track1 nountrack2 verb
tracktrack1 /træk/ ●●● S2 W2 noun 
WORD ORIGINtrack1
Origin:
1400-1500 Old French tracEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- A narrow track leads from the road to the cabins.
- an eight-track tape
- college-track classes
- I really like the first two tracks on this album.
- The track was only wide enough for one car.
- train tracks
- He ate rice and a fried egg three times a day, keeping track of the days by counting the meals.
- It can help some to keep track of what is going on if they have others to help them.
- One of the heaviest performers at the seaside track, Between Times was floundering after a slow start.
- The land is now part of the Bay Meadow thoroughbred racing complex and is used as a training track.
- Whenever you hear one of these figures you are on track, so make sure then that your heading is correct.
- Yet this time he was finally on the right track.
- You find out how tracks are determined, and if it seems unfair, question the system.
THESAURUStypes of road
a hard surface for cars, buses etc to drive on: · They’re planning to build a new road.· My address is 42, Station Road.
a road in a town, with houses or shops on each side: · She lives on our street.· We walked along the streets of the old town.· Oxford Street is one of Europe’s busiest shopping areas.· He was stopped by the police, driving the wrong way down a one-way street.· Turn left on Main Street (=the street in the middle of a town, where most of the shops are – used in American English).· These days the same shops are on every high street (=the street in the middle of a town, where most of the shops are – used in British English).
a road in a town, often with trees on each side: · the busy avenue in front of the cathedral· He lived on Park Avenue.
a wide road in a city or town – used especially in street names in the US, France etc. In the UK, streets are usually called avenue rather than boulevard: · the world-famous Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles.
a narrow road in the country: · a winding country lane
a short street which is closed at one end: · The house is situated in a quiet cul-de-sac in North Oxford.
especially British English, dirt road American English a narrow road in the country, usually without a hard surface: · The farm was down a bumpy track.
British English a road that goes around a town: · The airport is on the ring road.
British English a road that goes past a town, allowing traffic to avoid the centre: · The bypass would take heavy traffic out of the old city centre.
British English, divided highway American English a road with a barrier or strip of land in the middle that has lines of traffic travelling in each direction: · I waited until we were on the dual carriageway before I overtook him.
American English a very wide road in a city or between cities, on which cars can travel very fast without stopping: · Take the Hollywood Freeway (101) south, exit at Vine Street and drive east on Franklin Avenue.· Over on the side of the expressway, he saw an enormous sedan, up against a stone wall.
British English, highway American English a very wide road for travelling fast over long distances: · The speed limit on the motorway is 70 miles an hour.· the Pacific Coast Highway
American English a road for fast traffic that goes between states: · The accident happened on Interstate 84, about 10 miles east of Hartford.
a road that you pay to use: · The government is planning to introduce toll roads, in an effort to cut traffic congestion.
American English a large road for fast traffic that you pay to use: · He dropped her off at an entrance to the New Jersey Turnpike.
a short piece of music with words that you sing: · We sang songs around the campfire.· The song was written by John Lennon.
one of the songs on a CD or record: · Track three is my favourite one.
a song that forms part of a performance of several songs: · The show was brilliant, from the opening number to the end.
the notes in a song, without the words: · I recognize the tune, but I can’t remember what it’s called.
the main series of notes in a piece of music that has several parts which are played together: · The song has a simple melody and beautiful lyrics.
a set of sentences that make up one part of a song: · She sang the first verse of ‘Amazing Grace’.
a set of sentences in a song that is repeated after each verse: · Most of the kids were able to join in the chorus.
places where people do sport (also pitch British English) a large area of ground, usually covered with grass, where team sports are played: · A few kids were playing on the football field.· a hockey field
a large sports field with seats all around it for people to watch team sports or track and field competitions: · The atmosphere in the Olympic Stadium was amazing.· a football stadium
British English a sports field and the seats and buildings around it, belonging to a particular football, rugby, or cricket team: · I met my friends inside the ground.
American English a stadium where baseball is played: · Busch Stadium is one of the newest ballparks in Major League.
an area with lines painted on the ground, for tennis, badminton, basketball, or volleyball: · The hotel has four tennis courts and a volleyball court.
the area in a baseball field that is within the shape formed by the four bases. The diamond can also be the whole field: · The pitcher stands in the middle of the diamond.· There’s a playground, a picnic area, and a baseball diamond.
a circular path with lines on it, for running on: · In the relay, each runner runs once around the track.
a room with machines which you can use to do exercises: · He spends an hour in the gym every day.
a place where you can swim: · He jumped into the deep end of the pool.· I’ll meet you outside the swimming pool.
British English, sports center American English a building where you can play many types of indoor sports: · Why not do exercise classes at your local sports centre?
a small sports centre, where you pay to be a member: · How much does it cost to join a health club?
a place where trains or buses regularly stop: · The town has its own railway station.· Paddington Station in west London· the bus station
the station or stop at the end of a railway or bus line: · We’ve arranged to meet her at the Victoria bus terminus.· the railway terminus in central Calcutta
[usually plural] the metal lines along which trains travel. This is sometimes used in American English to say which part of a station a train will leave from: · The passenger train, traveling at 120 mph, careered off the tracks.
the raised place beside a railway track where you get on and off a train in a station – used especially to say which part of a station a train will leave from: · Trains for Oxford leave from Platform 2.
(also booking office British English) the place at a station where tickets are sold: · You can buy rail tickets online or at the ticket office.
British English (also departure board American English) a board saying when and from which part of a station each train will leave: · The departures board said that the train was ten minutes late.
the sounds made by musical instruments or people singing: · The music was really loud.
the main series of musical notes in a piece of music: · a folk song with a pretty tune
the main series of notes in a piece of music that has many notes being played at the same time, especially in classical music: · The soprano sang the melody.
the chords or notes in a piece of music that support the melody: · the rich harmonies in the symphony
(also piece of music) an arrangement of musical notes – use this about music without words: · It’s a difficult piece to play.
formal a piece of music that someone has written: · This is one of his own compositions.
a piece of music, especially classical music: · one of Mozart’s best-known works
one of the songs or pieces of music on a CD: · the album’s title track
a piece of popular music that forms part of a concert or show: · the show’s first number
Longman Language Activatorto count numbers, objects etc in order to find the total to find the total number of things or people in a group by counting them all: · Katherine counted her money. There was almost $50 left.· Count up the number of calories you have each day.· Count the kids as they get on the bus and make sure they're all here.
also tot up British informal to put several numbers or amounts together and calculate the total: add up something: · When we added up the receipts we realized we had spent too much.tot up something: · Just tot up the total and write it at the bottom.add something up: · Five percent may not sound like much but it's a lot of money when you add it all up.tot something up: · Tot the whole lot up to make sure you'll have enough money to pay.
also keep count especially British to keep a record, either on paper or in your memory, of numbers or amounts that increase over a period of time, so that you always know what the total is: · I don't know what the score was. I wasn't keeping count.keep track of: · She was trying to keep count of how many stations they'd passed.· He kept a notebook in the car to keep track of how much money he was spending on gas.
