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Track

Definition: Track

Track

Noun

1. 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".

2. Evidence pointing to a possible solution; "the police are following a promising lead"; "the trail led straight to the perpetrator".

3. Road consisting of a pair of parallel rails providing a runway for wheels.

4. A course over which races are run.

5. 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".

6. (computer science) one of the circular magnetic paths on a magnetic disk that serve as a guide for writing and reading data.

7. A groove on a phonograph recording.

8. A bar or bars of rolled steel making a track along which vehicles can roll.

9. Any road or path affording passage especially a rough one.

10. : the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track.

Verb

1. Carry (as mud) on the feet and deposit.

2. Observe or plot the moving path of something (e.g., a target or missile).

3. Go after with the intent to catch.

4. Travel across or pass over; "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day".

5. Make tracks upon.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "track" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Track

DomainDefinition

Computing

Track The part of a disk which passes under one read/write head while the head is stationary. The number of tracks on a disk surface therefore corresponds to the number of different radial positions of the head(s). The collection of all tracks on all surfaces at a given radial position is known a cylinder and each track is divided into sectors. (1997-07-15). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

Aerospace

1. The path or actual line of movement on an aircraft, rocket, etc., over the surface of the earth. It is the projection of the flightpath on the surface. 2. To observe or plot the path of something moving, such as an aircraft or rocket, by one means or another, as by telescope or by radar - said of persons or of the electronic equipment, as, the observer, or the radar, tracked the satellite.3. To follow a desired track. (references)

Building & Civil Engineering

An assembly of rails, sleepers and fastenings over which cars, locomotives and trains are moved. Source: European Union. (references)

Mechanical Engineering

Distance between the outer points of contact and the ground of the main undercarriage wheels. Source: European Union. (references)
 Surface of tyre in contact with the ground. Source: European Union. (references)

Military

1. To display or record the successive positions of a moving object. 2. To lock on to a point of radiation and obtain guidance therefrom. 3. To keep a gun properly aimed, or to point continuously a target-locating instrument at a moving target. 4. The projection on the surface of the earth of the path of a spacecraft, aircraft or ship, the direction of which path at any point is usually expressed in degrees from North (true, magnetic, or grid). 5. One of two endless belts on which a full-track or half-track vehicle runs. 6. A metal part forming a path for a moving object. 7. A mark left on the ground by the passage or presence of a person or object. (references)

Mining

Passage in a face between two rows of props. Source: European Union. (references)
 A road built to carry heavily loaded trucks at a good speed. Source: European Union. (references)
 A. The groove cut in a rock by a diamond inset in the crown of a bit b. A pattern applied to setting diamonds in a bit crown, in which the diamonds are arranged in concentric circular rows so that the diamonds in a specific row follow the track cut by a preceding diamond c. The slide or rack on which a diamond-drill swivel head can be moved to positions above and/or clear of the collar of a borehole d. See:conveyor tracke. A crawler track. (references)

Slang

Noun. Source: Most likely from the standard English "track", meaning (among other things) "a route or course", or "a course of action, a method of proceeding", or, more specifically, "a distinct path, as along a length of film or magnetic tape, on which sound, images,. Definition: (1.) A distinct selection from a sound recording, such as a phonograph record or compact disk, usually containing an individual work or part of a larger work, or (2.) one of the separate sound recordings that are combined so as to be heard simultaneously (as in stereophonic sound reproduction). Context: (2.) Would often be used in a recording studio during editing when creating or mixing tracks; (1.) Often used by music listeners when referring to specific "tracks" or pieces on a compact disk . Social Source: West Coast musicians. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references)

Transportation

Projection on the Earth's surface of the path of an aircraft, the direction of which at any point is usually expressed in degrees from North(true, magnetic or grid). Source: European Union. (references)
 The projection on the earth's surface of the path of an aircraft, the direction of which path at any point is usually expressed in degrees from North (thrue, magnetic or grid). Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Athletics

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

For the Major League Baseball team, see Oakland Athletics.

     

Athletics (in the US also known as track and field or track and field athletics) is a collection of sport events, which can roughly be divided into running, throwing and jumping.

Athletic events are usually organised around a 400 m running track, on which most of the running events take place. All of the field events, jumping and throwing, take place in the field in the centre of the running track.

Many athletic events have an ancient origin and were already conducted in competitive form by the ancient Greeks. Athletics was included in the Olympic Games in 1896 and has been part of the program ever since. An international governing body, the IAAF was founded in 1912. The IAAF established separate outdoor World Championships in 1983. The AAU (Amateur Athletic Union) was the governing body in the United States until it collapsed under pressure from advancing professionalism in the late 1970's. A new governing body called The Athletics Congress (TAC) was formed, it was later renamed USA Track and Field (USATF or USA T&F). An additional, less structured organization, the Road Runners Club of America (RRCA) also exists in the USA to promote road racing. Both organizations allow athletes to receive money for racing putting an end to the "shamateurism" that existed before.

Events

This is not an exhaustive list of events. There are many variations not listed. For example, running events have many variations: races of unusual length (e.g. 300m) or using imperial measures.

Men and women do not compete against each other and often times their events differ.

