track

n.

awareness

1) to keep track of (to keep track of expenses)

2) to lose track of

3) close track (to keep close track of smt.)

course for racing

4) a fast; muddy; slow track

5) a cinder track; racetrack; running track

path, road

6) a cart track (BE; AE has dirt road)

7) (misc.) off the beaten track ('isolated')

rail

8) to lay tracks

9) a double; main; railroad (AE), railway (BE); single track

10) (misc.) on the wrong side of the tracks (AE; colloq.) ('in the poor section of a city')

recording

11) a sound track

misc.

12) the inside track ('an advantageous position')

USAGE NOTE: For footraces, track is CE. For horseracing, AE uses track and racetrack; BE prefers course and racecourse.

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main

muddy

operate a track

racetrack

running track

single track

slow track

sound

trash (AE; BE has dustcart) track

garbage (AE)

pickup (AE)

railroad (AE)

trailer (AE; BE has articulated lorry)

panel (AE; BE has delivery van)

dumper (BE)

railway (BE)

tipper (BE)

dump (esp. AE)

['course for racing'] a fast

['recording'] a sound track

['vehicle'] (esp. AE; BE often has lorry, van) to drive

a cinder track

a double

to lay tracks

to lose track of

(misc.) on the wrong side of the tracks ('in the poor section of a city'; AE; colloq.)

(misc.) off the beaten track ('rail'; 'isolated')

a delivery (AE)

a tow track (AE; BE has breakdown lorry, breakdown van)

['path, road'] a cart track (BE; AE has dirt road)

a railway track (BE; AE has flatcar)

['misc. '] the inside track (USAGE NOTE: For footraces, track is CE. For horseracing. AE uses track and racetrack; BE prefers course and racecourse.; 'an advantageous position')

close track (to keep close track of smt.)

['awareness'] to keep track of (to keep track of expenses)