British to keep a record of numbers that are to be added up, for example by writing or marking them on paper: · Steve kept a tally of the days he spent in prison by scratching marks on the wall.· The plastic rings help the sales assistants to keep a tally of the number of garments customers have taken into the changing rooms.
British /at last count American if there is a particular total at the last count, this is what the total was the last time anyone checked: · At the last count, only 18 Japanese firms were making car parts in America.· There are a lot of professional athletes living in the Orlando area -- more than 100 at last count.
far away from other places a distant or far-off town or country is a long way from where you are: · Food at the fair comes from such far-off places as Brazil and Lithuania.· How can we send our young men off to distant lands to die in foreign wars?
written a faraway country, especially one that you have been told about or have read about, is very far away, and different from your own country: · Ed told us stories of all the faraway countries he had visited.· Avis always dreamed of an exotic vacation in some faraway place.
remote places are far away from other places or people, and very few people go there: · They moved to a remote farmhouse in North Wales.· The helicopter crashed in a remote desert area.
a long way from other towns, buildings, or people, especially in a quiet place where you are alone: · If you travel to isolated areas, make sure you have a good guide.· The area is extremely isolated because of the hills that surround it.
a secluded place is private and quiet because it is a long way from other people - use this about a place where people can do what they want without being disturbed: · They drove to a secluded spot in the country to have their picnic.· We rented a little cabin on the edge of a secluded lake.
informal in a lonely place a long way from towns or villages, where you do not expect to find any houses: · Amazingly, we found a really nice motel in the middle of nowhere.· We were miles from anywhere and had no idea how to get back.
American informal in a part of the country that is a long way from any town: · I'm not moving to that place - it's out in the boondocks.· Gayle lives out in the boonies - it would take at least an hour to get there.
fairly far away from any town or from where other people live, and a little difficult to find and travel to: · The house is a little out of the way, but you should be able to find it.
also off the beaten path American a place that is off the beaten track or path is a long way from the places where people usually go, which usually makes it more interesting to visit: · The little restaurant was so far off the beaten track that we almost didn't find it.· Greg likes to get off the beaten path and discover places that other tourists don't find.
a long way from where you are now or far away from the nearest town: way out in/past/beyond etc: · I live way out in Laurel Canyon.· We drove way out past Reno to the old Fielding place.
far-flung places are all connected with a particular organization, country etc but they are all very far away from it: · Our job is to organize the company's far-flung offices.· Participants come from nations as far-flung as Iceland and Japan.
to not know the most recent information about something someone who is out of touch with something used to know about it but does not now know the most recent information about it, because they have not read about it or been involved in it for a long time: · I don't know what kind of music kids listen to these days -- I'm really out of touch.be out of touch with: · The press accused MacGregor of being out of touch with the campaign he was supposed to be running.
if you lose touch with a situation or a subject, you no longer know the latest information about it and are unable to understand what is happening in it: · I must do some teaching again -- I'm worried about losing touch.lose touch with: · The French President has lost touch with the reality of the political situation in France.· When you're living abroad, it's easy to lose touch with what's going on back home.
if you lose track of something or someone, you no longer know where they are or what has happened to them: · I had the file on my desk a minute ago, but I seem to have lost track of it.· After the war they lost track of each other.· They fed us every twelve hours, but when you can't see the sun, you lose track of time.
informal if you are not up on the latest fashions, music, or news, you do not know about them: · I spend most of my time in the woods of Wyoming these days, so I'm not really up on all the latest fashions and movies.· My dad's not really up on what kids think these days.
what you say when you are going to leave British /I'm outta here American informal · Okay, I'm off now.· Right. I'm off to bed.· That's it. I'm outta here!
British /I gotta go American said when you have to go somewhere: · Anyway, I gotta go. Catch up with you later.I must be going: · I must be going. I've got to pick the kids up at four.
British said when you have to hurry: · I'll have another coffee ,and then I must dash.
also I'd better make a move British said when you want to start getting ready to leave soon: · We'd better make tracks, or we'll miss our train.· I think we'd better make a move before it gets dark.
said when you want to leave quickly to avoid danger or something unpleasant: · Oh no. It's him again. I'm getting out of here!
a line on the ground or on the surface of something · If the ball goes over this line, it's out of play.yellow line (=a yellow line painted on the street which means that you cannot park there) · Monica got a fine yesterday for parking on a yellow line.
a deep line made in a dirt track by the wheels of vehicles: · The road to the farm had deep ruts in it.· The carriage became stuck in a rut, and we all had to get out and push.
lines on the ground that are left by the wheels of a vehicle: · The police were busy examining the tyre tracks of the two vehicles which were involved in the accident.· We followed the tracks down a lane and arrived at an abandoned farmhouse.
a thin line that has been cut into a surface, for example on a record: · The record player needle kept jumping out of the grooves.· Then you cut a groove into the wood, so that the two pieces can be slotted together.
one of many long lines which have been dug in a field in order to plant crops: · All around the furrows in the fields were filled with snow.
a mark made by a particular person, thing, or animal · There are marks on the tarmac where the car left the road.finger/tyre/claw marks · I don't think the tractor came this way - there are no tyre marks in the mud.· You could see the claw marks on his body where the animal had attacked.
a mark left on the ground by the foot of a person or animal: · He ran into the hallway, leaving wet footprints behind him.· The footprints in the yard were too big to be a dog's.
a mark left by the foot of an animal such as a cat or dog: · The dog had left muddy paw prints all across the kitchen floor.
a line of marks left on the ground by a moving animal, person or vehicle: · We followed the wheel tracks across the field.· The tracks, which looked like a fox's, led directly into the forest.
the marks of a person's fingers, which cannot usually be seen without using a special powder, used by police to catch criminals: · The police were examining the doors and windows, looking for fingerprints.· Her prints were identified on one of the glasses.have your fingerprints taken: · I had my fingerprints taken when I applied for a work permit.
to be correct in what you say or think · You're right - there's not going to be enough food for everyone.be right about · Durrell is absolutely right about the importance of software to the local economy.be right about one thing (=say this when part of someone's opinion or what they say is right, but the rest is wrong) · It's not a great album, but Samuels was right about one thing: it's going to sell in the millions.be right in saying/thinking etc · Moore is right in saying that the present tax system is unfair.
to say the correct facts or details when you are telling a story, describing an event etc: · Make sure you get people's names right when you're sending out the invitations.· "I learned," he stopped, wanting to get the words right, "I learned I was selfish."
if someone is correct in saying or thinking a particular fact, the fact is correct, especially when they are not sure if it is correct or not: · Monroe was correct in saying that unemployment has dropped in the last five years.· I believe I am correct in saying that two of the original computer languages were Cobol and Prolog.· The jury was correct in thinking that the prosecution had not presented a strong case.
to not yet know the complete answer to a question or problem, but be close to finding it because you are already partly correct: · No, that's not quite right, but you're on the right track.· Researchers are still a long way from finding a cure for the disease, but many seem confident they are on the right track.
to say something that is exactly right and that is the answer to a problem which people have been thinking about for a long time: · Garson hits the nail on the head - at the heart of the abortion debate is a religious issue.· Wyman put his finger on it when he said the truth was complicated.