World Records

Men
EventPerformanceAthleteDate, Place
100 m9.78Tim Montgomery (U.S.)Sept. 14, 2002, Paris, France
200 m19.32Michael Johnson (U.S.)Aug. 1, 1996, Atlanta, Ga.
400 m43.18Michael Johnson (U.S.)Aug. 26, 1999, Seville, Spain
800 m1:41.11Wilson Kipketer (Denmark)Aug. 24, 1997, Cologne, Germany
1,000 m2:11.96Noah Ngeny (Kenya)Sept. 5, 1999, Rieti, Italy
1,500 m3:26.00Hicham El Guerrouj (Morocco)July 14, 1998, Rome, Italy
2,000 m4:44.79Hicham El Guerrouj (Morocco)Sept. 7, 1999, Berlin, Germany
3,000 m7:20.67Daniel Komen (Kenya)Sept. 1, 1996, Rieti, Italy
5,000 m12:39.36Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia)June 13, 1998, Helsinki, Finland
10,000 m26:22.75Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia)June 1, 1998, Hengelo, Netherlands
20,000 m56:55.6Arturo Barrios (Mexico)March 30, 1991, La Flèche, France
25,000 m1:13:55.8Toshihiko Seko (Japan)March 22, 1981, Christchurch, N.Z.
30,000 m1:29:18.8Toshihiko Seko (Japan)March 22, 1981, Christchurch, N.Z.
3,000 m Steeplechase7:55.72Brahim Boulami (Morocco)Aug. 16, 2002, Zürich, Switzerland
110 m Hurdles12.91Colin Jackson (U.K.)Aug. 20, 1993, Stuttgart, Germany
400 m Hurdles46.78Kevin Young (U.S.)Aug. 6, 1992, Barcelona, Spain
High Jump2.45Javier Sotomayor (Cuba)July 27, 1993, Salamanca, Spain
Pole Vault6.14Sergey Bubka (Ukraine)July 31, 1994, Sestriere, Italy
Long Jump8.95Mike Powell (U.S.)Aug. 30, 1991, Tokyo, Japan
Triple Jump18.29Jonathan Edwards (U.K.)Aug. 7, 1995, Göteborg, Sweden
Shot Put23.12Randy Barnes (U.S.)May 20, 1990, Los Angeles, Calif.
Discus74.08Jürgen Schult (E.Ger.)June 6, 1986, Neubrandenburg, E.Ger.
Hammer86.74Yury Syedikh (U.S.S.R.)Aug. 30, 1986, Stuttgart, W.Ger.
Javelin98.48Jan Zelezný (Czech Rep.)May 25, 1996, Jena, Germany
Decathlon9026 (10.64, 8.11, 15.33, 2.12, 47.79, 13.92, 47.92, 4.80, 70.16, 4:21.98)Roman Sebrle (Czech Rep.)May 27, 2001, Götzis, Austria
20,000 m Walk1:17:21Jefferson Pérez (Ecuador)Aug. 23, 2003, Paris, France
30,000 m Walk2:01:44.1Maurizio Damilano (Italy)Oct. 3, 1992, Cuneo, Italy
50,000 m Walk3:40:57.9Thierry Toutain (France)Sept. 29, 1996, Héricourt, France
4x100 m Relay37.40Mike Marsh, Leroy Burrell, Dennis Mitchell, Carl Lewis (U.S.)Aug. 8, 1992, Barcelona, Spain
4x200 m Relay1:18.68Mike Marsh, Leroy Burrell, Floyd Heard, Carl Lewis (U.S.)April 17, 1994, Walnut, Calif.
4x400 m Relay2:54.20Jerome Young, Antonio Pettigrew, Tyree Washington, Michael Johnson (U.S.)July 22, 1998, New York City
4x800 m Relay7:03.89Peter Elliott, Garry Cook, Steve Cram, Sebastian Coe (U.K.)Aug. 30, 1982, London, England
4x1,500 m Relay14:38.8Thomas Wessinghage, Harald Hudak, Michael Lederer, Karl Fleschen (W.Ger.)Aug. 17, 1977, Cologne, W.Ger.
4x110 m Hurdles Relay54.40University of Tennessee (U.S.)May 22, 1981, Knoxville, Tenn.
Marathon2:04:55Paul Tergat (Kenya)Sept. 28, 2003, Berlin, Germany

Women
EventPerformanceAthleteDate, Place
100 m10.49Florence Griffith Joyner (U.S.)July 16, 1988, Indianapolis, Ind.
200 m21.34Florence Griffith Joyner (U.S.)Sept. 29, 1988, Seoul, S.Kor.
400 m47.60Marita Koch (E.Ger.)Oct. 6, 1985, Canberra, Australia
800 m1:53.28Jarmila Kratochvílová (Czechoslovakia)July 26, 1983, Munich, W.Ger.
1,000 m2:28.98Svetlana Masterkova (Russia)Aug. 23, 1996, Brussels, Belgium
1,500 m3:50.46Qu Junxia (China)Sept. 11, 1993, Beijing, China
2,000 m5:25.36Sonia O'Sullivan (Ireland)July 8, 1994, Edinburgh, Scotland
3,000 m8:06.11Wang Junxia (China)Sept. 13, 1993, Beijing, China
5,000 m14:28.09Jiang Bo (China)Oct. 23, 1997, Shanghai, China
10,000 m29:31.78Wang Junxia (China)Sept. 8, 1993, Beijing, China
20,000 m1:05:26.6Tegla Loroupe (Kenya)Sept. 3, 2000, Borgholzhausen, Germany
25,000 m1:27:05.8Tegla Loroupe (Kenya)Sept. 21, 2002, Mengerskirchen, Germany
30,000 m1:45:50.0Tegla Loroupe (Kenya)June 7, 2003, Warstein, Germany
100 m Hurdles12.21Yordanka Donkova (Bulgaria)Aug. 20, 1988, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
400 m Hurdles52.61Kim Batten (U.S.)Aug. 11, 1995, Göteborg, Sweden
High Jump2.09Stefka Kostadinova (Bulgaria)Aug. 30, 1987, Rome, Italy
Pole Vault4.82Yelena Isinbayeva (Russia)July 13, 2003, Gateshead, England
Long Jump7.52Galina Chistyakova (U.S.S.R.)June 11, 1988, Leningrad, U.S.S.R.
Triple Jump15.50Inesa Kravets (Ukraine)Aug. 10, 1995, Göteborg, Sweden
Shot Put22.63Natalya Lisovskaya (U.S.S.R.)June 7, 1987, Moscow, U.S.S.R.
Discus76.80Gabriele Reinsch (E.Ger.)July 9, 1988, Neubrandenburg, E.Ger.
Hammer75.97Mihaela Melinte (Romania)May 13, 1999, Clermont-Ferrand, France
Javelin71.54Osleidys Menéndez (Cuba)July 1, 2001, Rethymno, Greece
Heptathlon7291 (12.69, 1.86, 15.80, 22.56, 7.27, 45.66, 2:08.51)Jackie Joyner-Kersee (U.S.)Sept. 23-24, 1988, Seoul, S.Kor.
5,000 m Walk20:02.60Gillian O'Sullivan (Ireland)July 13, 2002, Dublin, Ireland
10,000 m Walk41:56.23Nadezhda Ryashkina (U.S.S.R.)July 24, 1990, Seattle, Wash.
4x100 m Relay41.37Silke Gladisch, Sabine Rieger, Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Göhr (E.Ger.)Oct. 6, 1985, Canberra, Australia
4x200 m Relay1:27.46LaTasha Jenkins, LaTasha Colander-Richardson, Nanceen Perry, Marion Jones (U.S.)April 29, 2000, Philadelphia, Pa.
4x400 m Relay3:15.17Tatyana Ledovskaya, Olga Nazarova, Mariya Pinigina, Olga Bryzgina (U.S.S.R.)Oct. 1, 1988, Seoul, S.Kor.
4x800 m Relay7:50.17Nadezhda Olizarenko, Lyubov Gurina, Lyudmila Borisova, Irina Podyalovskaya (U.S.S.R.)Aug. 5, 1984, Moscow, U.S.S.R.
Marathon2:15:25Paula Radcliffe (U.K.)April 13, 2003, London, England

See also

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Track

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The word track can mean more than one thing.

It can mean

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Track."

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Track

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField
TREnglishTrackTransportation

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Track

Synonyms: cart track (n), cartroad (n), course (n), cut (n), data track (n), lead (n), path (n), racecourse (n), racetrack (n), raceway (n), rail (n), rails (n), running (n), trail (n), chase (v), chase after (v), cover (v), cross (v), cut across (v), cut through (v), dog (v), get across (v), get over (v), go after (v), pass over (v), tag (v), tail (v), traverse (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Track

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Anachronism

Verb: misdate, antedate, postdate, backdate, overdate; anticipate; take no note of time, lose track of time; anachronize.

