📒 rails (= metal bars) that a train moves along
- railway/railroad tracks
- We crossed the rail/train track.
- India has thousands of miles of track.
📒 a track with a number at a train station that a train arrives at or leaves from
- The train for Chicago is on track 9.
- The Edinburgh train is waiting at platform 4.
- The train for Chicago is on track 9.
📒 a piece of ground with a special surface for people, cars, etc. to have races or to drive on
- a race track
- a Formula One Grand Prix track (= for motor racing)
- a running track
📒 the sport of running on a track
- He loves sports and participates in track and basketball.
📒 a rough path or road, usually one that has not been built but that has been made by people walking there
- a muddy track through the forest
- a dirt track
- We were bumping along the rough track that led to the lake.
📒 marks left by a person, an animal or a moving vehicle
- We followed the bear's tracks in the snow.
- Leading away into the bushes were fresh rabbit tracks.
- tyre tracks
📒 the path or direction that somebody/something is moving in
- He switched tracks and went back to college.
- on the track of somebody/something Police are on the track of (= searching for) the thieves.
- Film comedy developed along a similar track to film drama.
📒 a recording of one song or piece of music
- a track from their latest album
- The album kicks off with the title track (= a song with the same name as the album).
- The opening track is sweet and sentimental.
📒 part of a computer disk or tape that music or information can be recorded on
- a sixteen track recording studio
- She sang on the backing track.
📒 the soundtrack of a film or video
- The film is available with French and Spanish audio tracks.
- There is a commentary track by the director.
📒 a long, thin, straight piece of metal, wood or plastic that a curtain hangs from and moves along
📒 a continuous belt of metal plates around the wheels of a large vehicle such as a bulldozer that allows it to move over the ground
📒 going in the right direction again after a mistake, failure, etc.
- I tried to get my life back on track after my divorce.
📒 to be doing the right thing in order to achieve a particular result
- Curtis is on track for the gold medal.
📒 to try and hide what you have done, because you do not want other people to find out about it
- He had attempted to cover his tracks by wiping the hard disk on his computer.
📒 from or living in a poor area or part of town
📒 close to catching or finding the person or thing that you have been running after or searching for
📒 to have/not have information about what is happening or where somebody/something is
- Bank statements help you keep track of where your money is going.
- I lost all track of time (= forgot what time it was).
📒 to leave a place, especially to go home
- It’s getting late—I’d better make tracks.
📒 far away from other people, houses, etc.
- They live miles off the beaten track.
📒 thinking or behaving in the right/wrong way
- We haven’t found a cure yet—but we are on the right track.
- The new manager successfully got the team back onto the right track.
- The police were on the wrong track when they treated the case as a revenge killing.
📒 to suddenly make somebody stop by frightening or surprising them; to suddenly stop because something has frightened or surprised you
- The question stopped Alice in her tracks.
- Suddenly he stopped dead in his tracks: what was he doing?
- (figurative) The disease was stopped in its tracks by immunization programmes.