British informal to be exactly right, especially by guessing correctly: · "Is the answer 42?" "You're spot on! Well done, Mary."
someone or something that is infallible is always right and never makes mistakes - use this especially to say that this is not usually true or is extremely rare: · Computer spell checkers are useful but far from infallible.· Juries are not infallible. Innocent people are convicted, and guilty people go free.
outside a town a road that connects towns or cities: · Route 66 used to be one of the main roads across the States.· I like driving on the French roads - they're so straight, and there isn't much traffic.road to: · As you leave the city, turn right and take the road to Madrid.
a narrow road in the countryside, connecting villages or farms: · The last stretch of road is a narrow lane bordered by trees.country lane: · We rode our bicycles along pretty country lanes.
a narrow road with a dirt or soil surface: · A dirt road ran from the highway past the dump and into some trees.· Rain fell continuously and turned the winding dirt road into a river of slippery mud.
British a narrow road, usually without a hard surface, leading to a farm or field: · The track was only wide enough for one car.
to believe something that is wrong if you are wrong , you think or say something that is not correct: · I thought a holiday in Greece would be cheap, but I was wrong.· Maybe I'm wrong, but I could have sworn the class was at 9.30 a.m.· Why won't he admit he was wrong?be wrong about: · You were wrong about that train - it left at 10.30.be wrong in thinking/believing etc something: · You'd be wrong in thinking we don't encourage disabled students to come to the college.
formal to have an incorrect opinion or belief about something - use this as a polite way of saying someone is wrong: · I thought it was an accident, but I was mistaken.be mistaken about: · Anna realised she had been mistaken about Dennis.you must be mistaken: · I think you must be mistaken. He could not have obtained a key to your room.
to be wrong because you have been given information that is incorrect or untrue: · I think you must have been misinformed -- we don't teach any courses in business studies here.be misinformed about: · The documents clearly show that the public was misled and misinformed about the crisis.
to have the wrong idea about a situation, so that you are unlikely to get the result you want or the right answer to a problem: · I feel that this advertising campaign is on completely the wrong tack.get somebody off on the wrong tack/track: · He admitted that he had gotten us off on the wrong tack, and that we'd need to start again.
to wrongly and stupidly let yourself believe something that you want to believe, but which is not true: · He's kidding himself if he thinks he's going to be a great film director.· Don't delude yourself. They have no intention of offering you a job.
WORD SETSabyss, nounalluvial, adjectivealluvium, nounalpine, adjectiveAmerican, adjectiveAntarctica, anticyclone, nounarchipelago, nounArctic, adjectivearid, adjectiveAsia, atlas, nounatoll, nounAustralasia, Australasian, adjectiveAustralia, avalanche, nounaxis, nounbank, nounbarometer, nounbarrier reef, nounbasin, nounbay, nounbayou, nounbeach, nounbearing, nounbed, nounbight, nounbluff, nounborder, nounborder, verbborderland, nounborderline, nounborough, nounbox canyon, nounBritish, adjectivebutte, nouncanyon, nouncape, nouncapital, nouncardinal point, nounCaribbean, adjectivecartography, nouncay, nounchain, nounchaparral, nounchart, nounchasm, nounchimney, nounChinese, adjectivecirrus, nounCIS, nouncliff, nounclimate, nounclimatic, adjectivecoastal, adjectivecoastline, nouncockney, nouncol, nouncold front, nouncommuter belt, nouncompass, nounconfluence, nouncontinent, nouncontinental, adjectivecontinental shelf, nouncontour, nounconurbation, nouncoordinate, nouncorridor, nouncorrie, nouncoterminous, adjectivecouncil estate, nouncountry, nouncounty, nouncounty town, nouncourse, nouncove, nouncrag, nouncraggy, adjectivecreek, nouncrevasse, nouncrevice, nouncumulus, nouncyclone, noundateline, noundelta, noundesert, noundesert island, noundevelopment, noundistrict, noundivide, noundown, adverbdune, noundust bowl, nouneast, nouneast, adjectiveeast, adverbeastbound, adjectiveeasterly, adjectiveeasterly, nouneastern, adjectiveEasterner, nouneasternmost, adjectiveeastwards, adverbelevation, nouneminence, nounenvirons, nounequatorial, adjectiveerode, verberosion, nounescarpment, nounestuary, nounEurope, nounextraterritorial, adjectiveeyot, nounface, nounfarmland, nounfeeder, nounfiord, nounfirth, nounfjord, nounflood plain, nounfluvial, adjectivefrontier, nounfrontiersman, noungale force, adjectivegap, noungeo-, prefixgeography, noungeophysics, noungeopolitics, noungeyser, nounglacial, adjectiveglaciation, nounglacier, nounglobe, noungoldfield, noungorge, noungrassland, nounGrecian, adjectivegreen belt, noungrid, noungrotto, noungroundwater, noungulch, noungulf, noungully, nounhead, nounheadland, nounheadwaters, nounheartland, nounhemisphere, nounhighland, adjectivehighlands, nounhigh water mark, nounhinterland, nounHome Counties, the, homeland, nounhurricane, noun-i, suffixIberian, adjectiveiceberg, nounice cap, nounice floe, nounice pack, nounice sheet, nouninhabitant, nouninland, adjectiveinland, adverbinlet, nouninner city, nouninshore, adverbinsular, adjectiveintercontinental, adjectiveInternational Date Line, nounisland, nounisle, nounislet, nounisobar, nounIsraeli, adjectiveIsraeli, nounisthmus, nounItalian, adjectiveItalianate, adjectiveItalo-, prefixJapanese, adjectivekey, nounknoll, nounlagoon, nounlake, nounlandlocked, adjectivelandmass, nounlandslide, nounlandslip, nounlat., Latin, adjectiveLatin America, nounLatin American, adjectivelatitude, nounlevee, nounlittoral, nounlong., longitude, nounlongitudinal, adjectivelough, nounlowlands, nounlow-lying, adjectivelow water mark, nounmagnetic north, nounmagnetic pole, nounmarsh, nounmarshland, nounmeander, verbMediterranean, adjectiveMercator projection, nounmeridian, nounmesa, nounMiddle America, nounmidtown, adjectivemonsoon, nounmoorland, nounmorass, nounmountain, nounmountainside, nounmountaintop, nounmouth, nounmudslide, nounmull, nounnarrows, nounnavigation, nounNE, neck, nounnor'-, prefixnorth, nounnorth, adjectivenorth, adverbNorth America, nounnortheast, nounnortheast, adjectivenortheasterly, adjectivenortheastern, adjectivenortheastwards, adverbnortherly, adjectivenorthern, adjectivenortherner, nounnorthernmost, adjectivenorthwards, adverbnorthwest, nounnorthwest, adjectivenorthwesterly, adjectivenorthwestern, adjectivenorthwestwards, adverbnotch, nounNW, NZ, oasis, nounoccidental, nounocean, nounonshore, adjectiveopenness, nounOrdnance Survey map, nounoriental, adjectiveoutcrop, nounoverspill, nounpack ice, nounpaddy, nounpalisade, nounpan-, prefixpanhandle, nounparallel, nounpeak, nounpeninsula, nounPersian, adjectivephysical geography, nounplain, nounplateau, nounpoint, nounpolar, adjectivepole, nounpolitical geography, nounpollutant, nounpop., populate, verbpopulation, nounprairie, nounprecipice, nounprecipitation, nounPrime Meridian, principality, nounprojection, nounpromontory, nounprovince, nounprovincial, adjectivepueblo, nounR, rainfall, nounrain forest, nounrain gauge, nounrainstorm, nounrange, nounravine, nounreef, nounreference, nounregion, nounregional, adjectiverelief