Conformity

Be regular; Adjective: move in a groove; follow observe the rules, go by the rules, bend to the rules,obey the rules, obey the precedents; comply with, tally with, chime in with, fall in with; be guided by, be regulated by; fall into a custom,fall into a usage; follow the fashion, follow the crowd, pass muster, do as others do, hurler avec les loups; stand on ceremony; when in Rome do as the Romans do; go with the stream, go with the flow, swim with the stream, swim with the current, swim with the tide, blow with the wind; stick to the beaten track; (habit); keep one in countenance.

Impulse

Fall into a rut, fall into a custom; (conform to); tread the beaten track, follow the beaten track, tread the beaten path, follow the beaten; stare super antiquas vias; move in a rut, run on in a groove, go round like a horse in a mill, go on in the old jog trot way.

Common state of things, general state of things, natural state of things, ordinary state of things, ordinary course of things, ordinary run of things; matter of course; beaten path, beaten track, beaten ground.

Inquiry

Seek a clue, seek a clew; hunt, track, trail, mouse, dodge, trace; follow the trail, follow the scent; pursue; beat up one's quarters; fish for; feel for; (experiment).

Method

Roadway, pathway, stairway; express; thoroughfare; highway; turnpike, freeway, royal road, coach road; broad highway, King's highway, Queen's highway; beaten track, beaten path; horse road, bridle road, bridle track, bridle path; walk, trottoir, footpath, pavement, flags, sidewalk; crossroad, byroad, bypath, byway; cut; short cut; (mid-course); carrefour; private road, occupation road; highways and byways; railroad, railway, tram road, tramway; towpath; causeway; canal; (conduit); street; (abode); speedway.

Path, road, route, course; line of way, line of road; trajectory, orbit, track, beat, tack.

Record

Noun: trace, vestige, relic, remains; scar, cicatrix; footstep, footmark, footprint; pug; track mark, wake, trail, scent, piste.

Regression

Verb: recede, regrade, return, revert, retreat, retire; retrograde, retrocede; back out; back down; balk; crawfish, crawl; withdraw; rebound; go back, come back, turn back, hark back, draw back, fall back, get back, put back, run back; lose ground; fall astern, drop astern; backwater, put about; backtrack, take the back track; veer round; double, wheel, countermarch; ebb, regurgitate; jib, shrink, shy.

Uncertainty

In a state of uncertainty, in a cloud, in a maze; bushed, off the track; ignorant.; afraid to say; out of one's reckoning, astray, adrift; at sea, at fault, at a loss, at one's wit's end, at a nonplus; puzzled; Verb: lost, abroad, d_sorient_; distracted, distraught.

Unconformity

Verb: be uncomformable; Adjective: abnormalize; leave the beaten track, leave the beaten path; infringe a law, infringe a habit, infringe a usage, infringe a custom, break a law, break a habit, break a usage, break a custom, violate a law, violate a habit, violate a usage, violate a custom; drive a coach and six through; stretch a point; have no business there; baffle all description, beggar all description.

Adjective: uncomformable, exceptional; abnormal, abnormous; anomalous, anomalistic; out of order, out of place, out of keeping, out of tune, out of one's element; irregular, arbitrary; teratogenic; lawless, informal, aberrant, stray, wandering, wanton; peculiar, exclusive, unnatural, eccentric, egregious; out of the beaten track, off the beaten track, out of the common, out of the common run; beyond the pale of, out of the pale of; misplaced; funny.

Fish out of water; neither one thing nor another, neither fish nor fowl, neither fish flesh nor fowl nor good red herring; one in a million, one in a way, one in a thousand; outcast, outlaw; off the beaten track; oasis.

Velocity

Verb: move quickly, trip, fisk; speed, hie, hasten, post, spank, scuttle; scud, scuddle; scour, scour the plain; scamper; run like mad, beat it; fly, race, run a race, cut away, shot, tear, whisk, zoom, swoosh, sweep, skim, brush; cut along, bowl along, barrel along, barrel; scorch, burn up the track; rush; (be violent); dash on, dash off, dash forward; bolt; trot, gallop, amble, troll, bound, flit, spring, dart, boom; march in quick time, march in double time; ride hard, get over the ground.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Track

English words defined with "track": inside trackrailroad trackstreetcar tracktrack and field, track event, track meet. (references)
Specialty definitions using "track": arrival trackempty trackFast track authority, floppy-disk trackground trackhostile trackinbound trackKENNEL MANAGER, DOG TRACKloading trackmain track, mine track devicepassing track, pitted track, prevent shunt of a track circuit, PRODUCTION ENGINEER, TRACKrail track ballast, receiving track, reception tracksignificant track, Snort track, spiral track, SUPERVISOR, ENDLESS TRACK VEHICLETEMPLATE MAKER, TRACK, the negative track, through track, to sweeten a track, track ball, track cleaner, track cleaners, track frame, track gage, track handover, track inspector, track laborer, TRACK LAMINATING MACHINE TENDER, track layer, head, track leader, TRACK OILER, track pin, TRACK REPAIRER, track resistance, track roller, track shifter, track shoe, track supervisor, track wheel. (references)
Etymologies containing "track": swath. (references)

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Modern Usage: Track

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Because Westley and I are joined by the bonds of love; and you cannot track that, not with a thousand blood hounds; and you cannot break it, not with a thousand swords (The Princess Bride; writing credit: William Goldman)

It's the perfect cover for a money laundering operation . No one can keep track of all those kids with the little orange boxes of change (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt)

I hired you to get some track laid, not to jump around like a bunch of Kansas City faggots (Blazing Saddles ; writing credit: Andrew Bergman, Mel Brooks, Richard Pryor, Norman Steinberg, Alan Uger)

Then we will have to track them (Willow; writing credit: Bob Dolman; George Lucas)

Put the snot on the track, John O'Connor (The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension; writing credit: Earl Mac Rauch)

Lyrics

The track hits ya eardrum, like a slug to ya chest (California Love; performing artist: 2 PAC)

A one track mind (Everybody Doesn't; performing artist: Amanda)

Everything's ok, so I guess I catch you on the next track (If I Could Go; performing artist: Angie Martinez)

It doesn't leave a track (Bad Medicine; performing artist: Bon Jovi)

So I hit the track runnin' (Ugly; performing artist: Bubba Sparxxx)

Clever

You can't tell which way the train went by looking at the track. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

Track Meet (1974)

To Track a Shadow (1967)

Track the Man Down (1955)

Charlie Chan at the Race Track (1936)

One Track Minds (1933)

Song Titles

Line in track 13 (performing artist: Leo Kotke)

Right On Track (performing artist: The Breakfast Club)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Track

DomainTitle

References

  • Track Data Corporation: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Track 'n Trail: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • The 2000 Import and Export Market for Rails and Railway Track Construction Material in Norway (reference)

  • The 2002 World Forecasts of Rails and Railway Track Construction Material Export Supplies (reference)

  • The 2003 World Forecasts of Rails and Railway Track Construction Material Export Supplies (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Fast Track to Failure: A User's Guide to Abject Misery (reference)

  • Accelerated Learning Techniques: The Express Track to Super Intelligence [ABRIDGED] (reference)

  • The Action Hero's Handbook: How to Catch a Great White Shark, Perform the Vulcan Nerve Pinch, Track a Fugitive, and Dozens of Other TV and Movie Skills (reference)

  • Your Child's Medical Journal: Keeping Track of Your Child's Personal Health History from Conception Through Adulthood (reference)

  • Easy Track to Adv. Project 98 (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

  

High Tech

  

Consumer Goods

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Track

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Photo Album: Track

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Slide shows unblocked anterior portion of the digestive track of X. cheopis. A blocked flea is unable to ingest its blood meal because a mass of bacteria is preventing passage of blood from the esophagus to the stomach. Credit: CDC.

