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Top 1000 frequently used words
Pronunciation: /trak/
noun
1A rough path or road, typically one beaten by use rather than constructed: follow the track to the farm
2A prepared course or circuit for athletes, horses, motor vehicles, bicycles, or dogs to race on: a Formula One Grand Prix track
2.1 [mass noun] The sport of running on a track: the four running disciplines of track, road, country, and fell
3 (usually tracks) A mark or line of marks left by a person, animal, or vehicle in passing: he followed the tracks made by the cars in the snow
3.1 The course or route followed by someone or something (used especially in talking about their pursuit by others): I didn’t want them on my track
3.2 A course of action or line of thought: in terms of social arrangements, you are not too far off the track
4 A continuous line of rails on a railway: commuters had to leave trains to walk along the tracks [mass noun]: 130 kilometres of track
4.1 A metal or plastic strip or rail along which a curtain or spotlight may be moved.
4.2 Sailing A strip on the mast, boom, or floor of a yacht along which a slide attached to a sail can be moved, used to adjust the position of the sail.
5A recording of one song or piece of music: the CD contains early Elvis Presley tracks
Originally denoting a groove on a gramophone record
5.1A lengthwise strip of magnetic tape containing one sequence of signals.
5.2 The soundtrack of a film or video.
6A continuous articulated metal band around the wheels of a heavy vehicle such as a tank, intended to facilitate movement over rough or soft ground.
6.1 Electronics A continuous line of copper or other conductive material on a printed circuit board, used to connect parts of a circuit: extremely thin tracks are not able to withstand much heat when soldering
7 The transverse distance between a vehicle’s wheels: the undercarriage was fully retractable inwards into the wing, with a 90 inch track
8 US term for stream (sense 4 of the noun).
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Origin
Late 15th century (in the sense 'trail, marks left behind'): the noun from Old French trac, perhaps from Low German or Dutch trek 'draught, drawing'; the verb (current senses dating from the mid 16th century) from French traquer or directly from the noun.
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