track

[træk]

Definition:
1. A pair of parallel rails providing a runway for wheels.
2. A line or route along which something travels or moves.
3. A rough path or road, usually one that has not been built but that has been made by people walking there.

Use 'track' in a sentence:

1. Shortly before dusk they reached a fork and took the left-hand track.
2. The track led them to a huddle of outbuildings.
3. Our horses plodded down the muddy track.
4. Students are already being tracked.
5. The only evidence of pandas was their tracks in the snow.
6. We'd better make tracks soon, hadn't we?
7. Curtis is on track for the gold medal.
8. Police are on the track of the thieves.
9. He covered his tracks, burnt letters and diaries.
10. Our radar began tracking the jets.
11. The police have so far failed to track down the attacker.
12. McKee suddenly noticed tire tracks on the bank ahead.
13. The track features Joey Langton on percussion.
14. Fifty yards of track was blown up with dynamite.
15. This button advances the tape to the beginning of the next track.
16. The car spun right off the track.
17. I tried to get my life back on track after my divorce.
18. The train for Chicago is on track 9.
19. It may take some time to get the British economy back on track.
20. The path was no better than a sheep track.
21. The question stopped Alice in her tracks.
22. India has thousands of miles of track.
23. The road petered out into a dirt track.
24. We continued tracking the plane on our radar.
25. The train chugs down the track.
26. We had to trudge up the track back to the station.
27. I lost all track of time.
28. They live miles off the beaten track.
29. Denver has the inside track among 10 sites being considered.
30. She sang on the backing track.
31. She pedalled her bicycle up the track.
32. The research institute is on the track of what causes the artery damage.
33. The track snaked perilously upwards.
34. As an agent, you may have an inside track when good deals become available.
35. We followed the bear's tracks in the snow.
36. I walked along the outer edge of the track.
37. Better driving equipment will improve track adhesion in slippery conditions.
38. With eleven thousand employees, it's very difficult to keep track of them all.
39. Tony picked himself up and set off along the track.
40. It's hard to keep track of time in here.
41. Guests are returning in increasing numbers — a sure sign that we are on the right track.
42. The track led us through a wood.
43. David put me back on track…
44. She is on the fast track to promotion.
45. He had attempted to cover his tracks by making her death appear like suicide.
46. A good student, she ran in track meets.
47. The jeep bumped along the dirt track.
48. The killer may have returned to the scene of the crime to cover his tracks.
49. He was on the track of an escaped criminal.
50. We knelt on the ground to examine the tracks.
51. The track plunged down into the valley.
52. He has a proven track record in marketing.
53. It's so easy to lose track of who's playing who and when.
54. The sound track did not synchronize with the action.
55. We set off once more, over a rough mountain track.
56. We need a convincing win to put us back on the right track…
57. I followed him, tracking him in the snow until finally he got tired.
58. It's hard to keep track of the children's comings and goings.
59. The camera eventually tracked away.
60. The player is being tracked by Juventus.
61. Forecasters are also tracking hurricane Josephine.
62. This magnificent church cannot fail to stop you in your tracks…
63. If it's possible, track the rumour back to its origin.
64. Sniffer dogs could be trained to track them down.
65. Don't track mud on my clean floor.
66. He had lost track of what he was saying and began to ramble.
67. The boy was electrocuted when he wandered onto a railway track.
68. Dozens of miles of railway track have been torn up.
69. The girls' outdoor track team has grabbed the brass ring seven times.
70. Saboteurs blew up a small section of the track.
71. He thought he had better track this wolf and kill it.
72. Production has already been put on the right track.
73. The tracks of the large animal were clearly printed in the sand.
74. You become so deeply absorbed in an activity that you lose track of time.
75. Engineers carried out a thorough inspection of the track.
76. The research project involves tracking the careers of 400 graduates.