Astronomers using the Hubble telescope to track weather on Mars and how it might affect the ... Credit: NASA.

Raydist strip chart record used to keep track of individual navigation rates These strip charts required continuous monitoring by a watch-stander Used to assure navigational accuracy during hydrographic surveying operations First tests of Raydist on SOSBEE in 1954 Used for over 40 years with various systems. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Deepsea soundings by the USS ARCTIC - Otway Berryman commanding Top line is ship track between Newfoundland and Ireland Bottom line is profile and shows no plateau Generated a controversy with Matthew Fontaine Maury Maury declared erroneous and continued touting "Telegraphic Plateau". Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Looking over a seaboard railroad track to offshore kelp beds near Lompoc. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Map of Antarctica - early Twentieth Century map from the National Geographic Society. Shows track of Admiral Richard Byrd's flight track to the South Pole. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Placement of the catch/samples into buckets. There were 3 mesh sizes used for each gillnet. The catch from each panel was placed in separate buckets to track the size and quantity of species brought in for each net's mesh size. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Divers collect shallow sediment cores to track coastal erosion processes. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).

Race track.

Track from National Guard TanksBirds of Prey National Conservation AreaBOP NCAOwyhee Field OfficeLSRDLower Snake River District. Credit: Barry Rose.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Track
 

"Railway track" by Krzysztof Baranski
Commentary: "Railway track."
"Ghost track" by Craig Young
Commentary: "Foggy day at the crossing."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Sounds Captioned with "Track".

PlayCaptionPlayCaption
Charge!; bugle; racing; sporting event; baseball; track; horse race; battle.Horserace; horse race; track; gambling; ponies; jockey; racetrack.
Track; rollers; metal; roller; rolling; .Bugle; brass; military instrument; horseracing; track; sporting event; baseball.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Track

AuthorQuotation

Arthur Godfrey

Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just stand there.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

To most men experience is like the stern lights of a ship, which illuminate only the track it has passed.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Track

AuthorDateQuotation

Treaty of Versailles

1919

These Commissions shall have regard to the amount of the material registered on these lines in the last inventory before November 11, 1918, the length of track (sidings included), and the nature and amount of the traffic. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Track

TitleAuthorQuote

Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

This incident recalled my mind, in some degree, to its old track.

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

He had no doubt whatever that if, perchance, they had sought his track, they had lost it.

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

They crawled over the ground, laying the track and rolling on it and picking it up.

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

My thoughts have left no track, and I cannot find the path again

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Track

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Other people choose different sports, such as swimming, track, or bicycling. (references)

A diary that records voiding times is usually helpful in keeping track of progress. (references)

To date, the track record of managed care serving older people has not been exemplary. (references)

Business

It is not possible to track all such imports as environment related. (references)

National air quality standards or a national database had not been established to track emissions. (references)

Product and industry knowledge, track record, enthusiasm and commitment should be weighted heavily. (references)

Children

Netherlands

The Government also maintains a popular hot line for children and a network of pediatricians who track suspected cases of child abuse on a confidential basis. (references)

Civil Liberties

Iraq

A special ministerial committee was formed to track and monitor citizens inside the country who received money from relatives living abroad. (references)

Central African Republic

The Ministry's administrative police keep track of groups that have failed to register; however, the police have not attempted to impose any penalty on such groups. (references)

Economic History

Bulgaria

The railway infrastructure consists of 4,300 km of track. (references)

Hong Kong

Hong Kong has a good track record in combating corruption. (references)

Morocco

It employs 13,820 people and operates on some 2,000 km of track. (references)

Human Rights

Ghana

In the first 4 months of operation, 76 cases were filed before the Fast Track Court, 56 of them civil and 2 criminal; 13 were completed. (references)

Guinea

Pretrial detainees are not separated from convicted prisoners, and the prison system often is unable to track pretrial detainees after arrest. (references)

Yugoslavia

Although illegal under provisions of Federal and Serbian law, the Federal post office also was believed to register and track suspicious mail from abroad. (references)

Minorities

Mauritania

Under the separate track system, Moors generally attended Arabic language schools, while Halpulaars, Soninke, and Wolof attended French-language schools. (references)

Mauritania

In 1999 the National Assembly approved educational reforms to replace the separate track Arabic-French system of education, which had been in place for 20 years, with a unified system for all citizens in which both French and Arabic would be the languages of instruction for all students. (references)

Political Economy

UKRAINE

As long as Ukraine stays on track with the IMF, it should use Paris Club restructuring to help smooth debt payments. (references)

Trade

Chile

These new measures are still in the approval process in the congress with the urgent status (Fast Track). (references)

Philippines

Long-term loans at relatively more attractive rates are readily accessible generally to more established borrowers with proven track records. (references)

South Africa

Eximbank will consider private obligors which are credit worthy as demonstrated by their financial statements, commercial track record and credit history. (references)

Travel

Philippines

Party hosts usually have staff track down guests for a confirmation reply. (references)

Costa Rica

Costa Rica has more than 500 kilometers (300 miles) of railway track, but little of it is currently in use. (references)

Bolivia

The Bolivian national railroad system has a total of 3,651 Km of track, divided into two non-connecting segments. (references)

Women

Japan

A 1998 Labor Ministry survey found that over half of the companies with a two-track personnel system did not even consider women for managerial track positions. (references)

Japan

Much of this disparity results from the "two-track" personnel administration system found in most larger companies under which new hires are put into one of two categories: Managerial track (those engaged in planning and decisionmaking jobs and with the potential to become top executives); or general track (those engaged in general office work). (references)

Worker Rights

Nigeria

Private employers in the formal sector track the public sector wage scale. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

