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Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page MediaWiki 1.16alpha case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Appendix Appendix talk Concordance Concordance talk Index Index talk Rhymes Rhymes talk Transwiki Transwiki talk Wikisaurus Wikisaurus talk WT WT talk Citations Citations talk track 62797 6599185 2009-05-15T16:03:27Z Paul G 654 /* Verb */ {{wikipedia|dab=track}} ==English== ===Pronunciation=== * {{enPR|trăk}}, {{IPA|/træk/}}, {{SAMPA|/tr{k/}} * {{audio|en-us-track.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|æk}} ===Etymology=== (noun) From {{etyl|fro}} ''[[trac]]'' (French: ''[[traque]]''), from a Germanic source akin to Old Norse ''traðk'' "trodden place, track" (norw. ''[[trakke]]'' "to trample"), Dutch: ''[[trek]]'', Middle Low German: ''[[treck]]''. ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # A mark left by something that has passed along; as, the track, or wake, of a ship; the track of a meteor; the track of a sled or a wheel. # A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or beast; trace; vestige; footprint. # The entire lower surface of the foot; said of birds, etc. # A road; a beaten path. # Course; way; as, the track of a comet. # A path or course laid out for a race, for exercise, etc. # The permanent way; the rails. # A tract or area, as of land. # {{context|automotive}} The [[distance]] between the centerlines of two [[tires]], measured where the tires contact the surface of the road (also [[track width]]) # {{cricket}} The [[pitch]]. # Sound stored on a record. # The physical track on a record. # Circular (never-ending) data storage unit on a side of magnetic or optical disk, divided into [[sector|sectors]]. # {{uncountable}} {{sports}} The [[racing]] events of [[track and field]]; track and field in general. #: ''I'm going to try out for '''track''' next week.'' ====Synonyms==== *{{sense|mark left by something that has passed along}} [[trace]], [[trail]], [[wake]] *{{sense|mark or impression left by the foot}} [[footprint]] *{{sense|entire lower surface of the foot}} *{{sense|road; beaten path}} [[path]], [[road]], [[way]] *{{sense|course}} [[course]], [[path]], [[trajectory]], [[way]] *{{sense|path or course laid out for a race, etc}} [[course]], [[racetrack]] *{{sense|the permanent way}} [[rails]], [[railway]], [[train track]]s, [[track]]s *{{sense|tract or area}} [[area]], [[parcel]], [[region]], [[tract]] *{{sense|distance between the centerlines of two tires}} [[track width]] *{{sense|cricket: the pitch}} [[ground]], [[pitch]] *{{sense|sound stored on a record}} [[recording]] *{{sense|physical track on a record}} [[groove]] *{{sense|circular data storage unit on a side of magnetic or optical disk}} *{{sense|track and field}} [[athletics]], [[track and field]] ====Derived terms==== {{top2}} * [[8-track]] * [[album track]] * [[beaten track]] * [[fast track]] * [[half-track]] * [[half-tracker]] * [[lose track]] * [[mid-track]] * [[mommy track]] * [[off the beaten track]] * [[on the right track]] * [[on track]] {{mid2}} * [[one-track mind]] * [[railroad track]] * [[railway track]] * [[title track]] * [[track and field]] * [[trackball]] * [[trackpad]] * [[track record]] * [[track spike]] * [[track width]] * [[train track]] * [[tram track]] {{bottom2}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|mark left by something that has passed along}} * Armenian: {{t-|hy|հետք|tr=hetk’|sc=Armn|xs=Armenian}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|jälki}} {{trans-mid}} * French: {{t+|fr|trace|f}}, {{t+|fr|marque|f}}, {{t+|fr|sillon|m}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|mark or impression left by the foot}} * Armenian: {{t-|hy|հետք|tr=hetk’|sc=Armn|xs=Armenian}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|jälki}}, {{t-|fi|jalanjälki}} {{trans-mid}} * French: {{t+|fr|empreinte|f}} * Greek: {{t+|el|ίχνος|n|tr=íchnos|sc=Grek}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|entire lower surface of the foot}} * French: {{t+|fr|empreinte|f}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|beaten