Used in a Sentence

tracker

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for tracker.

Editorial note

Of course for tracker-blocker add ons nothing should change since a DNT respecting site shouldn't fall foul of a tracker block.

Examples14
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Agent noun of track; one who, or that which, tracks or pursues, as a man or dog that follows game.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of tracker gathered in one view.

noun

Agent noun of track; one who, or that which, tracks or pursues, as a man or dog that follows game.

noun

In an organ, a light strip of wood connecting (in path) a key and a pallet, to communicate motion by pulling.

noun

(US politics) A person employed to follow and monitor a political rival.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for tracker.

noun

Agent noun of track; one who, or that which, tracks or pursues, as a man or dog that follows game.

noun

In an organ, a light strip of wood connecting (in path) a key and a pallet, to communicate motion by pulling.

noun

(US politics) A person employed to follow and monitor a political rival.

noun

(file sharing) Server software that coordinates peers in the BitTorrent protocol.

Example sentences

1

Of course for tracker-blocker add ons nothing should change since a DNT respecting site shouldn't fall foul of a tracker block.

2

Did you see how fast everything loaded when it didn't have to load 27 popups and tracker beacons?

3

The issue tracker is absolutely a joke, but being a standard for company codebases is a huge moat.

4

That would be a great solution for rolling your own budget tracker and allowing access for services like mint.

5

Then show them your Slack channel, git commit log, and issue tracker to introduce them to the new world.

6

A standard version control and issue tracker model sounds much more appropriate, however.

7

I’m not okay with being tracked, and I don’t care whether the tracker swears to be or not to be evil.

8

This is way more complex than some tracker or calorie counter.

9

The value is a premium considering Atlassian was valued last year at $3.3B even though it has significantly more enterprisey features/ecosystem in the wiki/issue tracker/CI space, although it's not yet owned the social VCS enterprise/SaaS space.

10

I do not believe their is a good way to migrate your issue tracker.

11

Now any embedded ad or tracker can rat them out[1].

12

The example you point to is not a tracker, though.

Quote examples

1

Speaking as someone who's used bug trackers for 20 years, Jira is the closest I've ever seen to the mythical "bug tracker that doesn't suck too much".

2

If we can't hold GitHub to a higher standard than just "they are a private company, they may do whatever they want", then ncurses should host its own issue tracker and git repository.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use tracker in a sentence?

Of course for tracker-blocker add ons nothing should change since a DNT respecting site shouldn't fall foul of a tracker block.

What does tracker mean?

Agent noun of track; one who, or that which, tracks or pursues, as a man or dog that follows game.

What part of speech is tracker?

tracker is commonly used as noun.