STORY, n. A narrative, commonly untrue. The truth of the stories here following has, however, not been successfully impeached. One evening Mr. Rudolph Block, of New York, found himself seated at dinner alongside Mr. Percival Pollard, the distinguished critic. "Mr. Pollard," said he, "my book, The Biography of a Dead Cow, is published anonymously, but you can hardly be ignorant of its authorship. Yet in reviewing it you speak of it as the work of the Idiot of the Century. Do you think that fair criticism?" "I am very sorry, sir," replied the critic, amiably, "but it did not occur to me that you really might not wish the public to know who wrote it." Mr. W.C. Morrow, who used to live in San Jose, California, was addicted to writing ghost stories which made the reader feel as if a stream of lizards, fresh from the ice, were streaking it up his back and hiding in his hair. San Jose was at that time believed to be haunted by the visible spirit of a noted bandit named Vasquez, who had been hanged there. The town was not very well lighted, and it is putting it mildly to say that San Jose was reluctant to be out o' nights. One particularly dark night two gentlemen were abroad in the loneliest spot within the city limits, talking loudly to keep up their courage, when they came upon Mr. J.J. Owen, a well-known journalist. "Why, Owen," said one, "what brings you here on such a night as this? You told me that this is one of Vasquez' favorite haunts! And you are a believer. Aren't you afraid to be out?" "My dear fellow," the journalist replied with a drear autumnal cadence in his speech, like the moan of a leaf-laden wind, "I am afraid to be in. I have one of Will Morrow's stories in my pocket and I don't dare to go where there is light enough to read it." Rear-Admiral Schley and Representative Charles F. Joy were standing near the Peace Monument, in Washington, discussing the question, Is success a failure? Mr. Joy suddenly broke off in the middle of an eloquent sentence, exclaiming: "Hello! I've heard that band before. Santlemann's, I think." "I don't hear any band," said Schley. "Come to think, I don't either," said Joy; "but I see General Miles coming down the avenue, and that pageant always affects me in the same way as a brass band. One has to scrutinize one's impressions pretty closely, or one will mistake their origin." While the Admiral was digesting this hasty meal of philosophy General Miles passed in review, a spectacle of impressive dignity. When the tail of the seeming procession had passed and the two observers had recovered from the transient blindness caused by its effulgence -- "He seems to be enjoying himself," said the Admiral. "There is nothing," assented Joy, thoughtfully, "that he enjoys one-half so well." The illustrious statesman, Champ Clark, once lived about a mile from the village of Jebigue, in Missouri. One day he rode into town on a favorite mule, and, hitching the beast on the sunny side of a street, in front of a saloon, he went inside in his character of teetotaler, to apprise the barkeeper that wine is a mocker. It was a dreadfully hot day. Pretty soon a neighbor came in and seeing Clark, said: "Champ, it is not right to leave that mule out there in the sun. He'll roast, sure! -- he was smoking as I passed him." "O, he's all right," said Clark, lightly; "he's an inveterate smoker." The neighbor took a lemonade, but shook his head and repeated that it was not right. He was a conspirator. There had been a fire the night before: a stable just around the corner had burned and a number of horses had put on their immortality, among them a young colt, which was roasted to a rich nut-brown. Some of the boys had turned Mr. Clark's mule loose and substituted the mortal part of the colt. Presently another man entered the saloon. "For mercy's sake!" he said, taking it with sugar, "do remove that mule, barkeeper: it smells." "Yes," interposed Clark, "that animal has the best nose in Missouri. But if he doesn't mind, you shouldn't." In the course of human events Mr. Clark went out, and there, apparently, lay the incinerated and shrunken remains of his charger. The boys idd not have any fun out of Mr. Clarke, who looked at the body and, with the non-committal expression to which he owes so much of his political preferment, went away. But walking home late that night he saw his mule standing silent and solemn by the wayside in the misty moonlight. Mentioning the name of Helen Blazes with uncommon emphasis, Mr. Clark took the back track as hard as ever he could hook it, and passed the night in town. General H.H. Wotherspoon, president of the Army War College, has a pet rib-nosed baboon, an animal of uncommon intelligence but imperfectly beautiful. Returning to his apartment one evening, the General was surprised and pained to find Adam (for so the creature is named, the general being a Darwinian) sitting up for him and wearing his master's best uniform coat, epaulettes and all. "You confounded remote ancestor!" thundered the great strategist, "what do you mean by being out of bed after naps? -- and with my coat on!" Adam rose and with a reproachful look got down on all fours in the manner of his kind and, scuffling across the room to a table, returned with a visiting-card: General Barry had called and, judging by an empty champagne bottle and several cigar-stumps, had been hospitably entertained while waiting. The general apologized to his faithful progenitor and retired. The next day he met General Barry, who said: "Spoon, old man, when leaving you last evening I forgot to ask you about those excellent cigars. Where did you get them?" General Wotherspoon did not deign to reply, but walked away. "Pardon me, please," said Barry, moving after him; "I was joking of course. Why, I knew it was not you before I had been in the room fifteen minutes."

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Track

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Andrew Weil

There's a quite a movement now of veterinarians practicing natural medicine, alternative medicine. You can track this through Internet. Most communities have veterinarians doing this.

James Dobson

Well, I have confidence in the Lord. I have confidence in God and in my Lord, Jesus Christ, and I believe that he has the answers even when I don't and he told us to trust him even when we can't track him.

Nancy Sinatra

Written by Lee Hazelwood, arranged by Billy Strange. I personally felt they could have put out the track and they would have had a hit with that, because the track is what sells the song.

Rush Limbaugh

Ashcroft's problem is that the Immigration and Naturalization Service and the FBI have been unable to effectively track aliens who have violated their visas, have criminal records, or have links to terrorist networks.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Track

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Bill Clinton

1993-2001We'll suspend their driver's licenses, track them across state lines and make them work off what they owe.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Track

"Track" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 93.48% of the time. "Track" is used about 6,048 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)93.48%5,6531,740
Lexical Verb (infinitive)6.06%36714,753
Lexical Verb (base form)0.45%2766,962
Noun (proper)0.02%1339,140
                    Total100.00%6,048N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: Track

CountryName
USA

At Track Communications, Inc.

 (more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expressions: Track

Expressions using "track": a beaten track arrival track assembled track assigned track back track backing track be on smb.'s track be on the right track beaten track branch track Bridle track cant of the track car track cart track caterpillar track chain track cinder track composite track cycle track data track dialogue track dirt track double track double track line focal track follow a beaten track full track go off the beaten track great circle track Ground Track Separation guide track half track hare's track hostile track hunter track ice track in one's track inbound track inside track intended track keep track of keep track of events keep track of him! lap track lay a track loading track lose the track of lose track of lose track of smb. lose track of time magnetic track main track make a track minimum time track nominal track off the beaten track off the track on track one track one track mind outbound track outside track passing track pitted track prevent shunt of a track circuit print track procedure track race track radar track position railroad track railway track receiving track reception track required track respiratory track riding track running track significant track single track snig track sound track spur track steep track stick to the beaten track stowing track streetcar track sweeper track swept track tartan track taxi track team track through track throw smb. off the track to be off track To take the back track track a fox to its lair track across the fields Track and Field track and field athlete track and field athletics track and hold unit. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "track": track-and-field, track-and-field sports, track-and-fields, track-bed, track-bouncing, track-diagram, track-driven, track-gangs, track-hoppers, track-layer, track-laying, track-laying vehicle, track-lighting, track-lines, track-lit, track-maintenance, track-miles, track-mischievous, track-owner, track-owners, track-record, track-records, Track-road, track-running, track-shoes, track-side, track-suit, track-suited, track-suits, track-suit-style, track-time, track-to-track seek time, track-via-missile, track-while-scan.

