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Collocations for track - 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 tracks.

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VERB + track

leave, make
Rabbits had left tracks in the snow.
cover, hide (both often figurative)
He had been careless, and had done little to cover his tracks.
follow

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track + NOUN

marks

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PREPOSITION

on the track of (often figurative)
She felt the excitement of a journalist on the track of a good story.

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PHRASES

freeze in your tracks, halt in your tracks, stop in your tracks (all figurative)
halt sb/sth in their/its tracks, stop sb/sth in their/its tracks (all figurative)
The disease was stopped in its tracks by improved hygiene.
make tracks (figurative)
It's getting late—I'd better make tracks (= leave).

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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 track of the airfield.
main

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VERB + track

follow

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track + VERB

lead
The track leads across a field.
fork
When the track forks, take the left fork.

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PREPOSITION

along a/the track, down a/the track, up a/the track
Continue along the farm track for another hundred yards.

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PHRASES

off the beaten track (= not in a place that most people go to)
on the right track, onto the right track (both figurative)
The new manager successfully got the team back onto the right track.
on the wrong track (figurative)
The police were on the wrong track when they treated the case as a revenge killing.

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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)

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VERB + track

build
operate, own
The company already operates a greyhound track.

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track + NOUN

race
announcer (AmE)
official, superintendent (AmE), worker
operator, owner
surface
condition

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4. (AmE) athletics

track + NOUN

championship, event, meet (see also track and field)
practice
Yesterday I had track practice.
athlete, runner
champion, star
team
coach

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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

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VERB + track

lay
cross
come off (BrE), jump (AmE), leave
The train had left the tracks.

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track + NOUN

layout

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6. direction/course that sb/sth takes

ADJECTIVE

fast, inside
an inside track to the ear of government
parallel, twin
a twin-track approach to crime
career
She decided to change her career track.
forecast (= the track that a storm, hurricane, etc. is predicted to take)

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VERB + track

switch
He switched tracks and went back to college.

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PREPOSITION

along a/the track
Sculpture developed along a similar track to painting.
on (a/the) track
A UN spokesman insisted that the implementation of the peace plan is back on track.
The ship was on a southerly track.
track for
She seems to be on the fast track for promotion.
track to
The country is on the fast track to democracy.

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PHRASES

keep track of sth (= to know what is happening, where sth is, etc.)
Keep track of all your payments by writing them down in a book.
lose track of sth (= to not know what is happening, where sth is, etc.)
I was so absorbed in my work that I lost track of time.

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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 track (= the best track).

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VERB + track

create, cut, lay down, mix, produce, record
She had already cut a couple of tracks as lead singer with her own group.
write
remix
release
download
play
listen to

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track + VERB

feature sb/sth, include sth

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track + NOUN

title
list, listing

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Collocations for track - verb

Track is used with these nouns as the subject:
satellite

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Track is used with these nouns as the object:
development, index, missile, movement, performance, progress, shipment, storm, target, usage

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