Track Meaning
/ˈtɹæk/Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA mark left by something that has passed along.
nounA mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or animal.
Sentence Examples
You are way off track.
You're on the right track.
I like hot springs off the beaten track.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The detective used a GPS device to constantly ____ the suspect's movements.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
We followed the narrow ____ through the forest until we eventually reached a beautiful and clear blue lake today.
Word Origin & History
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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on a certain afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track. The three returned wondering and charmed with Mrs. Cooke; they were sure she had had no hand in the furnishing of that atrocious house."
— 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, page 58:
"You cannot simply “get” your child back on track; you and others can only help your child with that task."
— 2009, Kenneth H. Talan, Help Your Child Or Teen Get Back on Track, →ISBN:
"My track record was enough proof that I couldn't use women for medicinal purposes, and even my attempts at casual relationships were not adequate enough to even temporarily release the poisons inside me."
— 2010, Randall Lee, Memoirs to My Women, →ISBN, page 242:
"A real pimp is a gentleman, but these are pimps in gorilla suits. They hang around pimps, they have hoes on the track working for them, they may even look like pimps, but they are straight simps."
— 2012, Pimpin' Ken, PIMPOLOGY: The 48 Laws of the Game, page 11:
"After putting Tonya Down on the track, we headed to this club called the Players Club."
— 2012, Paul D. Jones, Twilight Nights: The Trials and Tribulations of the Game, page 130:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The detective used a GPS device to constantly ____ the suspect's movements.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
We followed the narrow ____ through the forest until we eventually reached a beautiful and clear blue lake today.