{
    "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."
}