track

Topic: TRANSPORT

track
2 verb

track2

[transitive] to search for a person or animal by following the marks they leave behind them on the ground, their smell etc:

Police have been tracking the four criminals all over Central America.

track somebody to something

The dogs tracked the wolf to its lair.

[transitive] to record or study the behaviour or development of someone or something over time:

The progress of each student is tracked by computer.

[transitive]TT to follow the movements of an aircraft or ship by using radar:

a tracking station

[intransitive + in/out]TCB to move a film or television camera away from or towards a scene in order to follow the action that you are recording

[transitive] American EnglishSES to put schoolchildren in groups according to their ability [= stream British English]

[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?

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.

Definition of track from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English within
the topic TRANSPORT

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