map, nounreservoir, nounresettle, verbresidential, adjectiveresource, nounridge, nounrift valley, nounrise, verbriver, nounriver basin, nounriver bed, nounRoman, adjectiverotation, nounrugged, adjectiverun-off, nounrural, adjectivesand, nounsand bar, nounsandstorm, nounsandy, adjectivesavanna, nounScandinavian, nounscar, nounscarp, nounscree, nounscrubland, nounSE, seaboard, nounsea breeze, nounseafront, nounsea level, nounseaport, nounseaward, adjectivesection, nounsemitropical, adjectiveshelf, nounslough, nounsmog, nounsnowfield, nounsource, nounsouth, nounsouth, adjectivesouth, adverbSouth America, adjectivesoutheast, nounsoutheast, adjectivesoutheasterly, adjectivesoutheastern, adjectivesoutheastwards, adverbsoutherly, adjectivesouthern, adjectivesouthernmost, adjectivesouthwards, adverbsouthwest, nounsouthwest, adjectivesouthwesterly, adjectivesouthwestern, adjectivesouthwestwards, adverbspeleology, nounspit, nounspur, nounstrait, nounsubcontinent, nounsubtropical, adjectivesuburb, nounsuburban, adjectivesummit, nounsurvey, nounsurvey, verbSW, swamp, nountableland, nounterrain, nounterritory, nountidal, adjectivetidal wave, nountidewater, nountime zone, nountop, nountopography, nountor, nountornado, nountown, nountown centre, nountowpath, nountrack, nountract, nountrade route, nountrail, nountransatlantic, adjectivetranscontinental, adjectivetributary, nountropic, nountropical, adjectivetundra, nountyphoon, nounUK, the, uncharted, adjectiveup, adverbup-country, adjectiveuplands, nounupper, adjectiveupriver, adverbupstate, adjectiveupstream, adverbuptown, adverburban, adjectiveurbanized, adjectiveurban renewal, nounurban sprawl, nounUS, the, adjectivevalley, nounW, warm front, nounwaste, adjectivewasteland, nounwater, verbwatercourse, nounwaterfall, nounwaterfront, nounwaterhole, nounwatering place, nounwater meadow, nounwatershed, nounwater table, nounwaterway, nounweather vane, nounwest, nounwest, adjectiveWest, nounwestern, adjectiveWesterner, nounwesternmost, adjectivewestward, adverbwilderness, nounwolds, nounzoning, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
The road leading to the farm was little more than a dirt track. I just lost all track of time. The next year he didn’t run track or play football.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES They are just about to start laying down tracks for their second album. We picked up their tracks again on the other side of the river. a telephone system with a proven track record (=past performance showing how good it is) of reliability We’re looking for someone with a proven track record in selling advertising. The fund has a good track record of investing in the equity market.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
The road leading to the farm was little more than a dirt track. I just lost all track of time. The next year he didn’t run track or play football. (=path for cycles in a park, wood etc, or beside a road)· The forest is full of beautiful cycle paths.
(=suddenly stop moving completely)· She was so shocked that she stopped dead in her tracks.
They are just about to start laying down tracks for their second album. (=stop knowing where someone or something is) He lost track of her after her family moved away.
He lost track of her after her family moved away. We picked up their tracks again on the other side of the river. a telephone system with a proven track record (=past performance showing how good it is) of reliability (=the best score for a particular golf course or time for a racecourse or track)· Lewis set the fastest lap with a new track record.
(=stop walking suddenly) Sally saw the ambulance and stopped short.
Sally saw the ambulance and stopped short. We’re looking for someone with a proven track record in selling advertising. The fund has a good track record of investing in the equity market.· By the time I came back with the camera it would be almost a beaten track.· Corbett just grinned over his shoulder and led them out on to the beaten track down to the village of Woodstock.· Oxenhall Church near Newent is well off the beaten track, but not it appears, to criminals.· Yet for most visitors from overseas, Windisch with its treasure is definitely off the beaten track.· Unusual interests, off the beaten track experiences should be of interest.· Appenzell really is off the beaten track.· None the less, the music demands attention, and those in search of something rewarding but well off the beaten track and need not hesitate unduly.
· But if she'd wanted to she could easily have told him something that would have stopped him dead in his tracks.· I stopped dead in my tracks, unsure of what to do next.· The lights of the Regal cinema were just coming into view when he suddenly stopped dead in his tracks.· Petey stopped dead in his tracks at the question.· The usher stopped dead in his tracks.· The child shot into the living room, caught sight of Quinn, and stopped dead in his tracks.· And it just stopped me dead in my tracks.· The tired horse stopped dead in its tracks and turned its head around to give him a baleful stare.
· Now Chairman Jack Strowger is banking on a bumper Christmas to get profits back on the fast track.· But Huckelberry has also supported Bronson on many pro-environmental moves, including the fast track for incorporating Tortolita.· The Bar Council believes that there must be a fast track.· People in Great Groups are never insiders or corporate types on the fast track: They are always on their own track.· But if you go with her, it means withdrawing from the fast track at Hopkins and entering a standard graduate curriculum.· Courtney was a traditionalist, besides which Jack's career had finally begun to hit the fast track.· A genius who chucked the academic fast track for a tar paper cabin with no outhouse?
· Until last week most of the inside-track speculation was that Gore wanted to go for a soulmate.· The truth is, the Hurricanes might have the inside track on the national title.· Chief Inspector Kuhlmann's assistant - an inside track right into the centre of the Kriminalpolizei at Wiesbaden.· Too often he spoke as if he knew what was going on in the inside track, whether he did or not.· If you are not on the inside track, then decision are taken over which you have no influence.· I think they're targeting one or two City firms and getting the inside track by reading their mail.
· Were we on the right track at all?· But the short-term remedies below may help break the sleep-cycle problem and put you on the right track.· He hoped the man was on the right track and did his best to believe that he was.· If our dreams have been derailed, how do we get them back on the right track again?· Over the next stile go slightly right on to a track.· And other signs helped convince me that I was on the right track.· A few people, though, were on the right track.
· The line was seven miles long, single track, and of standard gauge.· It was only a single track and had a gradient of 1 in 50 or worse for several miles.· We paddled under a single track embankment linking North Uist with Benbecula, exchanging waves with the friendly local driving overhead.· He couldn't remember a single record, track or tape played.· It was nine miles of single track with five intermediate stations.· For the time being, this single track was to be used as a terminus for the service.· The line could also be built in three segments and partially single track, reducing the finance required.