Ending with "track": cart-track, dirt-track, double-track, eight-track, fast-track, five-track, four-track, full-track, guide-track, inter-track, multi-track, nine-track, off-track, one-track, race-track, single-track, sound-track, three-track, twin-track, two-track, tyre-track.

Containing "track": across-track error, along-track error, cart-track plant, half-track vehicle, he is got one-track mind, race-track-shaped.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Track

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

track and field

2,171

ups track

222

track

1,471

mountaineer race track

219

road and track

1,140

track field news

216

nordic track

1,115

circle track magazine

210

flight track

849

track it

185

track lighting

705

animal track

185

belmont race track

655

track shoes

183

off track betting

522

dirt track

177

train track

474

saratoga race track

177

dirt track racing

465

track airline flight

172

race track

456

2 2 fast furious sound track

170

usa track field

450

aau track and field

160

am track

394

del mar race track

157

urinary track infection

368

circle track

156

fast track

358

motocross track

149

ncaa track and field

271

backing track

145

arlington race track

256

n track

141

blood on the track

251

auto track

140

track eraser

240

ncaa track

138

track star

230

track phone

135
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Track

Language Translations for "track"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaans

  

baan (course, orbit, path, playground, race-course, road, route, running, running track, trajectory, way, width). (various references)

   

Albanian

  

trase, trajektore (streamline, trajectory), vijë (ditch, gully, line, range, rill, rivulet, rut, set, streak, stria), vazhdë (furrow, rail, rut, signs, trace, trail, trench), udhë (doormat, journey, passage, pathway, road, way), shteg (aisle, alley, approach, course, footpath, footway, gangway, gap, Lane, loophole, pass, path, pathway, ride, trace, trackway, trail, way), pistë (runway, tarmac), ndjek (attend, chase, follow, give chase, Hunt, lead, nose, persecute, prosecute, pursue, rattle, shadow, smell out, spoor, string along, tag, tail, take after, touch, trace, track down, trail, tread), lë gjurmë (Mark), kaloj (alternate, beguile, come by, come round, cross, cut, devolve, elapse, exceed, float, get by, glide, go, go by, go off, go past, negotiate, outbalance, overstep, pass, passage, ram, run, run in, rush by, skip, slip by, slip past, span, spend, strain, take across, transcend, transgress, turn, undergo, witness), jetë (animation, existence, life, lifetime), i shkoj pas gjurmëve, gjurmoj (pursue, spy upon, trail), gjurmë (Dent, dint, drag, footmark, footprint, footstep, groove, impress, impression, indent, indentation, marking, print, print track, scent, sign, slot, smell, spoor, stamp, step, tincture, tinge, trace, trail, vestige, vestigium), binarë (metals, rail, tracking). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏تقفى أثر (spoor), ‏أثر أقدام, ‏أثر سير السفينة (slip), ‏خط سكة الحديد (trackage), ‏طريق (approach, carriage way, course, lane, line, pass, passage, path, pathway, ride, right path, road, route, row, run, runway, rut, trail, way), ‏عبر (across, act out, carry, clothe, come, come across, conceive, couch, cross, emit, enunciate, express, express oneself, fly, get through, give voice to, go over, jibe, jump, mouth, navigate, negotiate, pass, phrase, run, signify, slice through, span, swim, trans, transit, ventilate, voice), ‏سبيل (avenue, course, path, pathway, way), ‏سكة حديد, ‏شوش الأثر, ‏تسلسل الأحداث و الأفكار, ‏ميدان السباق (racetrack), ‏وضع في الطريق الصحيح, ‏لاحق (chase, follow, follow in his footsteps, follow up, following, give chase, go after, hunt, later, posterior, prosecute, pursue, run after, run at smb., stalk, subsequent, tag), ‏مشى على الأثر, ‏مجاز (allegory, corridor, figure, image, imagery, metaphor, passage, path, way), ‏مسار (channel, course, path, route, run, trajectory), ‏مسلك (passage, route, way), ‏ممر (footpath, gangway, lane, passage, passageway, path, pathway, way), ‏ترك أثر أقدام. (various references)

   

Asturian

  

pista. (various references)

   

Bemba

  

inshila. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

отпечатък (impress, impression, imprint, indent, print, print off, pull, reprint, seal, squeeze, stamp, type), писта (course, gangway, landing strip, make way, path, runway), пистов, посока (course, direction, heading, line, run, sense, set, strike, way), проследявам (nose out, pug, slot), път (approach, door, drive, driveway, fetch, gateway, itinerary, journey, key, lode, pad, part, parting, passage, path, pathway, race, ride, riding, road, roadway, route, time, trail, tube, way), пътека (alley, footpath, footway, lode, path, pathway, runner, runway, trail, walk, way), пътувам (hop, itinerate, journey, peregrinate, roll, roll along, travel, trip), едно от платната, железопътна линия, звено на гъсенична верига (shoe, tread), направление (bound, direction, drift, heading, range, run, set, tendency, turn, way), диря (clue, foil, scent, seek, slot, trace, trail, train, vestige, wake), нарез (groove, indent, knurl, rifle, thread, ward), стъпка (footfall, footstep, measure, move, numbers, pace, pitch, remove, step, tread), оставам дири, оставам следи, вървя (foot, go, gone, move, pass, pike, progress, push on, ride, run, sell, step, tread, walk, work), гъсенична верига (caterpillar), тегля кораб с въже от брега, ход (action, bat, course, current, foot, gait, going, lapse, motion, move, movement, operation, pace, passage, passing, play, ploy, process, race, rate, run, running, stream, swing, tenor, tide, train, tread, twist, walk, way), релси (line, metals, railing, tread), слагам релси на, следа (footprint, ghost, odor, odour, print, rag, relic, relish, remnant, rudiment, savor, savour, scar, scent, scintilla, shadow, show, shred, sign, spice, tang, touch, trace, trail, train, trait, vestige, whiff), следя (gumshoe, keep an eye on, mouse, observe, ride herd on, shadow, stag, tail, trail, watch), утъпквам, направляващо приспособление. (various references)

   

Cebuano

  

riles. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

轨道 (Orbit, Orbital), (rut, to remove, to withdraw), 逕賽 , 逕跡 , 跑道 (athletic track, runaway), (course, inner reins of a 4-horse team, path, rail), 行蹤 (whereabouts). (various references)

   

Czech

  

vyslídit (ferret out, hunt out, nose out), stopa (evidence, foot, footstep, imprint, lead, Mark, print, rut, scent, trace, trail, vestige), sledovat (follow, follow up, observe, pursue, retrace, shadow, tail, teleview, trace, trail, watch), kurs (course, quotation, tack), kolej (college, line, Mark, rail), dráha (career, course, path, race, railway, route, trajectory), cesta (alley, byway, career, channel, crossing, drive, itinerary, jaunt, journey, Lane, passage, path, pathway, ride, road, route, tour, trail, travel, trip, venture, voyage, walk, way), úvoz (ravine), šlépìj (footmark, footprint, print). (various references)

