Meaning

20 senses

  1. A mark left by something that has passed along.

    Follow the track of the ship.

    Can you see any tracks in the snow?

    Spur

    следsled

    слідslid

  2. A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or animal.

    The fox tracks were still visible in the snow.

    Fußspur

    следsled

    слідslid

  3. The entire lower surface of the foot; said of birds, etc.

    Fußsohle

  4. A road or other similar beaten path.

    Follow the track for a hundred metres.

    Trampelpfad

    путьputʹ, доро́гаdoróga, тропа́tropá

    шляхšljax, путьputʹ, доро́гаdoróha

    any road or path affording passage especially a rough one

  5. Physical course; way.

    Astronomers predicted the track of the comet.

    Bahn

    путьputʹ

    шляхšljax

  6. A path or course laid out for a race, for exercise, etc.

    The athletes ran round the track.

    The going is good on the track.

    Bahn, Strecke, Kurs

    тра́ссаtrássa, трекtrɛk, доро́жкаdoróžka

    трекtrek, тра́саtrása, дорі́жкаdorížka

  7. The direction and progress of someone or something; path.

  8. The way or rails along which a train moves.

    They briefly closed the railway to remove debris found on the track.

    a line or route along which something travels or moves

  9. A tract or area, such as of land.

    трактtrakt

  10. (slang)The street, as a prostitute's place of work.

  11. Awareness of something, especially when arising from close monitoring.

  12. The distance between two opposite wheels on a same axletree.

    Spurweite

Examples

686 sentences

  1. Tom plays soccer and runs track.

    Том грає у футбол та займається бігом.

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  2. I think you're on the right track.

    Я думаю, ти на правильному шляху.

    ruДумаю, ты на верном пути.

    deIch denke du bist auf dem richtigen Weg.

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  3. We cross the railroad tracks every morning.

    Ми перетинаємо залізничну колію щоранку.

    ruМы пересекаем железнодорожные пути каждое утро.

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  4. Please don't play near the railroad tracks.

    Будь ласка, не грайтесь біля залізничних колій.

    ruПожалуйста, не играйте возле железнодорожных путей.

    deBitte spielt nicht in der Nähe der Eisenbahnschienen!

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  5. I was on the wrong track.

    Я збився з дороги.

    deIch war auf dem Holzweg.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 4
permanent way; the rails:
mark left by something that has passed along:
beaten path:
path or course laid out for a race or exercise:
Русский
By meaning 5
permanent way; the rails:
mark left by something that has passed along:
beaten path:
path or course laid out for a race or exercise:
tract or area, as of land:
Deutsch
By meaning 12
permanent way; the rails:
mark left by something that has passed along:
mark or impression left by the foot:
entire lower surface of the foot:
beaten path:
course; way:
path or course laid out for a race or exercise:
distance between two opposite wheels:
sound stored on a record:
physical track on a record:
a song or other relatively short piece of music, on a record, separated from others by a short silence:
racing events of track and field:

Origin

From Middle English trak, tracke, from Old French trac (“track of horses, trail, trace”),

From Middle English trak, tracke, from Old French trac (“track of horses, trail, trace”), of uncertain origin. Likely from a Germanic source, either Old Norse traðk ("a track; path; trodden spot"; > Icelandic traðk (“a track; path; tread”), Faroese traðk (“track; tracks”), Norwegian tråkke (“to trample”)) or from Middle Dutch trec, *trac, treck ("line, row, series"; > Dutch trek (“a draft; feature; trait; groove; expedition”)), German Low German Treck (“a draught; movement; passage; flow”). See tread, trek.

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Forms

plural: tracks
Singulartrack

uncountable

Synonyms

38 synonyms
traceB1trailB1wakeA1impressionB1pathA2roadA2wayA1courseA1railwayB1areaA2parcelB1regionB1tractC1groundA1
Close in meaning
  • the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track:running
  • any road or path affording passage especially a rough one:cart trackcartroad
  • a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll:railrailsrunway
  • (computer science) one of the circular magnetic paths on a magnetic disk that serve as a guide for writing and reading data:data track
  • an endless metal belt on which tracked vehicles move over the ground:caterpillar trackcaterpillar tread
  • evidence pointing to a possible solution:lead-ntrail

Word family

139 related words
RelatedpathA2trailB1
DerivedsoundtrackB2tracksuitB1art trackaudiotrackbacking trackbacktrackbelt trackbetrackbiotrackbuzz trackclick trackcontinuous trackcrawler trackcrosstrackdetrackdirt trackdiss trackdoubletrackdreaming trackdreamtime trackexercise trackeyetracksflaptrackflat-track bully

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • lost track of
  • keep track of
  • the right track
  • track of time
  • lost track
  • keep track
  • the railroad tracks
  • the track team
  • right track
  • railroad tracks
  • to keep track
  • tracks in the

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
traceB1tracingtrackertracksuitB1tractC1
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