· There are more classic vocals including the title track, ad three instrumental pieces.· While often meandering, the trip consistently yields epiphanies, as in the lengthy, two-part title track.· That is a bluesy harmonica on the title track.
NOUN· By the time they were lurching slowly along the cart track the wind had dropped, letting the clouds gather.· We were on one of those cart tracks through the sandhills north-west of Jodhpur.
· He ran through the gate, down the lane and across to the dirt track faster and faster, leaping and jumping.· We follow the dirt track that meanders with it.· They turned into a dirt track flanked by very young gum trees.· In the morning, we motored along dirt tracks to the deserted ruins of Dainzu and Mitla.· During the monsoon, the dirt track which connects McLeod Ganj with Dharamsala lower down the valley turns into sludge.· Devshi bhai took his group along a dirt track to our left.· The private dirt track led directly to it.· We cycled into the small village of Noul Roman along a dirt track.
· The famous Brooklands race track can be seen in the background.· I have faced him on the race track and we used to be teammates, too.· He originally planned to earn enough cash selling computers to pay for the time he spent on the race track.· I try to do it on and off the race track.· Read in studio Hundreds of classic car owners have been putting their vehicles to the test on the race track.· Isn't it about time the news media gave us the truth about what is happening on our race tracks?· As well as challenging your on-the-road skills and hazard awareness, there will be sessions on race tracks.· A street is a lot more dangerous than a race track.
· With three air-force pilots along for the ride, James flew along a railroad track bordered by tall trees.· They rode in the rickety wagon across the prairie until they reached a railroad track.· It started with a cross placed along the railroad tracks, where legend has it that he was lynched.· We bounced over the railroad tracks in Fresno and hit the wild streets of Fresno Mextown.· Until he found his goal in life, hammering spikes into the railroad tracks, he was not fully happy.· On the southeastern corner of the property, one final slim reminder: a sweeping curve of railroad track.· Loops and spurs of railroad track laced it all together.· We moved to Willing Street then, by the railroad tracks.
· Now consider a man standing beside the railway track, who witnesses the flash emitted just as the servant passes him.· He frightened train crews who saw him walking aimlessly on the railway tracks as if he were a real person.· Brother Mariadas led me across the railway tracks to the Rehabilitation Centre.· The railway tracks and pedestrian walk ran along the upper level-the top of the box.· Voice over There's 42 miles of railway track in the 15 square miles the base covers.
· Brad Johnstone has a sound track record of moulding such players into a very useful outfit.· In fact, a handful of its stock and balanced funds have pretty feeble five-year track records.· In fact, given his track record, even his real name probably wasn't his real name.· But he said the recent poor track record of quarterbacks coming out of the Big Sky Conference worries him.· It has a proven track record, creating 71,000 new job opportunities since it was formed seven years ago.· You had to have a track record.· By 1980 he had a well-established track record as a campaigner.· The fund also has a long track record of global investing, having been established in 1953.
VERB· Instead of sharpening up their act, they sharpen up their prices and cover their tracks.· They moved constantly and furtively, covering their tracks and contacting nobody.· From this time it is hard to follow Tyndale's movements, for he covered his tracks to avoid possible arrest.· Have you left a clue or have you covered your tracks?· He knows the hunt is in full cry, so he covers his tracks.· A man does not spend his time hiding from the world without making sure to cover his tracks.· He knew this was the only way. Cover his tracks and run.· But Giap taught them to move during rainstorms to deter pursuit, or wade through streams to cover their tracks.
· They followed the track which ran on to the road.· We follow the dirt track that meanders with it.· Corbett and Ranulf followed the dusty track past green hedgerows and up a hill.· We followed their tracks down into the swamp where a recent clearcut had left impenetrable thickets of young fir.· Other activities include tennis and bowling, or you may care to hire bikes and follow the marked tracks.· Blue follows the tracks around the corner and then sees Black ambling down the next street, as if enjoying the weather.· The walk began by following a track which climbed steeply up a narrow, twisting valley.· Our plan is to leave the highway south of El Rosario and follow some dirt tracks along the coast.
· How does a bat keep track of its own echoes, and avoid being misled by the echoes of others?· Bazaar, which keeps track of spending trends in haute couture and dry goods, notes that luxury is back.· Once there, turn left to the sewage works. Keep following the track past the Slack and Haggerleases Station.· Older people might forget whether they took medication, or have trouble keeping track of what to take, and when.· He hadn't kept track, but he thought he had sensed Jitters going down.· The answer to that question may be yes or no, depending on how you kept track of the spending.· He had begun to keep track of her movements, to eavesdrop and observe.· It was up to you, the spectator, to keep track of what was going on.
· Take particular care when entering or leaving the tracks, and watch out for both pedestrians and traffic.· Then back to sleep, up at noon, dress, and leave for the track.· Once across the ford leave the track and walk through the fields by the burn side.· He left a clear track of enmities, and Novak unfolds a rich record of the attacks and lampoons that he inspired.· Hazel followed, leaving a dark track behind him over the silvered grass. 13.· And there are people who leave the track while trying to gather a few ferns.· Below these entrances were folding steps, in case it should be necessary to enter or leave the train from track level.· Track crosses bridge, then immediately turn right to leave track and cross stile; cross another field to stile ahead.
· Despite his precautions, he sometimes loses track of her and she is left unattended.· I must have lost track of time and my destination, because when I got to the house, it was seven-thirty.· She had lost track of the movement ahead of her.· I lost track of the rest.· They'd talked, in a lazy, desultory fashion, about so many things that she'd lost track.· We teachers became mathematicians, seeing all these bloody points, but we lost track of the line.· But he was starting to lose track of the things that had made him what he was as well.· Billy had lost track momentarily of where he was or how he had gotten there.
· The thorn trees crowned the edge of a little valley where ran a track as old as the land itself.· In secondary school I ran a little track and led Human Growth Seminars, which was sort of a teen-age est.· He concentrated on an image of the van as a train running on tracks it couldn't leave.· Sports were very important to the father, who himself had played football and basketball and had run track in high school.· They ran along the tram track for a brief while before rejoining the stream of Saturday traffic.· Generally the objective is simply to balance the pole, which is attached to a cart running on a bounded track.· The consortiums would then charge London Underground for running trains over their tracks and infrastructure.
· The sound began before our search was completed and it stopped me in my tracks, leaving Malc to continue alone.· I stopped dead in my tracks, unsure of what to do next.· He was so surprised it stopped him in his tracks.· Blue speaks her name, in a voice that seems strange to him, and she stops dead in her tracks.· Dyson stopped in his tracks, gazing at it.· Near the beginning, however, I have a nightmare that stops me in my tracks.· Then she stopped dead in her tracks, the blood seeping from her veins, leaving her stiff and white with shock.· It literally stopped me in my tracks.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► well-trodden path/track/route etc► be from the wrong side of the tracks
1- A dreadful thought struck Jean, and she stopped in her tracks, right in the middle of the pavement.
