a line or route along which something travels or moves; "the hurricane demolished houses in its path"; "the track of an animal"; "the course of the river"
Used in a Sentence
track
How to use track in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for track.
Editorial note
Keep track of your hours...I installed the app.
Examples17
Definitions16
Parts of speech2
Quick take
a line or route along which something travels or moves; "the hurricane demolished houses in its path"; "the track of an animal"; "the course of the river"
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of track gathered in one view.
evidence pointing to a possible solution; "the police are following a promising lead"; "the trail led straight to the perpetrator"
a pair of parallel rails providing a runway for wheels
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for track.
noun
a line or route along which something travels or moves; "the hurricane demolished houses in its path"; "the track of an animal"; "the course of the river"
noun
evidence pointing to a possible solution; "the police are following a promising lead"; "the trail led straight to the perpetrator"
noun
a pair of parallel rails providing a runway for wheels
noun
a course over which races are run
See also: racetrack, racecourse, raceway
noun
a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc; "he played the first cut on the cd"; "the title track of the album"
See also: cut
noun
an endless metal belt on which tracked vehicles move over the ground
noun
(computer science) one of the circular magnetic paths on a magnetic disk that serve as a guide for writing and reading data
noun
a groove on a phonograph recording
noun
a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll
noun
any road or path affording passage especially a rough one
See also: cartroad
noun
the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track
See also: running
verb
carry on the feet and deposit; "track mud into the house"
verb
observe or plot the moving path of something; "track a missile"
verb
go after with the intent to catch; "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit"
verb
travel across or pass over; "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day"
verb
make tracks upon
Example sentences
Keep track of your hours...I installed the app.
Any time a page was loaded, we'd keep track of it.
The simplest answer is that it kind of helps me track the text, but it's less than that.
I'm fine with google tracking and advertising to me.
Our skills needs also track the market, because we have to play on our clients turf.
Yet plus accounts cannot be?Google does not need anyone's real name in order to track and advertise to them.
From CTO of 10genFirst, I tried to find any client of ours with a track record like this and have been unsuccessful.
This, at least, will require the government to seize the private keys of each individual they want to track.
Poll is missing option: "I never used GoDaddy to begin with because of their bad track record"
Apple is on track to become just another PC vendor, just another consumer products vendor.
My best guess as to why this is is so that the bot master could track the total number of zombies and compare it to how many were actively connected to the botnet.
Presumably he knew the odds that "they" would track him down anyway, and by going public he has a chance to leverage popular public sentiment as a shield of sorts.
Investigative bodies don't publicly announce what technologies they can't track.
* You could build a sweet github-style outward facing interface allowing the public to track the progress of bills in real time, increasing democratic awareness and participation.
It's possible that they already had some suspicion of DPR's identity, and managed to bug his computers or otherwise track his activity well enough to figure out what systems he was logging into.
If you pranked me by pretending that HN has a good track record for dealing with OT submissions, I say "well-played" and redouble my argument in favour of moderating April 1st submissions: Your comment is funnier than most of the so-called prank posts I've seen.
If I am doing a desktop search for local files, it is not be expectation that that search will be transmitted to servers without my consent, and that it does so makes it spyware even if we don't also take into consideration that it is being done to track my interests for monetary gain in the form of referral links.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use track in a sentence?
Keep track of your hours...I installed the app.
What does track mean?
a line or route along which something travels or moves; "the hurricane demolished houses in its path"; "the track of an animal"; "the course of the river"
What part of speech is track?
track is commonly used as noun, verb.