to keep track
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2.7
- phrasal verb
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- I use an app to keep track of my expenses every month.
- help keep track
- keep track of progress
- hard to keep track
And so you can keep track of how old your yogurt is.
- And so you can keep track of how old your yogurt is.
- You could even schedule and keep track of your calendar, right?
- She says her husband loves to keep track of who is doing more.
- There's some, some way in which we unconsciously keep track of, of dates.
- There is nothing that your brain has to keep track of in the evening.
- We don't do that, but it does mean that it's harder to keep track of people now.
- What Synapse did was keep track of whose money was where.
- So most trips are very short and we're keeping track of the charge remotely.
- So you want to keep track of where your stuff is coming from.
- And the Worker Rights Consortium is trying to keep up and keep track of actual commitments.
Examples
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Fresh Books allows you to keep track of all those little details.
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You could even schedule and keep track of your calendar, right?
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And that means keeping track of everything being spent.
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You know, with this thing, you keep track of everything that goes on.
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Yeah, Well, you can keep track of whether the data changed.
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You can use these to keep track of your party plans.
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I keep track of these things.
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I need both names just to keep track of him in my mind.
Fiction book (1995) -
Make contact when you can and we'll keep track of your movements.
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The document management software helps engineers keep track of files related to specific modifications.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
∞
2.3
To follow where a person or thing goes
627
3.5
To watch or check something over time
560
1.4
To understand what someone says or explains
507
2.8
To continue at the same speed or level as others
408
2.4
To watch someone or something carefully to make sure nothing bad happens
172
3.5
To learn about the latest news or trends
43
3.9
To watch someone or something closely over time to see what happens
27
4.1
To keep informed and in control to avoid problems
8
5.1
Keep written records by making regular entries
8
3.0
Look at a person or thing very carefully for a while to notice problems
7
3.1
To keep up with the latest news and events
4
5.6
To stay up to date with new information
1
3.4
To watch how something changes or gets better over time
Antonyms
How Aware
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to remain informed or monitor' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'keep' (to retain/continue) with 'track' (to follow or monitor); together they literally mean to continue monitoring or recording. This is a productive compositional pattern (verb + track) common across languages, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will generally understand the MWE.
Etymology
Keep track comes from the simple idea of following marks or a path called a track, like footprints or notes on a list. If you follow those marks you can tell where something is or how it is changing, so the phrase means 'to stay informed' or 'to record progress'.