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{ "term": "track", "partOfSpeech": "noun", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "a2", "image": "data/images/mo/mountains.png", "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "rails (= metal bars) that a train moves along", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "**railway/railroad tracks**" }, { "text": "We crossed the rail/train track." }, { "text": "India has thousands of miles of track." }, { "text": "Many branch lines were closed, and the tracks lifted." } ], "topics": ["Transport by bus and train"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["rail", "railroad", "railway"], "verb + track": ["lay", "cross", "come off"], "track + noun": ["layout"] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "a track with a number at a train station that a train arrives at or leaves from", "labels": "(North American English)", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "The train for Chicago is on track 9." } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["rail", "railroad", "railway"], "verb + track": ["lay", "cross", "come off"], "track + noun": ["layout"] } }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "a piece of ground with a special surface for people, cars, etc. to have races or to drive on", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "a **race track**" }, { "text": "a Formula One Grand Prix track *(= for motor racing)*" }, { "text": "a running track" }, { "text": "The company already operates a greyhound track." }, { "text": "Yesterday I had track practice." }, { "text": "A few planes were parked on the perimeter track of the airfield." }, { "text": "A sign marks where the cycle track (= a special route for cyclists) ends." }, { "text": "a single track road (= wide enough for only one vehicle) with passing places" } ], "collocations": { "track + noun": ["championship", "event", "meet"] } }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "the sport of running on a track", "labels": "(North American English)", "cefr": "b1", "examples": [ { "text": "He loves sports and participates in track and basketball." } ], "topics": ["Sports: other sports"] }, { "senseNumber": 5, "definition": "a rough path or road, usually one that has not been built but that has been made by people walking there", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "a muddy track through the forest" }, { "text": "a dirt track" }, { "text": "We were bumping along the rough track that led to the lake." }, { "text": "They had to drive up a dirt track." }, { "text": "The path joins a farm track near a barn." }, { "text": "The green hills were criss-crossed with sheep tracks." }, { "text": "An ancient track crosses the moors." }, { "text": "A forest track leads up to the waterfall." }, { "text": "A cart track led to the farm." }, { "text": "When the track forks, take the left fork." } ], "topics": ["Transport by car or lorry", "Hobbies"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["narrow", "wide", "steep"], "verb + track": ["follow"], "track + verb": ["lead", "fork"], "preposition": [ "along a/the track", "down a/the track", "up a/the track" ], "phrases": [ "off the beaten track", "on the right track", "onto the right track" ] } }, { "senseNumber": 6, "definition": "marks left by a person, an animal or a moving vehicle", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "We followed the bear's tracks in the snow." }, { "text": "Leading away into the bushes were fresh rabbit tracks." }, { "text": "tyre tracks" }, { "text": "The beach is criss-crossed with animal tracks." } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["deep", "fresh", "animal"], "verb + track": ["leave", "make", "cover"], "track + noun": ["marks"], "preposition": ["on the track of"], "phrases": [ "freeze in your tracks", "halt in your tracks", "stop in your tracks" ] } }, { "senseNumber": 7, "definition": "the path or direction that somebody/something is moving in", "sensetop": "on the track of somebody/something", "examples": [ { "text": "He switched tracks and went back to college." }, { "text": "Police are on the track of *(= searching for)* the thieves.", "contextForm": "on the track of somebody/something" }, { "text": "Film comedy developed along a similar track to film drama." }, { "text": "She decided to change her career track." }, { "text": "The ship was on a southerly track." }, { "text": "a twin track approach to crime" }, { "text": "Students pursue one of three tracks: professional writing, film/television/video or new media." }, { "text": "She felt the excitement of a journalist on the track of a good story." } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["fast", "inside", "parallel"], "verb + track": ["switch"], "preposition": ["along a/the track", "on (a/the) track", "track for"], "phrases": ["keep track of something", "lose track of something"] } }, { "senseNumber": 8, "definition": "a recording of one song or piece of music", "cefr": "b2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "a track from their latest album" }, { "text": "The album kicks off with the **title track** *(= a song with the same name as the album)*." }, { "text": "The opening track is sweet and sentimental." }, { "text": "There are thirteen tracks on the album." }, { "text": "This song is easily the disc's standout track." }, { "text": "She had already cut a couple of tracks as lead singer with her own group." } ], "topics": ["Music"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["album", "live", "pre-recorded"], "verb + track": ["create", "cut", "lay down"], "track + verb": ["feature somebody/something", "include something"], "track + noun": ["title", "list", "listing"] } }, { "senseNumber": 9, "definition": "part of a computer disk or tape that music or information can be recorded on", "examples": [ { "text": "a sixteen track recording studio" }, { "text": "She sang on the backing track." } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["album", "live", "pre-recorded"], "verb + track": ["create", "cut", "lay down"], "track + verb": ["feature somebody/something", "include something"], "track + noun": ["title", "list", "listing"] } }, { "senseNumber": 10, "definition": "the soundtrack of a film or video", "examples": [ { "text": "The film is available with French and Spanish audio tracks." }, { "text": "There is a commentary track by the director." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 11, "definition": "a long, thin, straight piece of metal, wood or plastic that a curtain hangs from and moves along", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": 12, "definition": "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", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "going in the right direction again after a mistake, failure, etc.", "examples": [ { "text": "I tried to get my life back on track after my divorce." } ], "topics": ["Success"] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to be doing the right thing in order to achieve a particular result", "examples": [ { "text": "Curtis is on track for the gold medal." } ], "topics": ["Success"] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to try and hide what you have done, because you do not want other people to find out about it", "examples": [ { "text": "He had attempted to cover his tracks by wiping the hard disk on his computer." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "from or living in a poor area or part of town", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "close to catching or finding the person or thing that you have been running after or searching for", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to have/not have information about what is happening or where somebody/something is", "examples": [ { "text": "Bank statements help you keep track of where your money is going." }, { "text": "I lost all track of time *(= forgot what time it was)*." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to leave a place, especially to go home", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "It’s getting late—I’d better make tracks." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "far away from other people, houses, etc.", "examples": [ { "text": "They live miles off the beaten track." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "thinking or behaving in the right/wrong way", "examples": [ { "text": "We haven’t found a cure yet—but we are on the right track." }, { "text": "The new manager successfully got the team back onto the right track." }, { "text": "The police were on the wrong track when they treated the case as a revenge killing." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to suddenly make somebody stop by frightening or surprising them; to suddenly stop because something has frightened or surprised you", "labels": "(figurative)", "examples": [ { "text": "The question stopped Alice in her tracks." }, { "text": "Suddenly he stopped dead in his tracks: what was he doing?" }, { "text": "The disease was stopped in its tracks by immunization programmes." } ], "topics": ["Feelings"] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/træk/", "audio": "tr/track/track__gb_1.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/træk/", "audio": "tr/track/track__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "late 15th cent. (in the sense ‘trail, marks left behind’): the noun from Old French trac, perhaps from Low German or Dutch trek ‘draught, drawing’; the verb (current senses dating from the mid 16th cent.) from French traquer or directly from the noun." }