Wordcyclopedia | English | track and trace

track Noun

— A track is a line on the ground or in space that people, animals or vehicles follow. It's right where Hardy Road crosses the railroad tracks. He was far enough off the beaten track that nobody was liable to find him there. There was an indoor track where he ran daily to stay healthy. It was called the Camiri Highway, but it was not much more than a two-lane dirt track. Three people were killed and hundreds injured when a train jumped the tracks this morning. I raced on a 250-meter track in Call and won. The official track, shows this storm moving west. — A track is a single part of an audio recording that can be separated from other parts of a recording. You can make digital copies of the CD tracks and save them in MP3 format. Each instrument is recorded onto a different audio track. The song is the opening track on the new album. — A track is a mark left on the ground by somebody or something walking or driving. Phillip glanced at the policemen measuring and marking the tire tracks. There were no car tracks, ski tracks--even deer tracks--anywhere near the house. — If you keep track of something, you follow it or always know where it is or what's happening with it. I use a watch in order to keep track of how long I've been studying. I'm sure Father simply lost track of the time. — Track is the sport of running and jumping on a track. No new records were set in the most recent track and field championships. He ran like an Olympic track star. — If you're on track to do something, you are taking the right steps to prepare and should be able to do it in the future. Making a study plan is a good way to keep on track with your homework. — If you're on the fast track, you are moving ahead quickly in your job. — A track is a long, flat circular band that goes over wheels to help a vehicle move in snow, on sand, etc.

track Verb

— If you track something down, you find it after looking for it. He was trying to track down where she lived. — If you track something, you follow it, to see where it's going or how it's changing. I also started weighing myself weekly to track my progress. Animal movements are tracked these days not on foot but by air. — If you track mud, water, or some other substance somewhere, you walk and leave it there. The kids tracked mud all over my clean floors.

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and Conjunction

— You use and to talk about two things at once. I like singing and reading. Mary and Jane went on a holiday together. — You use and when you are listing a few things and you are now on your last item of the list. I like singing, reading, cycling and playing soccer. I used to like this girl from my class as she is pretty, gentle and caring. — And is used when you are putting two sentences together. She came into the store, shouted at the cashier, and left. — Used to show what happened after something else. The alarm went off and I woke up. — And is used to join certain numbers together. Two hundred and thirty-five people went missing after the earthquake.

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trace Noun

— A trace of something is a very small amount, almost too small to find. We've found traces of an earlier painting underneath this one. No trace of the original material remains. The last trace of cloud had disappeared from the sky. He said it without a trace of sadness. The fact that each coin has different trace elements provides clear evidence that they were made at different places. — A trace is a line on a paper drawn by a machine that shows the ups and downs of something. The trace shows a very irregular heartbeat. — A trace is a path that tells you where something came from. We've got a trace on the call. The fox was able to follow the trace the rabbit left on the ground.

trace Verb

— If you trace something, you follow information to find where it came from or where it went. Also, both the church and the farm can trace their origins back to the 1500s. The police soon traced the couple's movements and found they had made a number of telephone calls to Paris. The disease has been traced back to some bad eggs. — If you trace a line, you draw it. He traced a line in the sand. — If you trace a picture or a shape, you draw it by putting a piece of paper over it and drawing what you see underneath. She traced the Chinese characters carefully, the way you do before you learn to read.

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