I.
noun
1 marks left behind by a car/a person/an animal
ADJECTIVE
▪ deep
▪ fresh
▪ animal , car , tyre/tire
▪
The beach is criss-crossed with animal ~s.
VERB + TRACK
▪ leave , make
▪
Rabbits had left ~s in the snow.
▪ cover , hide ( both often figurative )
▪
He had been careless, and had done little to cover his ~s.
▪ follow
TRACK + NOUN
▪ marks
PREPOSITION
▪ on the ~ of ( often figurative )
▪
She felt the excitement of a journalist on the ~ of a good story.
PHRASES
▪ freeze in your ~s , halt in your ~s , stop in your ~s ( all figurative )
▪ halt sb/sth in their/its ~s , stop sb/sth in their/its ~s ( all figurative )
▪
The disease was stopped in its ~s by improved hygiene.
▪ make ~s ( figurative )
▪
It's getting late—I'd better make ~s (= leave) .
2 path/rough road
ADJECTIVE
▪ narrow
▪ wide
▪ steep
▪ bumpy ( esp. BrE ), dusty , muddy , rough , rutted , sandy , stony ( esp. BrE )
▪ ancient
▪ cinder ( esp. BrE ), dirt , mud
▪ cart ( esp. BrE ), cycle , sheep ( esp. BrE ), ski
▪ single
▪
a single-track road with passing places ( BrE )
▪ farm , forest , forestry ( BrE ), mountain
▪ perimeter
▪
A few planes were parked on the perimeter ~ of the airfield.
▪ main
VERB + TRACK
▪ follow
TRACK + VERB
▪ lead
▪
The ~ leads across a field.
▪ fork
▪
When the ~ forks, take the left fork.
PREPOSITION
▪ along a/the ~ , down a/the ~ , up a/the ~
▪
Continue along the farm ~ for another hundred yards.
PHRASES
▪ off the beaten ~ (= not in a place that most people go to)
▪ on the right ~ , onto the right ~ ( both figurative )
▪
The new manager successfully got the team back onto the right ~.
▪ on the wrong ~ ( figurative )
▪
The police were on the wrong ~ when they treated the case as a revenge killing.
3 special path, often in a circle, for racing
ADJECTIVE
▪ race (usually racetrack ) , running
▪ indoor , outdoor
▪ all-weather
▪ training , warm-up
▪ flagship ( AmE )
▪ oval
▪ fast
▪ eighth-mile , one-mile , etc.
▪ dog , greyhound
▪ harness ( AmE )
VERB + TRACK
▪ build
▪ operate , own
▪
The company already operates a greyhound ~.
TRACK + NOUN
▪ race
▪ announcer ( AmE )
▪ official , superintendent ( AmE ), worker
▪ operator , owner
▪ surface
▪ condition
4 ( AmE ) athletics
TRACK + NOUN
▪ championship , event , meet (see also track and field )
▪ practice
▪
Yesterday I had ~ practice.
▪ athlete , runner
▪ champion , star
▪ team
▪ coach
5 metal rails on which a train runs
ADJECTIVE
▪ rail , railroad ( AmE ), railway ( BrE ), train , tram
▪ double , single
▪ elevated
▪ eastbound , westbound , etc.
▪ narrow-gauge , standard-gauge
VERB + TRACK
▪ lay
▪ cross
▪ come off ( BrE ), jump ( AmE ), leave
▪
The train had left the ~s.
TRACK + NOUN
▪ layout
6 direction/course that sb/sth takes
ADJECTIVE
▪ fast , inside
▪
an inside ~ to the ear of government
▪ parallel , twin
▪
a twin-track approach to crime
▪ career
▪
She decided to change her career ~.
▪ forecast (= the track that a storm, hurricane, etc. is predicted to take)
VERB + TRACK
▪ switch
▪
He switched ~s and went back to college.
PREPOSITION
▪ along a/the ~
▪
Sculpture developed along a similar ~ to painting.
▪ on (a/the) ~
▪
A UN spokesman insisted that the implementation of the peace plan is back on ~.
▪
The ship was on a southerly ~.
▪ ~ for
▪
She seems to be on the fast ~ for promotion.
▪ ~ to
▪
The country is on the fast ~ to democracy.
PHRASES
▪ keep ~ of sth (= to know what is happening, where sth is, etc.)
▪
Keep ~ of all your payments by writing them down in a book.
▪ lose ~ of sth (= to not know what is happening, where sth is, etc.)
▪
I was so absorbed in my work that I lost ~ of time.
7 single song/piece of music
ADJECTIVE
▪ album
▪ live
▪ pre-recorded
▪ title
▪ lead , lead-off ( AmE ), opening
▪ closing , final
▪ main
▪ unreleased
▪ original
▪ bonus
▪ dance , disco
▪ backing
▪ drum , guitar , instrumental , rhythm , solo , vocal (see also soundtrack )
▪ standout ( AmE )
▪
This song is easily the disc's standout ~ ( = the best track ).
VERB + TRACK
▪ create , cut , lay down , mix , produce , record
▪
She had already cut a couple of ~s as lead singer with her own group.
▪ write
▪ remix
▪ release
▪ download
▪ play
▪ listen to
TRACK + VERB
▪ feature sb/sth , include sth
TRACK + NOUN
▪ title
▪ list , listing
II.
verb
Track is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ satellite
Track is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ development , ↑ index , ↑ missile , ↑ movement , ↑ performance , ↑ progress , ↑ shipment , ↑ storm , ↑ target , ↑ usage