   

Danish

  

spor (flute, groove, line, radar trace, railtrack, railway, scan, tail, trace, way). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

spoor (imprint, print, railroad, railway, spur, trace, trail), voetspoor (trace), baan (corridor, course, function, job, office, orbit, passage, path, post, race-course, road, route, running track, trajectory, way, width), afdruk (copy, imprint, print, trace). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

trako, spuro (trace), kurejo (course, race-course, running track). (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

spor (trace). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

پی کردن (Trace), مسابقه دویدن , نشان (Aim, Attribute, Badge, Banner, Brand, Clue, Emblem, Ensign, Hallmark, Impress, Mark, Medal, Memento, Plaque, Presage, Score, Seal, Show, Sign, Signal, Stamp, Standard, Symbol, Symptom, Tally, Target, Token, Trace, Tract), توالی (Progression, Sequence, Subsequence, Suit, Train), تسلسل (Concatenation, Continuity, Continuum, Progression, Sequence, Suit), خطاهن (Rail, Railway), جاده (Causeway, Line, Pad, Path, Pathway, Street, Turnpike, Way), اثر (Affect, Clue, Consequence, Effect, Efficacy, Growth, Impress, Impression, Opus, Rake, Relic, Result, Rut, Sign, Symptom, Trace, Tract, Umbrage, Vestige), راه (Access, Entry, Highway, How, Manner, Method, Pass, Path, Road, Way), ردپاراگرفتن , ردپا (Run, Runway, Spoor, Trace, Wake), دنبال کردن (Chase-Chace, Continue, Dog, Follow, Pursue, Trace). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

rata (course, line, orbit, trajectory), raide (line), jälki (footprint, impression, imprint, mark, trace). (various references)

   

French

  

voie (data transmission channel, track(distance between the weels of a vehicle), tract, tractus, transmission channel, tread), trace (trace, trace-horse, trail), piste (dirt track, running track, trace, trail), empreinte (trace), route, voie ferrée (trackage), chenille (tread). (various references)

   

Frisian

  

spoar, print (trace), least (trace). (various references)

   

German

  

Spur (clue, Gage, gauge, grain, hint, Lane, ounce, particle, print, rut, savor, savour, scrap, shade, shadow, shred, sign, skidmarks, smack, soupcon, spoor, sprinkling, streak, suggestion, suspicion, taint, tinge, touch, trace, tracking, trail, vestige, whiff), Gleis (line, platform, rail, rails, railway, rut), Spurweite (Gage, gauge), Rennbahn (circuit, race course, racecourse, racetrack), Fährte (scent, spoor, trail). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ανιχνεύω (detect, scan, scout, trace, track down). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

מסלול (course, path, road, run, walk, way), מסלה (course, gangway, orbit, road, sow, way), ללכת בעקבות (emulate, follow in his footsteps, follow suit, trail), לעקוב (follow, keep track of, set back, tag, trace), שרשרת (catenary, chain, cordon, fetter, necklace), פס (band, line, streak, stripe), עקבות (trail, wake), זחל (caterpillar, caterpillar track, grub, larva, maggot), נתיב (path, pathway, road, route, trail, way). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

pályatest (road), nyomtáv (gage, gauge, width of the track), hernyótalp, útvonal (circuit, course, itinerary, line, path, route), útirány (course, route). (various references)

   

Icelandic

  

skeiðvöllur (course, race-course, running track), kappreiðabraut (course, race-course, running track). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

merunut (trace, trail), melacak, lintasan (path, trajectory, way), jejak (sign, trail), jalanan (pathway, road), denai (trail). (various references)

   

Inuktitut

  

iniit. (various references)

   

Italian

  

binario (binary, line, rail, rails), traccia (foil, footprint, furrow, groove, hint, lane, Mark, outline, rut, shadow, sign, smear, spoor, streak, tang, tinge, trace, trail, vestige), pista (career, clue, course, manege, racetrack, ride, ring, road, route, runway, scent, slope, speedway, strip, trail, way). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

線路  (line, roadbed), 線路 (line, roadbed), トラス橋 (tracking, tracking station, trackman, truck, truck farm, truck terminal, trucking, truss bridge). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

トラック (truck), せんろ (line, roadbed). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

대위. (various references)

   

Macedonian

  

lenta. (various references)

   

Manx

  

shelg er, rane (stanza, verse), raad (direction, road, roadway, route, trail, vent-hole, way; where, whereat; vent), lorgey (pursue, pursuit, spoor, trace, tracing, trailing), lorg (club, pole, singlestick; trail, spoor, staff, trace, vestige). (various references)

   

Maori

  

ara. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

acktray.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

trilha (cross-country, trail), pista (clew, clue, lane, spoor, trace, trail). (various references)

   

Provencal

  

dralha. (various references)

   

Romanian

  

urmãri (aim, chase, dog, drive, follow, follow out, give chase, go after, go for, haunt, hound, Hunt, intend, look at, make after, Mark, obsess, pursue, run, run after, seek after, strive after, trace, watch), urmã (atom, clew, clue, footmark, footprint, furrow, impress, impression, imprint, indent, jot, Mark, patent office, print, pug, rear, rearward, relic, remnant, rut, scent, seal, shadow, sign, slot, spoor, stamp, step, trace, trail, vestige, wake), semn (auspice, badge, Beck, brand, character, denotation, dint, emblem, evidence, Favor, favour, gesture, impress, index, indication, mark, note, office, portent, print, property, scar, score, scratch, seal, sign, signal, splash, spot, symbol, symptom, token, trace, vestige, wave), pistã (course), pârtie (path), linie feratã, fãgaş (channel, furrow, groove, gully, path, rut, track of wheels, trend), drum (course, drive, highway, journey, passage, path, road, route, Street, thoroughfare, trace, trajectory, trip, voyage, walk, way), direcţie (bearing, board, course, departure, direction, directorate, drift, lay, leadership, manager's office, mastership, path, run, set, setting, trend, way), cale (Avenue, channel, course, distance, drive, means, path, road, route, step, stitch, Street, way), cãrare (alley, footpath, Lane, part, parting, path, pathway, trackway, way), brazdã (balk, baulk, bed, clod, furrow, list, rut, swath, trace, turf, wake), şenilã (caterpillar). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

следить (follow up, keep track, keep track of, look after, overlook, trace, watch), след (backtrace, dint, footmark, footprint, relic, scent, sign, skidmarks, spoor, trace, trail, vestige, welt), тропа (path, pathway, trail), трасса (course, plot, route, routing, trail), колея (gauge, rut), катиться по колее, гусеница трактора, оставлять следы, путь рельсовый, прослеживать дорожка, прокладывать путь (pave the way, pioneer). (various references)

   

Samoan

  

ala tanu. (various references)

   

