Used in a Sentence

tracking

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

Editorial note

Targeting the companies indexing the information is probably a more tractable problem then tracking down and eliminating all the sources.

Examples17
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

The act or process by which something is tracked.

Meaning at a glance

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

noun

The act or process by which something is tracked.

noun

(education) The division of pupils into separately taught groups by perceived ability level.

noun

(typography) A consistent adjustment of space between individual letters; letterspacing.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for tracking.

noun

The act or process by which something is tracked.

noun

(education) The division of pupils into separately taught groups by perceived ability level.

noun

(typography) A consistent adjustment of space between individual letters; letterspacing.

noun

(electricity) The synchronization of two or more signals.

Example sentences

1

Targeting the companies indexing the information is probably a more tractable problem then tracking down and eliminating all the sources.

2

I'm not worried about outlaws tracking me, it's the thousands of legitimate, legal tracking companies that worry me!

3

For example a CDN is a third party, but often aren't designed for tracking.

4

The problem is that DNT isn't verifiable DNT should be done in browser and in the original website by not loading the tracking scripts at all.

5

We're breaking the applicant tracking system mold, and companies from 5 to 5000 people are switching to Lever.

6

A lot of this tracking only seems to exist for advertising schemes, which only exist to monetize the page.

7

Primary developer of a product for GPS-based gas leak survey tracking that has recorded 75 million GPS points representing 75,000 miles of surveying.

8

We are the next step in wearable technology --- instead of tracking what you do, we change what you do.

9

Longer term, we have big plans for interesting ways we can use behaviour tracking, and making our user journey best-in-class.

10

If you outlaw online tracking, then only outlaws will track people online.

11

If we want freedom from tracking, we will have to take it; they are not going to give it to us.

12

If anyone is on shaky moral ground here, it's sites that are tracking visitors and selling information about them to unknown third parties with unknown goals.

Quote examples

1

If you're asking why it is "allowed" by their policy, I'd argue that it really boils down to if a script is tracking or not tracking.

2

The HealthExpense platform (think “Mint for healthcare”) helps consumers and benefits administrators make the most of their healthcare dollars — tackling the mundane and often unnecessarily-complicated tasks like submitting insurance reimbursement claims, paying bills, and tracking deductibles and flex-spending caps.

3

And my guess is: the local newspapers are a worse political target than evil large western company they can blame all their ills on:) "Targeting the companies indexing the information is probably a more tractable problem then tracking down and eliminating all the sources." I don't buy this.

4

We build and launch small remote-sensing "cubesats" to capture valuable data from the earth which we then offer to companies (AIS tracking and Maritime domain awareness, weather/climate, etc.).

Proper noun examples

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Tracking down a semi-academic article, it noted that in non-lab conditions, people are well aware of their heat tolerance, and generally wear warm clothes if they're going to be cold.

Frequently asked questions

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

How do you use tracking in a sentence?

Targeting the companies indexing the information is probably a more tractable problem then tracking down and eliminating all the sources.

What does tracking mean?

The act or process by which something is tracked.

What part of speech is tracking?

tracking is commonly used as noun.