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 of tracking

• 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

Many tech companies are considering ways to add blood-sugar tracking to their consumer wearables and fitness apps. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2026

The experience is exclusive—no game encounter has more than two vehicles—and also offers bush walks for a closer look at the animals and the opportunity to assist with conservation efforts, including rhino and cheetah tracking. — Forbes Travel Guide, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026

Data points were based on estimates and retail tracking statistics from Circana. — Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 12 Aug. 2026

Training used as many as 128 GPUs and approximately 21,000 GPU hours, with experiments showing progressively better tracking and generalization as data, model size, and compute increased. — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026

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