- An hour later they were halted in their tracks by a cataract not marked on the map.
- Blue speaks her name, in a voice that seems strange to him, and she stops dead in her tracks.
- I stopped dead in my tracks, unsure of what to do next.
- It had been stopped in its tracks by the Railway Inspectorate and a public outcry.
- People stop in their tracks and stare.
- Petey stopped dead in his tracks at the question.
- The people had stopped in their tracks, women were making their children stand behind them.
- A man does not spend his time hiding from the world without making sure to cover his tracks.
- But Giap taught them to move during rainstorms to deter pursuit, or wade through streams to cover their tracks.
- From this time it is hard to follow Tyndale's movements, for he covered his tracks to avoid possible arrest.
- Have you left a clue or have you covered your tracks?
- He knows the hunt is in full cry, so he covers his tracks.
- Instead of sharpening up their act, they sharpen up their prices and cover their tracks.
- It burst through the earth at the top and we had to cover its tracks.
- They moved constantly and furtively, covering their tracks and contacting nobody.
- Five months after its opening, the operators of the hospital say those plans are on track, if incomplete.
- Gen Larry G.. Smith, who was on track to become the deputy inspector general of the Army.
- S.-sponsored Middle East peace process appeared to be on track.
- Soon, he was drinking too much, his marriage was on track for divorce and he remained addicted to television.
- The good news was that chief executive Crispin Davis insisted the company was on track to meet targets for 2002.
- Whenever you hear one of these figures you are on track, so make sure then that your heading is correct.
- After debating, I decided that I should not get off the track.
- I almost wet in my pants before I got off the track to relieve myself.
- Police are on the track of a gang that has robbed five mini-marts in the last month.
- Were they really placed as milestones or could we be on the track of the elusive mark stones of great antiquity?
- When the doors open, customers make tracks for the sale items.
- A deer makes tracks in the snow.
- When they were well out of the way we made tracks for home and I looked forward to a quiet evening.
- Coyote tracks are similar to dog tracks.
- tire tracks
- A few people, though, were on the right track.
- And other signs helped convince me that I was on the right track.
- Dole was on the right track when he talked about tolerance, but he mysteriously dropped it once he got the nomination.
- He hoped the man was on the right track and did his best to believe that he was.
- I knew I was on the right track when I felt that thrill of pleasure at placing object, not painting it.
- The officers consequently had little idea whether they were on the right track or not.
- You are on the right track so follow your nose.
- I followed the map, keeping track of our position so I could radio in our coordinates if we went down.
- Nitrogen use will be more problematic, but precision farming will enable farmers to keep track of field nutrient balances.
- Nobody could keep track of all the winners.
- North wanted to have Waite wired to keep track of his movements electronically, but Waite, very sensibly, refused.
- She'd lost track of it while she was dealing with Anna.
- She keeps track of magazine subscription renewals on a 10-by-12-inch card.
- Write down the names of people you meet, and then keep track of them.
- I called on the Birth Grandmother to help me beat a path through the honyaek to the windows.
- It has become such an attraction that local tour operators are beating a path to its door.
- Most of the sites the company has in mind to visit are far off any beaten path.
- Sights sight that's off the beaten track or when time is include Stratford-upon-Avon, Hadrian's Wall, limited.
- Soon it is not going to be so easy to get off the beaten path.
- The students - and their professors - beat a path to his door.
- They are off the beaten track.
- To say that Crenshaw is off the beaten path is an understatement.
- Appenzell really is off the beaten track.
- Away from the Algarve, it's not hard to get off the beaten track.
- Soon it is not going to be so easy to get off the beaten path.
- They are off the beaten track.
- To say that Crenshaw is off the beaten path is an understatement.
- Unusual interests, off the beaten track experiences should be of interest.
- We kept off the beaten track, away from those traders who fixed high prices, for Shallot knew where to go.
- Yet for most visitors from overseas, Windisch with its treasure is definitely off the beaten track.
- Davis covered his tracks so well that no one could prove he had received any of the money.
- She covered her tracks by saying that she'd been at a friend's house all that evening.
- A man does not spend his time hiding from the world without making sure to cover his tracks.
- But Giap taught them to move during rainstorms to deter pursuit, or wade through streams to cover their tracks.
- From this time it is hard to follow Tyndale's movements, for he covered his tracks to avoid possible arrest.
- Have you left a clue or have you covered your tracks?
- He knows the hunt is in full cry, so he covers his tracks.
- Instead of sharpening up their act, they sharpen up their prices and cover their tracks.
- It burst through the earth at the top and we had to cover its tracks.
- They moved constantly and furtively, covering their tracks and contacting nobody.
- The agency is looking at a fast track for approving drugs for life-threatening illnesses.
- And the benefit of either the fast track remortgage service, or a £250 cashback.
- But Huckelberry has also supported Bronson on many pro-environmental moves, including the fast track for incorporating Tortolita.
- But if you go with her, it means withdrawing from the fast track at Hopkins and entering a standard graduate curriculum.
- Hamilton's career has galloped along the fast track.
- Now Chairman Jack Strowger is banking on a bumper Christmas to get profits back on the fast track.
- Once on the fast track, the momentum will be relentless.
- Uphill task: The drivers on the fast track to the top.
- The power of the clock, which should always rule at track meets, has been usurped by a committee.
- That guy has a one-track mind.
- He admitted that he had gotten us off on the wrong tack, and that we'd need to start again.
- I feel that this advertising campaign is on completely the wrong tack.
- I knew I was on the wrong track when the tall reeds broke to reveal the brown-bellied river.
