tracking

[trak-ing]

noun

1. track system.

tracking

/ ˈtrækɪŋ /

noun

1. the act or process of following something or someone

2. electrical engineering a leakage of electric current between two points separated by an insulating material caused by dirt, carbon particles, moisture, etc

3. the way wheels on a vehicle are aligned

4. a function of a video cassette recorder, which adjusts the alignment of the heads in order to achieve the best possible audio and video reproduction from each recording

Other Word Forms

• mistracking noun

Example Sentences

Most homes are “smart”: Consumer-tech tracking firm Parks Associates reports just over half of internet-connected U.S. households own at least one smart speaker.

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They don’t want to pay more than $1,000 in annual fees only to receive two sets of complex perks that require meticulous tracking.

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We also calculated the average tracking error of each product by looking at the average monthly absolute difference between the coin’s return and the product’s return.

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Bell found the Apple tracking device under her friend’s car while on a weekend getaway in Palm Springs in 2023.

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He’s very present in his daughter’s life and even has her tag along for a few of his more questionable adventures, like tracking a dead man’s book collection to a local lake.

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Related Words

• hunt 
• inquiry 
• quest