is moving in
    • see also one-track mind
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/one-track-mind
    • Police are on the track of (= searching for) the thieves.
    • She is on the fast track to promotion (= will get it quickly).
  7. a piece of music or song on a record, tape or CD
    • a track from their latest album
  8. part of a tape, CD or computer disk that music or information can be recorded on
    • see also soundtrack
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/soundtrack
    • a sixteen track recording studio
    • She sang on the backing track.
  9. a pole or rail that a curtain moves along
  10. a continuous belt of metal plates around the wheels of a large vehicle such as a bulldozer that allows it to move over the ground
  11. going in the right direction again after a mistake, failure, etc.
    • I tried to get my life back on track after my divorce.
  12. to be doing the right thing in order to achieve a particular result
    • Curtis is on track for the gold medal.
  13. to try and hide what you have done, because you do not want other people to find out about it
    • He had attempted to cover his tracks by making her death appear like suicide.
  14. from or living in a poor area or part of town
  15. close to catching or finding the person or thing that you have been chasing or searching for
  16. to have/not have information about what is happening or where somebody/something is
    • Bank statements help you keep track of where your money is going.
    • I lost all track of time (= forgot what time it was).
  17. to leave a place, especially to go home
    • It’s getting late—I’d better make tracks.
  18. far away from other people, houses, etc.
    • They live miles off the beaten track.
  19. thinking or behaving in the right/wrong way
    • We haven’t found a cure yet—but we are on the right track.
  20. to suddenly make somebody stop by frightening or surprising them; to suddenly stop because something has frightened or surprised you
    • See related entries: Surprise
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/surprise/track_4
    • The question stopped Alice in her tracks.

    Extra Examples

    • A few planes were parked on the perimeter track of the airfield.
    • Continue along the farm track for another hundred metres.
    • Film comedy developed along a similar track to film drama.
    • He had been careless, and had done little to cover his tracks.
    • He switched tracks and went back to college.
    • I was so absorbed in my work that I lost track of time.
    • Keep track of all your payments by writing them down in a book.
    • Many branch lines were closed, and the tracks lifted.
    • Rabbits had left tracks in the snow.
    • She decided to change her career track.
    • She felt the excitement of a journalist on the track of a good story.
    • She had already cut a couple of tracks as lead singer with her own group.
    • She seems to be on the fast track for promotion.
    • The beach is criss-crossed with animal tracks.
    • The company already operates a greyhound track.
    • The competition features many top track and field athletes.
    • The country is on the fast track to democracy.
    • The disease was stopped in its tracks by immunization programmes.
    • The new manager successfully got the team back onto the right track.
    • The police were on the wrong track when they treated the case as a revenge killing.
    • The ship was on a southerly track.
    • The track leads across a field.
    • This song is easily the disc’s standout track.
    • When the track forks, take the left fork.
    • Yesterday I had track practice.
    • a single track road with passing places
    • a twin track approach to crime
    • an inside track to the ear of government
    • A cart track led to the farm.
    • A forest track leads up to the waterfall.
    • A sign marks where the cycle track = a special route for cyclists ends.
    • An ancient track crosses the moors.
    • Follow the track north across the moor.
    • Students pursue one of three tracks: professional writing, film/television/video or new media.
    • The green hills were criss-crossed with sheep tracks.
    • The path joins a farm track near a barn.
    • There are thirteen tracks on the album.
    • There were two sets of fresh tyre tracks outside.
    • They had to drive up a dirt track.
    • We followed the bear’s tracks in the snow.
    • We were bumping along the rough track that led to the lake.

    Word Origin

    • late 15th cent. (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 cent.) from French traquer or directly from the noun.
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