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

• chase
• chasing
• dogging
• following
• hounding
• pursuing
• pursuit
• shadowing
• tagging
• tailing
• tracing
• trailing

Examples of tracking in a Sentence

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

Recent Examples on the Web

The proliferation of virtual data rooms, like Snowflake’s Global Data Clean Room, allow partner data to be shared with specific permissions and restrictions, as well as tracking of data access and usage. —François Candelon, Fortune, 3 May 2024

By 1997, though, aggressive tracking and treatment brought the rate of people with TB in Nunavut down to 1 in 3,200. —Melody Schreiber, NPR, 2 May 2024

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1929, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing tracking

• multi-tracking
• tracking shot
• tracking stock