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tracking

tracking

15 2.7
Following animal or person tracks to find them
  • noun
  • /ˈtrækɪŋ/
: rastreo
  • The tracking of wildlife helps scientists understand their movements and habits.
  • tracking a runner
  • tracking in pursuit
  • tracking animals

There was a whole host of hunting and tracking myths that I always wanted to try on the show.

Examples

  • I put a tracking collar on her.

    Primal (2019)

  • There was a whole host of hunting and tracking myths that I always wanted to try on the show.

    Adam Savage’s Tested

  • I eat what I kill, and the sport is in the tracking and the hunting, not in the kill.

    Without Warning (1980)

  • I'm gonna put a tracking device on that kid.

    Drone (2017)

  • There were people on Ascension Island doing tracking, for example.

  • We would implant a tracking device in your arm.

    The First Purge (2018)

  • I did my tracking and I sprung my trap.

    No Regrets (2016)

  • They'd gone to obedience trials, tracking tests, and nursing home visits.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • He learned the art of tracking by following animal footprints in the snow.

  • The detective focused on tracking the suspect's movements through the city.

Synonyms

chase
vstracking
231 1.0

A pursuit to catch someone or something

uses footprints or marks rather than immediate direct pursuit to catch
pursuit
vstracking
125 4.0

To follow and try to catch someone or something

depends on footprints or signs rather than general chasing methods
stalking
vstracking
  • Offensive
48 6.1

Following an animal quietly to get near it before you hunt it

relies on footprints or marks rather than quiet approach
hunting
vstracking
45 2.2

Looking carefully to find something or someone

focuses on footprints or marks rather than general searching methods
stalk
vstracking
2 7.9

A quiet hunt in which a hunter moves slowly to catch an animal

uses footprints or signs to follow instead of silent approach
tailing
vstracking
1 7.1

To follow someone without their knowledge to watch where they go

uses footprints or other marks to pursue rather than secret close observation
following
vstracking
1 4.2

The act of going after someone to catch them

relies on footprints marks or signs rather than direct pursuit to catch
trailing
vstracking
1 3.7

Following tracks to find a person or animal

is the same idea expressed with a different word form

How Closely

stalking
  • Offensive
48 6.1
tracking
15 2.7
following
1 4.2

Surface Forms

tracking singular
trackings plural

Morphology

tracking = track (transparent) = track + ing

The noun is a typical deverbal -ing noun meaning 'the act of following or pursuing', directly derived from the verb 'track'.

Etymology

The word tracking comes from track, which once meant a 'path' or 'footprint' on the ground, so tracking is literally following those marks to find a person or animal.