tracking

noun

track·​ing ˈtra-kiŋ 

1

: the assigning of students to a curricular track

2

: the standard distance between adjacent characters (as in composed text) : letterspacing compare kerning

Synonyms

• pursuit
• tracing

Examples of tracking in a Sentence

took a class in the tracking of game that the hunters' association offers

Recent Examples on the Web

Pakam connects waste companies with a tracking and payments program. —Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025

Google is suffering outages in multiple countries, with core services such as Gmail and YouTube experiencing issues, the tracking website DownDetector reported. —Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025

Contributing to national and international population tracking helps to get a better understanding of the shifts in the monarch population. —Alyssa N. Salcedo, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2025

Programs targeting infant mortality, youth violence, smoking, maternal and child health, mental health, obesity, lead poisoning and infectious disease tracking have been slashed. —Stan Chu Ilo, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1929, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing tracking

• multi-tracking
• tracking shot
• tracking stock

Rhymes for tracking

• backing
• blacking
• clacking
• cracking
• hacking
• jacking
• lacking
• packing
• racking
• sacking
• slacking
• smacking