Definition, synonyms and related words
plural of track
"After finishing his run, he wiped sweat from his brow and checked to see if any stray dogs had followed him back home on their tracks."
In plain English: Tracks are the marks left behind by someone or something moving across a surface, like footprints in snow or tire marks on a road.
"The hikers followed the animal tracks through the deep snow."
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of track
"She tracks every expense in her budget app to stay within her monthly limit."
In plain English: To track something means to follow its path or movement, usually by watching it carefully as it goes somewhere.
"Please track your expenses at the end of every month."
Tracks is the plural of track, derived from Old English træccan meaning to drag or pull. It originally referred to marks left by dragging something across a surface before evolving to denote paths and records.