path/road [countable] a narrow path or road with a rough uneven surface, especially one made by people or animals frequently moving through the same place: The road leading to the farm was little more than a dirt track. The track led through dense forest. a steep mountain track2marks on ground tracks [plural] a line of marks left on the ground by a moving person, animal, or vehicle: We followed the tyre tracks across a muddy field. The tracks, which looked like a fox’s, led into the woods.3for racing [countable] a circular course around which runners, cars etc race, which often has a specially prepared surface: To run a mile, you have to run four circuits of the track. → dirt track(2)4train a)[countable, uncountable] the two metal lines along which trains travel SYN railway line: The track was damaged in several places. That particular section of track was laid last year. b)[countable] American English the particular track that a train leaves from or arrives at: The train for Boston is leaving from track 2.5be on the right/wrong track to think in a way that is likely to lead to a correct or incorrect result: We’ve had the initial test results and it looks as though we’re on the right track.6keep/lose track of somebody/something to pay attention to someone or something, so that you know where they are or what is happening to them, or to fail to do this: It’s difficult to keep track of all the new discoveries in genetics. I just lost all track of time.7music/song [countable] one of the songs or pieces of music on an album (=collection of songs or pieces of music): There’s a great Miles Davis track on side two.► see thesaurus at music8stop/halt (dead) in your tracks to suddenly stop, especially because something has frightened or surprised you9cover your tracks to be careful not to leave any signs that could let people know where you have been or what you have done because you want to keep it a secret, usually because it is illegal: He tried to cover his tracks by burning all the documents.10sport [uncountable] American English a)sport that involves running on a track: The next year he didn’t run track or play football. b)all the sports in an athletics competition such as running, jumping, or throwing the javelin: a famous track star She went out for track in the spring (=she joined the school’s track team).11be on track spoken to be likely to achieve the result you want: We’re still on track for 10% growth.12get off the track spoken to begin to deal with a new subject rather than the main one which was being discussed: Don’t get off the track, we’re looking at this year’s figures not last year’s.13be on the track of somebody/something to hunt or search for someone or something: Police are on the track of the bank robbers.14make tracks spoken used to say you must leave a place: It’s time we started making tracks.15direction [countable] the direction or line taken by something as it movestrack of islands that lie in the track of North Atlantic storms16on a vehicle [countable] a continuous metal band that goes over the wheels of a vehicle such as a bulldozer, allowing it to move over uneven ground → off the beaten track at beaten(1), → one-track mind, → be from the wrong side of the tracks at wrong1(18)track1 nountrack2 verb
tracktrack2 ●○○ verb VERB TABLE
track
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | track |
| he, she, it | tracks | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | tracked |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have tracked |
| he, she, it | has tracked | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had tracked |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will track |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have tracked |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am tracking |
| he, she, it | is tracking | |
| you, we, they | are tracking | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was tracking |
| you, we, they | were tracking | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been tracking |
| he, she, it | has been tracking | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been tracking |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be tracking |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been tracking |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Berstein was still in Florida tracking the four Miami men.
- Easy Project is an efficient method of planning, tracking and controlling all types of projects.
- I eventually tracked down the ward sister, who was wrestling with an intravenous drip that had collapsed.
- It begs the question of what pictures will be sacrificed in order to track Sanders.
- Like Nancy Drew, I track down clues, try to figure things out, look carefully at evidence, examine motives.
- Stanton later managed to free himself, called police and told them his stolen car was equipped with a tracking device.
- The abolition of exchange controls has made it harder to track flows of cash in and out of the country.
- The index tracks changes in what companies and governments pay workers, including wages, salaries and benefits.
THESAURUS
to walk, drive etc behind or after someone, for example in order to see where they are going: · The man had followed her home to find out where she lived.· Follow that car!· He hired a detective to follow her.
to quickly run or drive after someone or something in order to catch them when they are trying to escape: · Police chased the car along the motorway at speeds of up to 90 mph.
to quickly follow someone or something in order to stop them or talk to them: · I ran after him to say sorry, but he’d already got on the bus.
to secretly follow an animal in order to kill it, or to secretly follow a person in order to attack them: · a tiger stalking its prey· He had a long history of stalking women in his neighbourhood.
written to chase someone in a very determined way: · The ship was being pursued by enemy submarines.
written to chase someone or something who is trying to escape from you: · One of the officers gave chase and arrested the man.· The calf ran away and the lion gave chase.
to secretly follow someone in order to watch what they do and where they go: · Apparently, the police had been tailing the terrorists for months.
to follow and find a person or animal by looking at the marks they leave on the ground: · The bushmen were tracking antelope in the Kalahari desert.
Longman Language Activatorto find someone or something that is lost to find someone or something that you have lost: · I've looked everywhere, but I can't find my sunglasses.· Have you found your passport yet?· The murder weapon was found outside the house.· Luis was gone, and she had no way of ever finding him again.
if something that is lost turns up , someone finds it later in a place where they did not expect it to be: · Don't worry about your earrings - I'm sure they'll turn up sooner or later.· Have those files turned up yet?
to find someone or something by a careful process of asking a lot of people for information: · Police are trying to trace a red van, which several witnesses reported seeing near the scene of the crime.· The cash was eventually traced to a prominent Paris lawyer.· Philips hired a private detective to trace his daughter, who had been missing for two months.
to find someone or something that is difficult to find, by searching or by making inquiries in several different places: track down somebody/something: · The police have had a difficult time tracking down Corbin.· I have copies of the documents but haven't managed to track down the originals.· The president vowed to track down those responsible for the bombing.track somebody/something down: · It took Alvin quite a while to track her down, but he eventually found her.
to closely follow a person or animal in order to watch them · He followed her home to find out where she lived.· Did you make sure you weren't followed on the way over here?· She complained to the police officer that she was being followed by two strangers.
informal if someone such as a police officer tails someone, they secretly follow that person to find out where they are going or what they are doing: · That police car has been tailing us for the last 5 miles.· A group of photographers tailed the couple all over London.
to follow close behind someone, especially in order to watch or catch them: · A police car was on their tail within seconds of the alarm going off.· We sat on their tail for about an hour until we lost them in traffic.
to follow someone or something very closely in order to watch all their movements without them realizing that they are being followed: · I want you to shadow him for the next three days and find out who he hangs out with.· Consumed with jealousy, he shadowed her for three days, hoping to catch her with her lover.
to follow a person or animal closely, especially by looking for signs showing that they have gone in a particular direction: · Undercover agents have been tracking him for weeks.· It would be impossible to trail anyone across this type of ground.track/trail somebody to something: · The police trailed the gang to their hideout.· Dogs are used to track the wolves to their lair in the forest.
to keep following someone and asking them questions about their activities, personal problems etc, in a way that is annoying or threatening: · After the court case she was hounded relentlessly by the press.· The couple found themselves hounded by photographers as they left the church.
to follow a person or animal quietly in order to catch, injure, kill them: · Polar bears stalk seals that are resting on the ice.· The killer would stalk his victim, overpower her and then brutally murder her.
a criminal or mentally ill person who continuously follows and watches someone in a threatening way, especially someone famous or someone they are attracted to: · Women's groups are demanding that Congress toughen the law against stalkers.· The stalker's reappearance has led to increased security around the actress.
WORD SETSaerial, nounairtime, nounAM, nounantenna, nounatmospherics, nounaudio, adjectiveband, nounBBC, the, beacon, nounbeam, verbBeeb, the, bleep, verbboom, nounboom box, nounBritish Broadcasting Corporation, nounbroadband, nounbroadcast, nounbroadcast, verbcable television, CB, nounCCTV, nounCeefax, nounchannel, nounclosed circuit television, nouncommunications satellite, nouncontrast, noundial, nounDJ, nounexposure, nounflash, verbFM, nounfrequency, nounham, nounHz, interference, nounjam, verbkHz, kilohertz, nounlinkup, nounlive, adjectivelocal radio, nounlong wave, nounloudspeaker, nounLW, mast, nounmedium wave, nounmegahertz, nounMHz, modulate, verbmonitor, nounmono, nounmono, adjectiveNBC, nounnetwork, nounnetwork, verbon-air, adjectiveover, prepositionpresenter, nounprogramming, nounquadraphonic, adjectiveradio, nounradio, verbreceive, verbreceiver, nounreception, nounrepeat, verbrepeat, nounrerun, nounrerun, verbroger, interjectionsatellite, nounsatellite dish, nounsatellite television, nounsaturation, nounscrambler, nounseries, nounset, nounshipping forecast, nounship-to-shore, adjectiveshort wave, nounsignal, nounsignature tune, nounsimulcast, verbSOS, nounsound, nounsound bite, nounsound check, nounstatic, nountelecast, nounTeletext, nountelevise, verbtelevision, nountelevision licence, nountelly, nountime signal, nountrack, verbtransistor, nountransistor radio, nountransmission, nountransmit, verbtransmitter, nountune, verbtuner, nountweeter, nountwo-way, adjectiveUHF, noununscramble, verbveejay, nounvideo, nounvideo, adjectivevideo jockey, nounvolume, nounwaveband, nounwavelength, nounwhite noise, nounwireless, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY The dogs tracked the wolf to its lair.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES They are just about to start laying down tracks for their second album. We picked up their tracks again on the other side of the river. a telephone system with a proven track record (=past performance showing how good it is) of reliability We’re looking for someone with a proven track record in selling advertising. The fund has a good track record of investing in the equity market.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
The dogs tracked the wolf to its lair. (=path for cycles in a park, wood etc, or beside a road)· The forest is full of beautiful cycle paths.