path}} * Armenian: {{t-|hy|ուղի|tr=uġi|sc=Armn|xs=Armenian}}, {{t|hy|շավիղ|tr=šaviġ|sc=Armn|xs=Armenian}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|polku}}, {{t+|fi|reitti}}, {{t+|fi|ura}}, {{t+|fi|tie}} {{trans-mid}} * French: {{t+|fr|sentier|m}}, {{t+|fr|chemin|m}}, {{t+|fr|route|f}}, {{t+|fr|voie|f}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|course; way}} * Armenian: {{t-|hy|ուղի|tr=uġi|sc=Armn|xs=Armenian}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|rata}} {{trans-mid}} * French: {{t+|fr|chemin|m}}, {{t+|fr|voie|f}}, {{t+|fr|piste|f}} * Greek: {{t+|el|τροχιά|f|tr=trochiá|sc=Grek}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|path or course laid out for a race or exercise}} * Armenian: {{t|hy|վազքուղի|tr=vazk’uġi|sc=Armn|xs=Armenian}} * Czech: {{t-|cs|dráha|f}} {{trans-mid}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|rata}} * French: {{t+|fr|piste|f}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|permanent way; the rails}} * Armenian: {{t|hy|ռելսուղի|tr=ṙelsuġi|sc=Armn|xs=Armenian}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|rata}} {{trans-mid}} * French: {{t+|fr|voie|f}} * Italian: {{t+|it|binario|m}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|tract or area, as of land}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|kenttä}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|distance between the centerlines of two tires}} * Finnish: {{t-|fi|raideleveys}} {{trans-mid}} * Greek: {{t+|el|μετατρόχιο|n|tr=metatróchio|sc=Grek}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|cricket: pitch}} * Finnish: {{t-|fi|syöttö}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|sound stored on a record}} * Finnish: {{t-|fi|ääniraita}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|physical track on a record}} * French: {{t+|fr|sillon|m}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|circular data storage unit on a side of magnetic or optical disk}} * Finnish: {{t-|fi|raita}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|racing events of track and field}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|yleisurheilu}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{checktrans-top}} * {{ttbc|Portuguese}}: trilha {{f}} (4, 6) {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * [[path]] * [[trail]] ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{transitive}} To [[observe]] the (measured) state of an object over time # {{transitive}} To [[monitor]] the movement of a person or object. # {{transitive}} To discover the location of a person or object (usually in the form ''track down''). # {{transitive}} To [[follow]] the tracks of. #: ''My uncle spent all day '''tracking''' the deer.'' ====Synonyms==== * {{sense|observe the state of an object over time}} [[monitor]] * {{sense|monitor the movement of a person or object}} [[follow]] * {{sense|discover the location of a person or object}} [[find]], [[locate]], [[trace]], [[track down]] ====Derived terms==== * [[track down]] ====Translations==== {{trans-top|to observe the (measured) state of an object over time}} * Czech: {{t-|cs|sledovat}} {{trans-mid}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|seurata}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|to monitor someone's or something's movement}} * Czech: {{t-|cs|sledovat}} {{trans-mid}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|seurata}}, {{t-|fi|varjostaa}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|to discover the location of person or an object}} * Czech: {{t|cs|vystopovat}}, {{t+|cs|najít}}, {{t+|cs|objevit}} {{trans-mid}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|jäljittää}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|to follow tracks the tracks of}} * Czech: {{t-|cs|stopovat}} {{trans-mid}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|jäljittää}} {{trans-bottom}} [[ang:track]] [[de:track]] [[et:track]] [[el:track]] [[fa:track]] [[fr:track]] [[io:track]] [[it:track]] [[lo:track]] [[hu:track]] [[pl:track]] [[ru:track]] [[fi:track]] [[ta:track]] [[te:track]] [[vi:track]] [[zh:track]]