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TRACK

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track

Synonyms:

running; track

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("track" is a kind of...):

track and field (participating in athletic sports performed on a running track or on the field associated with it)

Holonyms ("track" is a part of...):

track meet (a track and field competition between two or more teams)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A course over which races are run

Synonyms:

racecourse; racetrack; raceway; track

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("track" is a kind of...):

course (facility consisting of a circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport)

Meronyms (parts of "track"):

stretch (a straightaway section of a racetrack)

inside track (the inner side of a curved racecourse)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "track"):

cinder track (a racetrack paved with fine cinders)

dirt track (a racetrack that is not paved)

circuit; racing circuit (a racetrack for automobile races)

speedway (a racetrack for racing automobiles or motorcycles)

velodrome (a banked oval track for bicycle or motorcycle racing)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Any road or path affording passage especially a rough one

Synonyms:

cart track; cartroad; track

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("track" is a kind of...):

road; route (an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "track"):

portage (overland track between navigable waterways)

trail (a path or track roughly blazed through wild or hilly country)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll

Synonyms:

rail; rails; runway; track

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("track" is a kind of...):

bar (a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "track"):

third rail (a rail through which electric current is supplied to an electric locomotive)

Holonyms ("track" is a part of...):

railroad; railroad track; railway (a line of track providing a runway for wheels)

streetcar track; tramline; tramway (the track on which trams or streetcars run)

Sense 5

Meaning:

A pair of parallel rails providing a runway for wheels

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("track" is a kind of...):

artefact; artifact (a man-made object taken as a whole)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "track"):

railroad; railroad track; railway (a line of track providing a runway for wheels)

streetcar track; tramline; tramway (the track on which trams or streetcars run)

Sense 6

Meaning:

A groove on a phonograph recording

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("track" is a kind of...):

channel; groove (a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record))

Sense 7

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

data track; track

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("track" is a kind of...):

itinerary; path; route (an established line of travel or access)

Domain category:

computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)

Sense 8

Meaning:

An endless metal belt on which tracked vehicles move over the ground

Synonyms:

caterpillar track; caterpillar tread; track

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("track" is a kind of...):

belt (endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "track"):

half track (a track that goes around only rear wheels)

Holonyms ("track" is a part of...):

tracked vehicle (a self-propelled vehicle that moves on tracks)

Sense 9

Meaning:

Evidence pointing to a possible solution

Example:

the trail led straight to the perpetrator

Synonyms:

lead; track; trail

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("track" is a kind of...):

evidence; grounds (your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief)

Derivation:

track (go after with the intent to catch)

Sense 10

Meaning:

A distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc

Example:

the title track of the album

Synonyms:

cut; track

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("track" is a kind of...):

excerpt; excerption; extract; selection (a passage selected from a larger work)

Sense 11

Meaning:

A line or route along which something travels or moves

Example:

the course of the river

Synonyms:

course; path; track

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("track" is a kind of...):

line (a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "track"):

trail (a track or mark left by something that has passed)

belt; swath (a path or strip (as cut by one course of mowing))

steps (the course along which a person has walked or is walking in)

round (the course along which communications spread)

inside track (the inner side of a curved racecourse)

collision course (a course of a moving object that will lead to a collision if it continues unchanged)

Derivation:

track (travel across or pass over)

track (carry on the feet and deposit)

track (observe or plot the moving path of something)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make tracks upon

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "track" is one way to...):

create; make (make or cause to be or to become)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Travel across or pass over

Example:

The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day

Synonyms:

cover; cross; cut across; cut through; get across; get over; pass over; track; traverse

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "track" is one way to...):

pass (go across or through)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "track"):

hop (traverse as if by a short airplane trip)

course (move swiftly through or over)

drive; take (proceed along in a vehicle)

jaywalk (cross the road at a red light)

bridge (cross over on a bridge)

ford (cross a river where it's shallow)

crisscross (cross in a pattern, often random)

walk (traverse or cover by walking)

stride (cover or traverse by taking long steps)

tramp (cross on foot)

Sentence frames:

Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

track (a line or route along which something travels or moves)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Go after with the intent to catch

Example:

the dog chased the rabbit

Synonyms:

chase; chase after; dog; give chase; go after; tag; tail; track; trail

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "track" is one way to...):

follow; pursue (follow in or as if in pursuit)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "track"):

tree (chase an animal up a tree)

quest (search the trail of (game))

hound; hunt; trace (pursue or chase relentlessly)

run down (pursue until captured)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sentence example:

The men track the area for animals

Derivation:

track (evidence pointing to a possible solution)

tracker (someone who tracks down game)

tracking (the pursuit (of a person or animal) by following tracks or marks they left behind)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Carry on the feet and deposit

Example:

track mud into the house

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "track" is one way to...):

bring in; introduce (bring in a new person or object into a familiar environment)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

track (a line or route along which something travels or moves)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Observe or plot the moving path of something

Example:

track a missile

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Hypernyms (to "track" is one way to...):

observe (watch attentively)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

track (a line or route along which something travels or moves)

Credits

 Context examples: 

But Buck turned about and started slowly on the back track.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

"You are on the right track then. Only you've come by the foot-path."

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

Functional Activities Questionnaire-NACC Version (FAQ-NACC Version) Keeping track of current events.

(FAQ-NACC Version - Keep Track of Current Events, NCI Thesaurus)

Functional Activities Questionnaire (FAQ) Keeping track of current events.

(FAQ - Keep Track of Current Events, NCI Thesaurus)

This includes keeping track of the health of people who participate in a clinical study or clinical trial for a period of time, both during the study and after the study ends.

(Follow-up, NCI Dictionary)

Any of various devices and systems designed to track a patient's condition.

(Patient Monitoring System, NCI Thesaurus)

But there is no other track.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I'll stake my good name as a shikarree, said he, that the track is a fresh one.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The D&B D-U-N-S Number is used by industries and organizations around the world as a global standard for business identification and tracking.

(DUNS Number, NCI Thesaurus)

Controlling how much chocolate people eat and tracking them for long periods of time is not an easy task.

(Can Chocolate Really Be Good for You?, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)