(=suddenly stop moving completely)· She was so shocked that she stopped dead in her tracks.
They are just about to start laying down tracks for their second album. (=stop knowing where someone or something is) He lost track of her after her family moved away.
He lost track of her after her family moved away. We picked up their tracks again on the other side of the river. a telephone system with a proven track record (=past performance showing how good it is) of reliability (=the best score for a particular golf course or time for a racecourse or track)· Lewis set the fastest lap with a new track record.
(=stop walking suddenly) Sally saw the ambulance and stopped short.
Sally saw the ambulance and stopped short. We’re looking for someone with a proven track record in selling advertising. The fund has a good track record of investing in the equity market.· President Clinton promptly announced a law to crack down on juvenile criminals and a new computer database to track gang activity.· J., company that tracks corporatefinance activity.
· The camera tracks the movement of these materials, thus assisting in diagnosis of cancers or various types of cardiovascular disease.
· We also began tracking the career developments of film-makers commissioned through New Directors.· At the time we were also tracking the development of desktop publishing, a newly created use for personal computers.· In addition to paintings, there are collages, drawings, prints and relief sculptures tracking Ernst's development in these crucial years.· Here we will try to track the development of these interfaces through some of their possible steps.
· But it is hard to track funds that practice socially responsible investing.
· The man is still helping the police to track down the whereabouts of an undisclosed number of missing objects.· Cueva called police, who tracked down the coyotes at a house in the 3700 block of West Sheridan Street.· By July 1998 police had tracked him down.· Family and friends alike are hoping the police investigation can soon track down her husbands's killer.
· Some Sharp models track the progress of the food as it cooks by assessing the moisture level.· All Jason needs now is another set of braces as well as special X-rays to track his progress.
· Bank examiners say they track such sales and know the exposure of particular banks to a particular company.· That business includes the global operation that tracks sales of packaged goods as well as a concern involved in processing coupons.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► well-trodden path/track/route etc► be from the wrong side of the tracks
1search [transitive] to search for a person or animal by following the marks they leave behind them on the ground, their smell etc: - I called on the Birth Grandmother to help me beat a path through the honyaek to the windows.
- It has become such an attraction that local tour operators are beating a path to its door.
- Most of the sites the company has in mind to visit are far off any beaten path.
- Sights sight that's off the beaten track or when time is include Stratford-upon-Avon, Hadrian's Wall, limited.
- Soon it is not going to be so easy to get off the beaten path.
- The students - and their professors - beat a path to his door.
- They are off the beaten track.
- To say that Crenshaw is off the beaten path is an understatement.
- Appenzell really is off the beaten track.
- Away from the Algarve, it's not hard to get off the beaten track.
- Soon it is not going to be so easy to get off the beaten path.
- They are off the beaten track.
- To say that Crenshaw is off the beaten path is an understatement.
- Unusual interests, off the beaten track experiences should be of interest.
- We kept off the beaten track, away from those traders who fixed high prices, for Shallot knew where to go.
- Yet for most visitors from overseas, Windisch with its treasure is definitely off the beaten track.
- Davis covered his tracks so well that no one could prove he had received any of the money.
- She covered her tracks by saying that she'd been at a friend's house all that evening.
- A man does not spend his time hiding from the world without making sure to cover his tracks.
- But Giap taught them to move during rainstorms to deter pursuit, or wade through streams to cover their tracks.
- From this time it is hard to follow Tyndale's movements, for he covered his tracks to avoid possible arrest.
- Have you left a clue or have you covered your tracks?
- He knows the hunt is in full cry, so he covers his tracks.
- Instead of sharpening up their act, they sharpen up their prices and cover their tracks.
- It burst through the earth at the top and we had to cover its tracks.
- They moved constantly and furtively, covering their tracks and contacting nobody.
- The agency is looking at a fast track for approving drugs for life-threatening illnesses.
- And the benefit of either the fast track remortgage service, or a £250 cashback.
- But Huckelberry has also supported Bronson on many pro-environmental moves, including the fast track for incorporating Tortolita.
- But if you go with her, it means withdrawing from the fast track at Hopkins and entering a standard graduate curriculum.
- Hamilton's career has galloped along the fast track.
- Now Chairman Jack Strowger is banking on a bumper Christmas to get profits back on the fast track.
- Once on the fast track, the momentum will be relentless.
- Uphill task: The drivers on the fast track to the top.
- The power of the clock, which should always rule at track meets, has been usurped by a committee.
- That guy has a one-track mind.
- He admitted that he had gotten us off on the wrong tack, and that we'd need to start again.
- I feel that this advertising campaign is on completely the wrong tack.
- I knew I was on the wrong track when the tall reeds broke to reveal the brown-bellied river.
Police have been tracking the four criminals all over Central America.track somebody to something The dogs tracked the wolf to its lair.► see thesaurus at follow2development [transitive] to record or study the behaviour or development of someone or something over time: The progress of each student is tracked by computer.3aircraft/ship [transitive] to follow the movements of an aircraft or ship by using radar: a tracking station4camera [intransitive + in/out] to move a film or television camera away from or towards a scene in order to follow the action that you are recording5school [transitive] American English to put schoolchildren in groups according to their ability SYN stream British English6mark [transitive] American English to leave behind a track of something such as mud or dirt when you walk: Which of you boys tracked mud all over the kitchen floor?track somebody/something ↔ down phrasal verb to find someone or something that is difficult to find by searching or looking for information in several different places: I finally managed to track down the book you wanted in a shop near the station. Detectives had tracked her down in California.- Macintosh
- mack
- Mackenzie Mountains
- Mackenzie River
- mackerel
- mackintosh
- Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
- MacLaine, Shirley
- Maclean, Alistair
- MacLean, Donald
- Macmillan, Harold
- MacNeil/Lehrer Report
- macramé
- macro-
- macro
- macrobiotic
- macrocosm
- macroeconomic
- macroeconomics
- macroprudential
- Mac the Knife
- Macy's
- mad
- Madagascan
- Madagascar