wikipedia|dab=track
English

Pronunciation
IPA|/træk/
audio|en-us-track.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|æk

Etymology
(noun) From OF. trac (French: traque), maybe from a Germanic source Dutch: trek, Middle Low German: treck.

Noun
en-noun

1. A mark left by something that has passed along; as, the track, or wake, of a ship; the track of a meteor; the track of a sled or a wheel.
2. A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or beast; trace; vestige; footprint.
3. The entire lower surface of the foot; -- said of birds, etc.
4. A road; a beaten path.
5. Course; way; as, the track of a comet.
6. A path or course laid out for a race, for exercise, etc.
7. The permanent way; the rails.
8. A tract or area, as of land.
9. context|automotive The distance between the centerlines of two tires, measured where the tires contact the surface of the road (also track width)
10. cricket The pitch.
11. Sound stored on a record (or the physical track on one).
12. Circular (never-ending) data storage unit on a side of magnetic or optical disk, divided into sector|sectors.
13. uncountable sports The racing events of track and field; track and field in general.

#*:I'm going to try out for track next week.

Derived terms
8 track
half-track
half-tracker
one-track mind
track and field

Translations
trans-top|mark left by something that has passed along
Finnish: jälki
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trans-top|mark or impression left by the foot
Finnish: jälki, jalanjälki
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trans-top|entire lower surface of the foot
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trans-top|beaten path
Finnish: polku, reitti, ura, tie
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trans-top|course; way
Finnish: rata
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trans-top|path or course laid out for a race, or exercise
Czech: dráha f
Finnish: rata
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trans-top|permanent way; the rails
Finnish: rata
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trans-top|tract or area, as of land
Finnish: kenttä
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trans-top|distance between the centerlines of two tires
Finnish: raideleveys
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trans-top|(cricket) pitch
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trans-top|sound stored on a record
Finnish: ääniraita
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trans-top|circular (never-ending) data storage unit on a side of magnetic or optical disk
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trans-top|racing events of track and field
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ttbc|Italian: binario m (7)
ttbc|Portuguese: trilha f (4, 6)
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See also
path
trail

Verb
en-verb

1. transitive To observe the (measured) state of an object over time
2. transitive To monitor someone's or something's movement.
3. transitive To discover the location of person or an object (usually in the form track down).
4. transitive To follow tracks.

#*:My uncle spent all day tracking the deer.

Derived terms
track down

Translations
trans-top|to observe the (measured) state of an object over time
Finnish: seurata
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trans-top|to monitor someone's or something's movement
Finnish: seurata, varjostaa
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trans-top|to discover the location of person or an object
Finnish: jäljittää
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trans-top|to follow tracks
Finnish: jäljittää
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