Scottish

  

lorg (a staff, crutch, find, foot-print, haft of a spear, mark, path, staff, trace). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

trag (mark, print, scuff, spoor, strain, streak, tail, tinge, trace, tracing, trail, vestige, wake), tražiti (ask for, demand, grope, hunt, inquire into, look for, pursue, request, require, search, search for, seek, solicit, sue), staza (lane, path, pathway, run, stasis, trackway, walk, way), slediti (follow, freeze, go after, succeed), razgaziti, pruga (line, streak, stria, strip, stripe), kolosek (gauge, groove, railway, rut), ići tragom, goniti po tragu, evidencija (record, tally), šina (brace, metal, rail). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

vía (Lane, lift, line, path, platform, road, route, tack, via, way), pista (arena, circuit, clew, clue, floor, green, lead, line, path, racecourse, racetrack, ring, rink, runway, scent, slope, spoor, tarmac, trail), oruga (caterpillar, rocket), impresión (draft, effect, impress, impression, imprint, press, presswork, print, printing, printout, trace), huella (footmark, footprint, impress, impression, imprint, Mark, print, sign, step, symptom, tack, trace, trail, tread), canal (canal, channel, dike, duct, dyke, gutter, side, sluice, trough, watercourse). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

spår (clue, evidence, hint, impression, metals, scent, scrap, sign, slot, spoor, taint, touch, trace, trail, vestige, whiff). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

tekerlek izi (furrow, rut), tekerlek aralığı, takip etmek (chase, come after, dog, follow, follow in smb.'s wake, follow up, give chase, hound, keep tabs on, prosecute, pursue, sleuth), patika (alley, footpath, gate, Lane, path, pathway, trace, trail, walkway), dümen suyu (backwash, dead water, wake, wash), geçmek (abate, adjourn, be current, be over, be transmitted, be valid, beat, best, better, cap, catch, change to, clear, come down, cross, cut across, devolve, distance, elapse, exceed, Excel, expire, fit in, get through, go, go by, go down, go out, have outgrown smb., interlace, intervene, lapse, leave behind, negotiate, outdistance, outdo, outgo, outgrow, outpace, outrange, outrival, outrun, outstrip, pass, pass away, pass beyond, pass by, pass into, pass off, pass on, pass over, pass up, permeate, ride, rub on, run, run out, subside, surpass, top, tower above, transmigrate, turn, wear off), hat (ichno-, lettering, line, route), iz (birthmark, chip, clew, clue, dint, evidence, footprint, ghost, hint, ichno-, impress, impression, inkling, odor, odour, print, scar, shades, shadow, sign, smack, stamp, stigma, streak, suggestion, suspicion, taint, tincture, tinge, touch, trace, trail, vestige, weal, wheal), iz bırakmak (etch, impress, leave behind, leave trace, pit, scar), izini aramak (track down), izlemek (chase, come on, dog, eye, follow, follow in smb.'s wake, follow up, give chase, go by, hound, keep tabs on, monitor, monitorize, observe, pursue, shadow, supervene, tail, trace, trail, watch), ayağıyla içeri taşımak, palet takmak, yörünge (circle, orbit, path, trajectory), pist (airfield, cinder path, course, floor, landing field, path, ring, runway, scat, shoo, strip, tarmac), ray (rail, runner), ray döşemek (rail), rota (course, heading, holding pattern, Lane, rota, route, sea lane, sea route), palet (fin, flipper, palette, pallet, pallete). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

rels (r) (rails). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

стежити (attend, espy, eye, investigate, keep tabs on, observe, outwatch, oversee, see to, tend, watch), іти по слідах, слід (behove, footmark, footprint, footstep, imprint, ought, print, relic, remnant, scent, should, spoor, trace, trail, tread, wake), траса, колія (furrow, rut), відбиток (cachet, impress, impression, imprint, indenture, mintage, overprint, press, pressure, print, seal, trace), наслідити, прокладати шлях (pioneer, plough, plow). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

theo vết chân, theo ai, tẩu thoát (wood), vết chân đường, mất dấu vết lạc đề che dấu vết tích, lạc lối mất hút, dấu (blot, mark, sign, signet, spot), bỏ chạy (leg), đường đi (path, way), đưa ai đi đúng đường đúng lối. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

wysg (the Usk), o+l (back, mark, print, trace), llwybr (aisle, alley, path), llwr, adrywedd (scent). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Track

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

persequor, semita, sulci, sulcis, sulcos, tractus, tramitem, vestigia, vestigiis, vestigio, vestigiorum, vestigium. (various references)

Old English450-1100

feorhlast, last. (various references)

Old French900-1400

pas. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Track

Derivations

Words beginning with "track": trackage, trackages, trackball, trackballs, tracked, tracker, trackers, tracking, trackings, tracklayer, tracklayers, tracklaying, tracklayings, trackless, trackman, trackmen, tracks, trackside, tracksides, tracksuit, tracksuits, trackwalker, trackwalkers, trackway, trackways. (additional references)

Words ending with "track": amtrack, backtrack, coatrack, hatrack, multitrack, offtrack, racetrack, retrack, sidetrack, soundtrack, whitrack. (additional references)

Words containing "track": amtracks, backtracked, backtracking, backtracks, coatracks, hatracks, multitracked, multitracking, multitracks, racetracker, racetrackers, racetracks, retracked, retracking, retracks, sidetracked, sidetracking, sidetracks, soundtracks, whitracks. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Track" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: atrack, Drack, frack, krack, rick, Rtca, strack, Tirpak, tirrick, Tkacz, traack, trac, trach, trackmo, traik, trak, trake, Trakl, Trancik, tranck, trank, trask, trax, trck, trec, trekk, tresckow, triac, triarch, trisk, trock, ttrack. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Track"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "track" (pronounced tra"k)
3-r a" kcrack, rack, wrack.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Track

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-k-r-t"

-1 letter: cark, cart, kart, rack, tack.

-2 letters: act, arc, ark, art, car, cat, kat, rat, tar.

-3 letters: ar, at, ka, ta.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-k-r-t"
 

+1 letter: racket, retack, tacker, tracks.

 

+2 letters: amtrack, bracket, hatrack, karstic, rackets, rackety, restack, retacks, retrack, stacker, tackers, tackier, tackler, tracked, tracker, tripack.

 

+3 letters: amtracks, antirock, attacker, autarkic, backrest, brackets, brickbat, caretake, caretook, coatrack, crackpot, crankest, hardtack, hatracks, offtrack, racketed, reattack, rejacket, restacks, retacked, retackle, retracks, stackers, stockcar, tacklers, tamarack, thwacker, trackage, trackers, tracking, trackman, trackmen, trackway, traprock, tripacks, truckage, truckman, whitrack.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Images: Digital Art
9. Sounds
10. Quotations: Familiar
11. Quotations: Historic
12. Quotations: Fiction
13. Quotations: Non-fiction
14. Quotations: Spoken
15. Quotations: Speeches
16. Usage Frequency
17. Names: Company Usage
18. Expressions
19. Expressions: Internet
20. Translations: Modern
21. Translations: Ancient
22. Abbreviations
23. Acronyms
24. Derivations
25. Rhymes
26. Anagrams
27. Bibliography


  

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